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
- Adrenal Antibody Testing
- 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
- Infectious Disease Treatment
- 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
- CareFirst Blue Preferred PPO
- Humana Gold Plus HMO
- Aetna HMO
- Tricare Reserve Select
- CIGNA PPO
- Cigna True Choice Medicare (PPO)
- CIGNA POS/Network POS
- MedStar Family Choice DC Healthcare Alliance
- United Healthcare Options (PPO)
- IH-Open Network Only Plus
- Fee-for-Service (FFS) District of Columbia, Maryland and Virginia Medicaid
- HUMANA/Choice Care Medicare Plans (Choice, Gold Choice)
- UHC Passport
- Aetna Basic
- CareFirst Group Medicare Advantage prescription drug benefit (PPO)
- Humana Medicare Advantage - HMO Open Access
- IH-PPO
- Medicare Advantage - Advantra Value (PPO)
- Choice Fund PPO
- Employee Health Plan
- OA Plus
- Anthem Federal Employee Program Standard
- Mamsi Life & Health (Indem./PPO)
- Beech Street PPO
- IH-Indemnity
- Private Health Care Systems (PPO)
- CIGNA EPO
- AMERIVANTAGE/Amerigroup Community Care
- Humana Medicare Advantage - PPO
- TRICARE East Select
- M.D. IPA Preferred (POS)
- United Healthcare Choice
- Magellan Complete Care of VA - VA Medicaid MCO
- CIGNA PPO Plus
- United Healthcare Choice Plus
- MedStar Family Choice DC Healthy Families
- Aetna Signature Administrator PPO/TPA
- Coventry Health Care of Virginia
- Sentara Health
- Aetna Classic 5000
- CareFirst Blue Card Program
- Aetna Premier 200PD
- Aetna Classic 3500
- Aetna Advantage 5750
- CareFirst (NCA) Indemnity
- Aetna Elect Choice/ EPO (Aetna Health Fund)
- BlueChoice Open Access
- CareFirst Community Health Plan of MD
- IH-POS Plus
- Aetna Classic 5000PD
- Aetna Open Choice (PPO)
- CareFirst Dual Prime HMO-SNP
- Alterwood Advanatge HMO & DSNP Plans
- Lasso Healthcare - Medicare Medical Savings Account
- CareFirst Administrators
- Aetna Medicare Advantage PFFS Plan
- Cigna Achieve Medicare (HMO C-SNP)
- Anthem BCBS Medi Blue SNP
- Kaiser Permanente Flexible Choice 3-tier POS
- MD IPA (HMO) & MD IPA Preferred Cardiac Global
- CIGNA HMO Open Access
- Health Services for Children with Special Needs
- Jai Medical Systems - Maryland Health Choice
- Aetna HMO-Open Access/Select OA/HealthFund/Health Network Option OA
- Anthem Federal Employee Program Basic
- United Healthcare Select Plus (POS)
- Anthem BCBS of VA HealthKeepers (HMO)
- Kaiser Permanente Medicare Advantage Signature and Select
- Mamsi Life & Health (Indem./PPO) Cardiac Global
- CareFirst Maryland Point of Service Plan
- Network OA
- UnitedHealthcare Medicare Adv. Special Needs Plans
- Blue Choice Advantage
- UnitedHealthcare and AARP Medicare Complete Plans
- POS OA
- United Healthcare Navigate Cardiac Global
- United Healthcare Choice Plus Cardiac Global
- BCBS of Michigan (BCN Advantage,Security Blue, Freedom, Medicare PLUS Blue Group PPO)
- Aetna Managed Choice Open Access (POS)
- CIGNA HMO & Network (HMO)
- CIGNA Indemnity
- Anthem BCBS of VA HealthKeepers (POS & POS OA)
- United Medicare Private Fee-for-Service (PFFS) plans
- IH-Open POS II
- Uniformed Services Family Health Plan
- Kaiser Permanente Select - Added Choice
- Aetna Traditional Choice (PPO)
- MedStar Family Choice DC Healthcare Alliance
- Cigna TotalCare (HMO D-SNP)
- UHC Group Medicare Advantage Plans (HMO, POS, PPO)
- Aetna Medicare Advantage HMO & PPO Plans
- Select HMO/HealthFund/Health Network
- TRICARE for Life East
- CareFirst Blue Choice Opt Out Plus Open Access (POS)
