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Carolina Pombar, MD is a pediatrician at the Mount Sinai Doctors Faculty Practice. Dr. Pombar is a native Argentinean who initially trained at Universidad del Salvador in Buenos Aires where she graduated summa cum laude. She then completed a four year pediatric residency at the renowned Ricardo Gutierrez Children’s Hospital. She then moved to the United States of America where she completed her Pediatric Residency training at the Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai-Elmhurst Hospital. She was selected as Chief Resident of the Pediatric Residency program at Elmhurst Hospital where she completed a one year assignment. After that she worked as an attending physician at the Pediatric Primary Care Center at Elmhurst Hospital where she was also involved in the training of new pediatricians. She spearheaded the improvement of the Medically Complex Patient Clinic at Elmhurst where patients with chronic and complex conditions were given multidisciplinary and comprehensive care. She also was instrumental in implementing a new educational curriculum for the pediatric clinic as Dr. Pombar is very passionate about medical education not only for the residents and medical students but also for the parents. She is a board certified pediatrician who is appointed as Assistant Professor in the Jack and Lucy Clark Department of Pediatrics at the Kravis Children’s Hospital and Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai. Dr. Pombar lives with her husband, daughter and son on the Upper West Side.
ASSISTANT PROFESSOR | Pediatrics, General Pediatrics
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The Mount Sinai Hospital
About Me
Carolina Pombar, MD is a pediatrician at the Mount Sinai Doctors Faculty Practice. Dr. Pombar is a native Argentinean who initially trained at Universidad del Salvador in Buenos Aires where she graduated summa cum laude. She then completed a four year pediatric residency at the renowned Ricardo Gutierrez Children’s Hospital. She then moved to the United States of America where she completed her Pediatric Residency training at the Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai-Elmhurst Hospital. She was selected as Chief Resident of the Pediatric Residency program at Elmhurst Hospital where she completed a one year assignment. After that she worked as an attending physician at the Pediatric Primary Care Center at Elmhurst Hospital where she was also involved in the training of new pediatricians. She spearheaded the improvement of the Medically Complex Patient Clinic at Elmhurst where patients with chronic and complex conditions were given multidisciplinary and comprehensive care. She also was instrumental in implementing a new educational curriculum for the pediatric clinic as Dr. Pombar is very passionate about medical education not only for the residents and medical students but also for the parents. She is a board certified pediatrician who is appointed as Assistant Professor in the Jack and Lucy Clark Department of Pediatrics at the Kravis Children’s Hospital and Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai. Dr. Pombar lives with her husband, daughter and son on the Upper West Side.
ASSISTANT PROFESSOR | Pediatrics, General Pediatrics
Hospital Affiliations
The Mount Sinai Hospital
About Me
Carolina Pombar, MD is a pediatrician at the Mount Sinai Doctors Faculty Practice. Dr. Pombar is a native Argentinean who initially trained at Universidad del Salvador in Buenos Aires where she graduated summa cum laude. She then completed a four year pediatric residency at the renowned Ricardo Gutierrez Children’s Hospital. She then moved to the United States of America where she completed her Pediatric Residency training at the Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai-Elmhurst Hospital. She was selected as Chief Resident of the Pediatric Residency program at Elmhurst Hospital where she completed a one year assignment. After that she worked as an attending physician at the Pediatric Primary Care Center at Elmhurst Hospital where she was also involved in the training of new pediatricians. She spearheaded the improvement of the Medically Complex Patient Clinic at Elmhurst where patients with chronic and complex conditions were given multidisciplinary and comprehensive care. She also was instrumental in implementing a new educational curriculum for the pediatric clinic as Dr. Pombar is very passionate about medical education not only for the residents and medical students but also for the parents. She is a board certified pediatrician who is appointed as Assistant Professor in the Jack and Lucy Clark Department of Pediatrics at the Kravis Children’s Hospital and Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai. Dr. Pombar lives with her husband, daughter and son on the Upper West Side.
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Physicians and scientists on the faculty of the Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai often interact with pharmaceutical, device and biotechnology companies to improve patient care, develop new therapies and achieve scientific breakthroughs. In order to promote an ethical and transparent environment for conducting research, providing clinical care and teaching, Mount Sinai requires that salaried faculty inform the School of their relationships with such companies.
Dr. Pombar did not report having any of the following types of financial relationships with industry during 2022 and/or 2023: consulting, scientific advisory board, industry-sponsored lectures, service on Board of Directors, participation on industry-sponsored committees, equity ownership valued at greater than 5% of a publicly traded company or any value in a privately held company. Please note that this information may differ from information posted on corporate sites due to timing or classification differences.
Mount Sinai's faculty policies relating to faculty collaboration with industry are posted on our website. Patients may wish to ask their physician about the activities they perform for companies.
