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.
Clinical areas of focus
- Infertility
- Islet Xenotransplant
- Liver Transplantation
- Small Bowel Transplantation
Conditions and procedures
Conditions I treat
- Arterial Embolism
- Ascites
- Biliary Tract Disease
- Bone Marrow Transplant Status
- Cardiometabolic Disorders
- Complications Of Transplanted Organs And Tissue
- Congenital Malformations Of Gallbladder, Bile Ducts And Liver
- Corneal Transplant Failure
- Disorders Of Mineral Metabolism
- Donors Of Organs And Tissues
- Graft Vs Host Disease
- Heart Transplant Failure
- Immunodeficiencies
- Infertility
- Intrahepatic Bile Ducts Cancer
- Kidney Rejection
- Liver Failure
- Living Donor Kidney Transplant
- Living Donor Liver Transplant
- Lung Transplant Complications
- Lung Transplant Rejection
- Malabsorption
- Organ Donor Matching
- Organ Procurement
- Pancreas Transplant Complications
- Pancreas Transplant Failure
- Pancreas Transplant Status
- Persons Encountering Health Services
- Polycystic Liver Disease
- Tissue Typing
- Transplanted Organ And Tissue Status
Procedures I perform
- Abdominal Organ Transplantation
- Artificial Liver Therapy
- Bioartificial Liver Therapy
- Cancer Registry Management Consultation
- Cardiovascular Tissue Engineering
- Community Health Education
- Cross-Matching
- Deceased Donor Transplantation
- Disease Management Education
- Donor Organ Procurement
- Dopamine Therapy
- Functional Status Assessment
- Funeral Services
- Gastric Surgery
- Graft Survival Analysis
- Histocompatibility Testing
- In-Office Laboratory Testing
- Insurance Billing
- Islet Xenotransplant
- Live-In Care
- Liver Cancer Treatment
- Liver Resection
- Liver Transplantation
- Liver-Kidney Transplantation
- Living Donor Transplantation
- Multidisciplinary Team Care
- Multivisceral Transplantation
- Organ Procurement Organization Services
- Palliative Care Coordination
- Palliative Care Education
- Palliative Care Services
- Pancreatic Disease Management
- Pathology Services
- Pediatric Transplantation
- Performance Improvement
- Portal Hypertension Treatment
- Relief Services
- Reproductive Medicine
- Research Papers
- Research Subject Advocacy
- Re-Transplantation
- Service Agreements
- Small Bowel Transplantation
- Targeted Therapy Management
- Transplant Bioinformatics
- Transplant Clinical Trials Management
- Transplant Evaluation
- Transplant History
- Transplant Immunology
- Value-Based Payment
- Wellness Services
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
- CIGNA HMO Open Access
- Optimum Choice
- Aetna Classic 3500
- UHC Group Medicare Advantage Plans (HMO, POS, PPO)
- IH-Open HMO Option
- CIGNA HMO & Network (HMO)
- Kaiser Permaenete Signature - Added Choice Cardiac Global
- Employee Health Plan
- Choice POS II
- CareFirst BlueCross BlueShield Advantage Core/Enhanced
- Cigna True Choice Medicare (PPO)
- Kaiser Permanente Select Cardiac Global
- Cigna Preferred Medicare (HMO)
- IH-POS
- IH-HMO
- Choice POS
- United HealthCare Community Plan - Maryland Health Choice Program
- AmeriHealth Caritas DC Healthy Families
- Anthem BCBS of VA HealthKeepers Plus
- UnitedHealthcare Medicare Advantage DSNP District of Columbia
- Aetna Elect Choice/ EPO (Aetna Health Fund)
- TRICARE for Life East
- Medicare FFS
- Aetna VA Exchange
- Beech Street PPO
- CareFirst MedStar Select PPO
- Fee-for-Service (FFS) District of Columbia, Maryland and Virginia Medicaid
- Mamsi Life & Health (Indem./PPO) Cardiac Global
- First Health PPO
- CIGNA Connect EPO
- BCBS of Michigan (BCN Advantage,Security Blue, Freedom, Medicare PLUS Blue Group PPO)
- Anthem BCBS Medi Blue SNP
- UnitedHealthcare Individual Exchange Plans
- Aetna Classic 5000PD
- Aetna Quality Point of Service (POS)
- Anthem Federal Employee Program Basic
- OA Plus
- Cigna Achieve Medicare (HMO C-SNP)
- Erickson Advantage Plans
- Select HMO/HealthFund/Health Network
- Choice POS II Open Access
- CareFirst Administrators
- United Student Resources
- Aetna Elect Choice/ Open Access (POS)
- Geisinger Medicare Advantage
- Police and Fire Clinic
- United Healthcare Choice Cardiac Global
- Blue Choice Advantage
- CareFirst MedStar PPO
- TRICARE East Select
- Aetna Basic
- MedStar Family Choice DC Healthcare Alliance
- UnitedHealthcare Medicare Adv. Special Needs Plans
- CIGNA PPO
- Coventry of Delaware HMO/PPO
- Kaiser Permanente Flexible Choice 3-tier POS
- Aetna Better Health of MD
- Aetna Open Choice (PPO)
- Health Services for Children with Special Needs
- CIGNA SureFit (HMO)
- Anthem BCBS Medi Blue Dual Adv