- Great-West Healthcare POS/CIGNA
- Geisinger Medicare Advantage
- Amerigroup DC Healthy Families
- Cigna True Choice Plus Medicare (PPO)
- Aetna Student Health Insurance
- Optimum Choice & Optimum Choice Preferred (POS) Cardiac Global
- United Healthcare Select HMO-EPO/NPP Cardiac Global
- Anthem BCBS of VA HealthKeepers Plus
- MedStar Family Choice - Maryland Health Choice
- Aetna VA Exchange
- HealthyBlue PPO
- NYC Medicare Advantage Plus
- Anthem BCBS Medi Blue Plus
- Johns Hopkins Advantage MD HMO
- CareFirst Blue Choice Opt Out Open Access
- Kaiser Permanente Select Cardiac Global
- IH-EPO Plus
- UnitedHealthcare Medicare Advantage DSNP District of Columbia
- Choice POS II
- IH-Open HMO Option
- IH-POS
- Core Essential (HMO)
- Kaiser Maryland Medicaid MCO
- Johns Hopkins Advantage MD PPO
- Fee-for-Service (FFS) District of Columbia, Maryland and Virginia Medicaid
- Aetna Better Health of VA
- UnitedHealthcare Individual Exchange Plans
- Aetna Advantage 6350PD
- Priority Partners - Maryland Health Choice
- Kaiser Permanente Medicare Plus
- HighMark
- Choice Care Network/HUMANA (PPO)
- CIGNA Connect EPO
- Choice POS II Open Access
- IH-Network Only Plus
- Kaiser Permaenete Signature - Added Choice Cardiac Global
- WellPoint Maryland - Maryland Health Choice
- First Health PPO
- Kaiser Permanente Flexible Choice POS Cardiac Global
- Medicare FFS
- Police and Fire Clinic
- HumanaChoice PPO
- Anthem BCBS Medi Blue Dual Adv
- CareFirst FEP Blue Focus
- CareFirst Federal Employee Program (Std. & Basic PPO)
- CareFirst BlueCross BlueShield Advantage Core/Enhanced
- Healthy Blue (HMO, POS)
- Cigna Preferred Medicare (HMO)
- United HealthCare Community Plan - Maryland Health Choice Program
- Aetna Elect Choice/ Open Access (POS)
- Coventry Health Care National Network PPO
- CareFirst MedStar Select PPO
- Optima Family Care MCO - VA Medicaid MCO
- IH-Open EPO Plus
- Kaiser Permanente Select
- Amerigroup DC Alliance
- CareFirst NASCO
- CareFirst Group Medicare Advantage
- Veterans Affairs Community Care Network
- IH-HMO
- Aetna Managed Choice (POS)
- TriWest Healthcare Alliance
- Mamsi Life & Health (Indem./PPO)
- Aetna Better Health of MD
- Coventry of Delaware HMO/PPO
- First Health PPO
- IH-Open POS Plus
- BCBS Out-of-State Medicare Plans (Blue Advantage)
- Optimum Choice Preferred (POS)
- MedStar Family Choice - Maryland Health Choice
- Kaiser Permanente Signature - Added Choice
- TRICARE East Prime
- AmeriHealth Caritas DC Healthy Families
- CareFirst Maryland Indemnity or PPO
- Navigate
- Options PPO Cardiac Global
- Anthem BCBS of VA Key Care POS/PPO/Indemnity
- Erickson Advantage Plans
- CareFirst EPO
- HumanaChoice Honor's plan PPO
- Choice POS
- Aetna Advantage 6350
- CareFirst MedStar PPO
- United Healthcare Choice Cardiac Global
- M.D. IPA (HMO)
- United Healthcare Select HMO - EPO/NPP
- Kaiser Permanente Signature
- UnitedHealthcare Individual Exchange Plans
- MultiPlan, Inc
- Private Fee-for-Service Plans (PFFS)
- Johns Hopkins Advantage MD PLUS PPO
- OCI Direct (HMO)
- Optimum Choice
- AmeriHealth Caritas DC Healthcare Alliance
- CIGNA SureFit (HMO)
- Kaiser Permanente HMO Plus and DHMO Plus Member
- Aetna Quality Point of Service (POS)
- IH-Open HMO
- CareFirst BlueChoice HMO
- United Student Resources
- Cigna Alliance Medicare (HMO)
- Maryland Physicians Care MCO
- Advantra Platinum (PPO)
- Aetna Worker's Compensation Network
- DC/MD SHOP QHP Small Business Plans
- United Healthcare Community Plan - VA Medicaid MCO
- