About me
Dr. Gondolesi is Director of Pediatric Liver Transplantation and Associate Director of Intestinal Transplantation at MedStar Georgetown Transplant Institute. He has more than 20 years of experience performing adult and pediatric transplantation. He established the first comprehensive intestinal failure program in Latin America and was Chief of General Surgery and Transplantation at Argentina’s largest liver transplant program at Fundacion Favaloro in Buenos Aires.
Dr. Gondolesi major focus is on treating pediatric liver transplant as well as pediatric and adult intestinal transplant patients. When treating patients, he takes a comprehensive, multidisciplinary approach, evaluating the patient as a whole to help achieve the best outcomes.
His areas of special interest and expertise include:
- Pediatric acute and chronic liver failure
- Pediatric liver transplantation, including split liver, living donor, and Domino transplants
- Pediatric and Adult Living Donor Liver Transplantation.
- Adult and pediatric intestinal failure and intestinal rehabilitation, surgery, and transplantation
Dr. Gondolesi earned his medical degree at the Faculty of Medical Sciences of the National University of La Plata in Buenos Aires, Argentina and completed his residency at Pavilion Finochietto of the "General San Martin" Hospital in La Plata, Argentina. He completed two fellowships, a liver transplantat and hepatobiliary surgery fellowship at Favaloro Fundacion in Buenos Aires, Argentina, follow by a second fellowship in multiorgan transplantation at Mount Sinai School of Medicine in New York City, US.
His research has been widely published in peer-reviewed journals.. He is the past president of the Intestinal Rehabilitation and Transplant Association and has been recently elected as Vice-president of the Transplantation Society, the largest international professional society for transplantation.
When he’s not working, he enjoys music, biking, traveling, classic motorbikes and cars, and flying drones.
Conditions and procedures
Procedures I perform
- Artificial Nutrition And Hydration
- Bloodless Transplant
- Cadaveric Transplant
- Combined Transplant (HEART-LIVER)
- Combined Transplant (HEART-LUNG)
- Combined Transplant (INTESTINE-LIVER)
- Combined Transplant (KIDNEY-LIVER)
- Combined Transplant Liverlung
- Heterotopic Liver Transplant
- HIV Positive To HIV Positive Transplant
- Intestine Transplant
- Islet Cell Transplant
- Liver Surgery
- Liver Transplant
- Living Donor Liver Transplant
- Multi Organ Transplant
- Pancreas Transplant
- Partial Hepatectomy
- Repeat Small Bowel Transplant
- Transplant Desensitization Protocols
Insurance
MedStar Health accepts most major health insurance plans. If you are uncertain as to whether your individual health insurance plan is accepted at MedStar Health, please call your insurance company.
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List of insurance plans we accept
- United Optimum Choice
- Aetna Quality Point of Service (POS)
- Cigna PPO and PPO Plus
- Maryland Point of Service Plan (MPOS)
- Aetna Signature Administrator PPO/TPA
- Carefirst BlueChoice Opt Out Plus Open Access (POS)
- Anthem Plus BCBS of VA HealthKeepers Plus
- MedStar Family Choice DC Healthy Families
- CareFirst Maryland Indemnity or PPO
- Kaiser Signature
- Cigna Choice Fund PPO
- United Golden Rule
- CareFirst NASCO
- Kaiser Select
- CareFirst MedStar PPO
- Carefirst BlueChoice HMO
- HealthyBlue PPO
- Cigna HMO & Network (HMO)
- United Options (PPO) (includes Empire PPO)
- Carefirst BlueChoice Opt Out Open Access
- Private Health Care Systems (PHCS) (PPO)
- Innovation Health: HMO & EPO Plus
- Innovation Health: Open POS II
- Coventry Health Care of Virginia
- CareFirst MedStar Select PPO
- Innovation Health: POS
- Carefirst Healthy Blue (HMO/POS)
- Kaiser Permanente Signature-Added Choice
- Cigna EPO
- CareFirst Administrators
- United Community Plan - Maryland Health Choice Program
- MedStar Family Choice - Maryland Health Choice
- Innovation Health: PPO
- United GEHA (for all other states) Compass Rose
- CareFirst (NCA) Indemnity
- United Navigate
- Aetna HealthFund/Health Network Option OA
- Beech Street PPO
- Coventry Health Care National Network PPO
- Aetna Managed Choice (POS)
- United Choice Plus
- CareFirst Blue Card Program (Out-of-area BCBS plans)
- Innovation Health: Open POS Plus
