Léo Pomar

About

Léo Pomar is Associate Professor in the midwifery programme of the University of Health Sciences of Lausanne (HESAV, Lausanne, Switzerland). As midwife specialised in ultrasound and fetal medicine, with a MSc in Fetal Physiopathology and a PhD in Life Sciences, he is a clinical expert in fetal brain anomalies and congenital infections at Lausanne University Hospital (CHUV, Lausanne, Switzerland). His expertise in fetal neurology, epidemiology and perinatal infectious diseases has led him to teach and direct research activities in these fields. His publications on Zika virus, SARS-CoV-2, Toxoplasmosis, Cytomegalovirus and other emerging pathogens during pregnancy are considered as references in the field.

Employment

• Haute École de Santé Vaud Associate Professor
  2021 - Present
• Haute École de Santé Vaud Lecturer (Embryology, Fetal development, Prenatal diagnosis)
  2018 - 2021
• University of Lausanne PhD candidate
  2018 - 2021
• Centre Hospitalier Universitaire Vaudois Advanced-practice midwife in charge of fetal neurosonography and congenital infections
  2017 - Present
• University of Lorraine Lecturer and MSc thesis director
  2017 - 2019
• Université de la Guyane Lecturer
  2016 - 2017
• Centre Hospitalier de l'Ouest Guyanais Sage-femme échographiste
  2013 - 2017

Education

• Ecole Pasteur Cnam de Santé publique University degree in Epidemiology and Biostatistics
  2018 - 2019
• University of Lausanne PhD in Life Sciences
  2017 - 2020
• Paris Descartes University University degree in Fetal Medicine
  2015 - 2016
• Paris Descartes University MSc in Biology (Clinical research in foetal physiopathology)
  2013 - 2016
• Université Paris Cité Faculté de Santé University degree in Ultrasound in Obstetrics and Gynecology
  2013 - 2014
• Université de Lorraine Sage-femme
  2008 - 2013

Projects & Funding

Projects & funding information is unavailable.

Publications (114)

• Data quality biases normative models derived from fetal brain MRI
  Imaging Neuroscience 2026 DOI: 10.1162/IMAG.a.1337
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• Super‐resolution reconstruction of fetal brain MRI for spatial mapping of vein of Galen aneurysmal malformations
  Ultrasound in Obstetrics & Gynecology 2026 DOI: 10.1002/uog.70274
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• French version of the well-being in pregnancy (WIP) scale: translation and psychometric validation
  Journal of Reproductive and Infant Psychology 2026 DOI: 10.1080/02646838.2026.2641058
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• Data quality biases normative models derived from fetal brain MRI
  2026 DOI: 10.64898/2026.01.22.700996
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• Capacity building in obstetric and abdominal ultrasound for sickle cell disease pregnancies in Angola: a pre- and post-training evaluation
  Journal of Sickle Cell Disease 2026 DOI: 10.1093/jscdis/yoag022
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• Prenatal evaluation, diagnosis and management of fetal corpus callosal abnormalities: international Delphi consensus
  Ultrasound in Obstetrics & Gynecology 2025 DOI: 10.1002/uog.70003
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• Congenital Oropouche virus infection: insights from other arboviral syndromes
  Ultrasound in Obstetrics & Gynecology 2025 DOI: 10.1002/uog.70026
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• The vermian-crest angle: a prediction model for foetal cystic posterior fossa anomalies.
  Frontiers in neuroscience 2025 DOI: 10.3389/fnins.2025.1623105
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• West Nile virus: a risk for maternal-fetal medicine in Europe?
  The Lancet. Infectious diseases 2025 DOI: 10.1016/s1473-3099(25)00506-7
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• How COVID-19 Treatment in Pregnancy Reflects Healthcare Utilization During a Pandemic: A Two-Stage Individual Participant Data Meta-Analysis Combining Case-Based Registries.
  Pharmacoepidemiology and drug safety 2025 DOI: 10.1002/pds.70180
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