- CareFirst EPO
- CareFirst Group Medicare Advantage prescription drug benefit (PPO)
- IH-Open POS II
- IH-PPO
- Anthem BCBS of VA Key Care POS/PPO/Indemnity
- Aetna Advantage 6350PD
- Humana Gold Plus HMO
- UnitedHealthcare and AARP Medicare Complete Plans
- MedStar Family Choice DC Healthy Families
- Core Essential (HMO)
- IH-Open POS Plus
- Priority Partners - Maryland Health Choice
- Kaiser Permanente Medicare Advantage Signature and Select
- Choice Care Network/HUMANA (PPO)
- Sentara Health
- Aetna HMO-Open Access/Select OA/HealthFund/Health Network Option OA
- Amerigroup DC Alliance
- Aetna Managed Choice Open Access (POS)
- Private Fee-for-Service Plans (PFFS)
- CareFirst (NCA) Indemnity
- Humana Medicare Advantage - PPO
- UHC Passport
- United Healthcare Community Plan - VA Medicaid MCO
- Amerigroup DC Healthy Families
- United Healthcare Select Plus (POS)
- CIGNA EPO
- CareFirst Dual Prime HMO-SNP
- Kaiser Permanente Select - Added Choice
- DC/MD SHOP QHP Small Business Plans
- Aetna Better Health of VA
- MultiPlan, Inc
- OCI Direct (HMO)
- IH-Indemnity
- IH-EPO Plus
- CIGNA POS/Network POS
- Kaiser Permanente Flexible Choice POS Cardiac Global
- MD IPA (HMO) & MD IPA Preferred Cardiac Global
- Anthem BCBS of VA HealthKeepers (POS & POS OA)
- United Healthcare Navigate Cardiac Global
- CareFirst Group Medicare Advantage
- Cigna TotalCare (HMO D-SNP)
- Aetna Classic 5000
- Humana Medicare Advantage - HMO Open Access
- Kaiser Permanente Signature
- United Healthcare Select HMO-EPO/NPP Cardiac Global
- IH-Network Only Plus
- Kaiser Permanente Medicare Plus
- United Healthcare Choice Plus Cardiac Global
- Aetna Managed Choice (POS)
- TRICARE East Prime
- Network OA
- Mamsi Life & Health (Indem./PPO)
- CareFirst Blue Choice Opt Out Open Access
- Kaiser Permanente Select
- M.D. IPA (HMO)
- HealthyBlue PPO
- Cigna Alliance Medicare (HMO)
- IH-POS Plus
- United Healthcare Options (PPO)
- Aetna Medicare Advantage PFFS Plan
- IH-Open Network Only Plus
- CareFirst Blue Preferred PPO
- POS OA
- CareFirst Blue Choice Opt Out Plus Open Access (POS)
- CareFirst FEP Blue Focus
- NYC Medicare Advantage Plus
- Kaiser Permanente HMO Plus and DHMO Plus Member
- Aetna HMO
- Aetna Traditional Choice (PPO)
- CareFirst NASCO
- Veterans Affairs Community Care Network
- HUMANA/Choice Care Medicare Plans (Choice, Gold Choice)
- Choice Fund PPO
- Kaiser Permanente Signature - Added Choice
- Optimum Choice Preferred (POS)
- Johns Hopkins Advantage MD HMO
- Aetna Student Health Insurance
- MedStar Family Choice - Maryland Health Choice
- CareFirst Maryland Indemnity or PPO
- M.D. IPA Preferred (POS)
- Aetna Premier 200PD
- IH-Open EPO Plus
- Kaiser Maryland Medicaid MCO
- IH-Open HMO
- CareFirst Maryland Point of Service Plan
- United Healthcare Choice Plus
- CareFirst Federal Employee Program (Std. & Basic PPO)
- Aetna Medicare Advantage HMO & PPO Plans
- Anthem BCBS Medi Blue Plus
- HumanaChoice PPO
- Johns Hopkins Advantage MD PPO
- Healthy Blue (HMO, POS)
- AmeriHealth Caritas DC Healthcare Alliance
- CareFirst Blue Card Program
- TriWest Healthcare Alliance
- Coventry Health Care National Network PPO
- BCBS Out-of-State Medicare Plans (Blue Advantage)
- BlueChoice Open Access
- Magellan Complete Care of VA - VA Medicaid MCO
- HighMark
- Options PPO Cardiac Global
- Aetna Advantage 5750
- AMERIVANTAGE/Amerigroup Community Care
- United Healthcare Choice
- Navigate
- Optimum Choice & Optimum Choice Preferred (POS) Cardiac Global
- Great-West Healthcare POS/CIGNA
- Anthem BCBS of VA HealthKeepers (HMO)
- Private Health Care Systems (PPO)
- HumanaChoice Honor's plan PPO
- Uniformed Services Family Health Plan
- Johns Hopkins Advantage MD PLUS PPO
- Lasso Healthcare - Medicare Medical Savings Account
- Medicare Advantage - Advantra Value (PPO)
- Optima Family Care MCO - VA Medicaid MCO
- CIGNA PPO Plus
- Alterwood Advanatge HMO & DSNP Plans
- CareFirst BlueChoice HMO
- Medicare Direct
- Aetna Signature Administrator PPO/TPA
- Coventry Health Care of Virginia
- First Health PPO
- Jai Medical Systems - Maryland Health Choice
- Tricare Reserve Select
- WellPoint Maryland - Maryland Health Choice
- Anthem Federal Employee Program Standard
- CareFirst Community Health Plan of MD
- Cigna True Choice Plus Medicare (PPO)
- Maryland Physicians Care MCO
- Advantra Platinum (PPO)
- CIGNA Indemnity
- United Medicare Private Fee-for-Service (PFFS) plans
- Aetna Worker's Compensation Network
- United Healthcare Select HMO - EPO/NPP
- Aetna Advantage 6350
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.