- Aetna Open HMO/Open HMO Option/Open EPO Plus
- United Nursing Home Plan (C-SNP
- Cigna POS Open Access & Open Access Plus
- Federal Employee Program (Std/Basic PPO/Blue Focus)
- Carefirst Blue Preferred PPO
- Aetna HMO-Open Access/Select OA
- MedStar Family Choice DC Healthcare Alliance
- Tricare East Select
- United Mamsi Life & Health
- CareFirst BC/BS Advantage Core/Enhanced
- Carefirst EPO
- Cigna Alliance Medicare (HMO) |
- Cigna True Choice Medicare (PPO)
- Aetna Medicare Advantage HMO & PPO Plans
- D-SNP)
- United Erickson Advantage Plans
- Cigna Indemnity
- United MD IPA (HMO)
- Kaiser HMO Plus and DHMO Plus Member
- United MD IPA Preferred (POS)
- Cigna Achieve Medicare (HMO C-SNP)
- United Select HMO - EPO/NPP
- United Core Essential (HMO)
- Cigna HMO Open Access
- WellPoint Maryland - Maryland Health Choice
- United Medicare Advantage DSNP District of Columbia
- I-SNP
- Cigna Network Open Access
- Choice Care Network/HUMANA (PPO)
- United Choice
- Aetna HMO
- United Group Medicare Advantage Plans
- Kaiser Select-Added Choice
- United Optimum Choice Preferred (POS) & OCI Direct (HMO)
- Cigna POS/Network POS
- UnitedHealthcare Individual Exchange Plans
- Great-West Healthcare POS/CIGNA
- HumanaChoice Honor’s plan PPO
- United Select Plus (POS)
- Medicaid - District of Columbia
- Tricare East Prime
- CareFirst Group Medicare Advantage
- United Student Resources
- Aetna Open Choice (PPO)
- Traditional Medicare Fee for Service
- Aetna Traditional Choice (PPO)
- Veterans Affairs Community Care Network (VA CCN)
- Kaiser Maryland Medicaid MCO
- CareFirst Group Medicare Advantage prescription drug benefit (PPO)
- Anthem (POS & Open Access POS) BCBS of VA HealthKeepers
- Aetna Managed Choice Open Access (POS)
- Aetna Choice POS & Choice POS II
- Cigna Preferred Medicare
- First Health PPO
- Anthem HMO - BCBS of VA HealthKeepers
- Innovation Health: Network Only Plus
- Police and Fire Clinic
- Kaiser Medicare Plus
- Aetna Elect Choice/ EPO (Aetna Health Fund)
- Carefirst BlueChoice Open Access
- Aetna Elect Choice/ Open Access (POS)
- Medicaid - Maryland
- Cigna TotalCare (HMO D-SNP)
- Veterans Affairs Community Care Network
- Tricare for Life East
- Cigna True Choice Plus Medicare (PPO)
- Coventry of Delaware HMO/PPO
- Innovation Health: Indemnity
- Health Services for Children with Special Needs (HSCSN)
- Kaiser Medicare Advantage Signature and Select
- HumanaChoice PPO
- WellPoint Maryland
- United AARP Medicare Complete
- Innovation Health: POS Plus
- Tricare Reserve Select
- Kaiser Flexible Choice
- Aetna Select HMO/HealthFund/Health Network
- Medicaid - Virginia
- Aetna Student Health Insurance
- Innovation Health: Open Network Only Plus
- Virginia Premier
Education
Fellowship: Mount Sinai Hospital and Medical Center GME (2001)
Fellowship: Hospital Universitario Fundacion Favaloro (1999)
Residency: Hospital Interzonal General de Agudos (1997)
Residency: Hospital Interzonal General de Agudos (1996)
Medical School: Universidad Nacional de la Plata (1993)
Awards
- From 1990 to 2024, Dr Gondolesi received 23 Awards and Recognitions, being the most significant ones the following:
- 1993: Gold Medal as the best 1992 Medical graduate at the National University of La Plata.
- 2007: Best Abstract Award at ILAS/ASPEN: Desarrollo de un programa de Soporte Nutricional, Rehabilitación y Transplante Intestinal: Resultados Iniciales. Gondolesi G, Fernandez A, Fauda M. Fabeiro M, Ruf A, Rumbo C. Arizona, US, 2007.
- 2012: Honoris Causa Professor at Universidad de San Francisco Xavier de Chuquisaca, Sucre, Bolivia, for the Achievements and Contributions made in the Transplant Field.
- 2014: Honorary Citizen, Tandil City, for the Contributions made in the transplant Field for the benefit of our nation.
- 2015: TTS STALYC award for the Best Scientific Abstract: Long term results of intestinal Transplant in a Single Argentinean Center. Stalyc 2015 Cancún México.
- 2017: TTS-IRTA Congress Scientific Award: Paneth and stem cells are not affected during initial stages of acute cellular rejection in small bowel transplantation in humans. New York
- 2018: TTS Madrid: Mentor-Mentee Scientific Award TTS: Paneth and intestinal stem cells are differentially affected during worsening of Acute Cellular Rejection in Small Bowel Transplantation compared to Intestinal Ischemia and Reperfusion Injury and GVHD. Madrid, 2018.
