About Me

Dr. Pomp is an internationally recognized expert in advanced laparoscopic surgical techniques. A graduate of McGill University and the University of Sherbooke he completed his surgical training in Montreal and Rhode Island and then practiced in Montreal at the Hotel Dieu Hospital until 1999 when he was recruited to the Mount Sinai Medical Center in New York, In 2003, Dr. Pomp moved to the Weill Cornell Medical College/New York Presbyterian Hospital, and in 2005 he was appointed the Frank Glenn Faculty Scholar in Minimal Access Surgery. In 2008 he was promoted to Chief of the Section of Laparoscopic and Bariatric Surgery, and was named the Leon C Hirsch Professor of Surgery. Dr. Pomp plays an active leadership role in surgical education, serving as co-director of the Cornell/Columbia Minimally Invasive Surgery Fellowship, and is the Vice-Chairman of the Department of Surgery for Quality and Patient Safety at the Weill Cornell Medical College

Dr. Pomp has been included in Castle Connolly’s list of New York’s “Top Doctors” every year since 2002, and has been cited as one of America’s “Top Surgeons” by the Consumers’ Research Council of America since 2004. International recognition includes honorary membership in the Brazilian College of Surgeons and the Hellenic Society of Laparoscopic Surgery.

Dr. Pomp has published more than 100 peer-reviewed studies and book chapters. He is currently an investigator of one of six sites of the National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases Bariatric Surgery Research Consortium. He also serves on the steering committee and chairs the adjudication committee for LABS (Longitudinal Assessment of Bariatric Surgery), a major clinical, epidemiological and behavioral research study on the impact of weight-loss surgery on the health of morbidly obese patients. His primary clinical expertise includes bariatric surgery, minimally invasive foregut and solid organ surgery. His research interests include innovative techniques to maximize and safety and effectiveness of minimally invasive surgery, and the impact of weight- loss surgery on the health of patients with extreme obesity.