- 2021: Scandinavian Microsurgery Academy. Lars-Erik Award. For pioneering contributions to clinical and experimental transplantation and distinguish mentor in transplantation research.
- 2022: TTS 2022, Buenos Aires. Mentor Mentee Award Scientific Award TTS: Transplant of the Abdominal rectus fascia in rodents, first report of the microsurgical procedure, and initial results. Buenos Aires, Argentina, Sept. 2022.
- 2022: Congreso Uruguayo de Cirugía: 1st Award of the Research Forum for the Study: Binational Project on Laparoscopic Simulation Training: Preliminar Results. Punta del Este, Uruguay.
- 2023: KONEX Award as One of the 5th more influencial physicians in the area of surgery during the last decade. Buenos Aires, Argentina.
Hospital affiliations
News and publications
The impact of his work has been released in the news in different countries:
.Fundación Konex (Argentina): https://www.fundacionkonex.org/b5502-gabriel-gondolesi
.Scandinavian Microsurgery Academy (Sweeden): https://www.microsurgery.se
.CONICET (Argentina): https://ri.conicet.gov.ar › handle
.La Nación (Argentina): https://www.lanacion.com.ar/sociedad/el-inedito-procedimiento-con-el-que-neurocirujanos-le-salvaron-la-vida-a-una-joven-que-entro-en-coma-nid26072022/
.Infobae (Argentina): https://www.infobae.com/salud/2023/10/22/el-sistema-de-salud-argentino-tiene-necesidades-y-carencias-afirmo-el-premio-konex-en-cirugia-gabriel-gondolesi/
.El ECO (Argentina): https://www.eleco.com.ar/interes-general/el-tandilense-gabriel-gondolesi-dentro-de-las-100-personalidades-destacada-de-la-ciencia
.La Nación (Argentina): https://www.lanacion.com.ar/editoriales/trasplante-ejemplar-nid1302670/
.La Nación (Argentina): https://www.lanacion.com.ar/ciencia/inauguran-en-febrero-el-primer-centro-de-trasplante-de-intestino-nid743178/
.La Nación (Argentina): https://www.lanacion.com.ar/ciencia/como-proteger-a-los-chicos-de-la-realidad-nid1377341/
.La Nación (Argentina): https://www.lanacion.com.ar/ciencia/una-nina-de-2-anos-recibio-un-trasplante-pionero-en-sudamerica-nid933607/
.La Nación (Argentina): https://www.lanacion.com.ar/ciencia/el-mejor-regalo-esta-vez-lo-trajo-la-ciencia-nid1084270/
.Clarín (Argentina): https://www.clarin.com/sociedad/realizan-favaloro-trasplante-donante-vivo-inedito-pais_0_U-Bq3af2M.html
. Clarin (Argentina): https://www.clarin.com/sociedad/realizan-favaloro-trasplante-donante-vivo-inedito-pais_0_U-Bq3af2M.html
. El Eco (Argentina): https://www.eldiariodetandil.com/2020/01/21/gabriel-gondolesi-participo-de-una-conferencia-internacional-de-donacion-de-organos
.US News Heath (US): https://health.usnews.com/doctors/gabriel-gondolesi-1084659
Publications
Intestinal Transplantation in the Developing World. Gondolesi GE, Nikoupour H, Matsumoto CS. Gastroenterol Clin North Am. 2024 Sep;53(3):509-519.
Baseline Characteristics of Adult Patients Treated and Never Treated with Teduglutide in a Multinational Short Bowel Syndrome and Intestinal Failure Registry Gondolesi GE, Pape UF, Mason JB, Allard JP, Pironi L, Casas MNV, Schwartz LK, Joly F, Gabriel A, Sabrdaran S, Zhang P, Kohl-Sobania M, Huang YW, Jeppesen PB. Nutrients. 2024 Aug 1;16(15):2513.
Lack of differences in outcomes between 3 immunosuppression protocols in the first year after pediatric liver transplantation: A multicenter study. Costaguta AC, Costaguta GA, Rumbo C, Gondolesi G, D'Agostino D, Pallitto MB, Bottasso O, Álvarez F. Liver Transpl. 2024 Jul 2. doi: 10.1097
Salvage Endovascular Thrombectomy for Splenic Vein Thrombosis After Pancreas Transplantation: A Single-Center Experience and Systematic Literature Review. Fernandez MF, Pattin FF, Rubio JS, Montes LA, Ramisch DA, Lev G, Fava C, Raffaele P, Gondolesi GE.Exp Clin Transplant. 2024 Jul;22(7):487-496.
Genome-wide DNA methylation and transcriptomic analysis of liver tissues subjected to early ischemia/reperfusion injury upon human liver transplantation. Giraudi PJ, Laraño AA, Monego SD, Pravisani R, Bonazza D, Gondolesi G, Tiribelli C, Baralle F, Baccarani U, Licastro D.Ann Hepatol. 2024 Jul-Aug;29(4):101506.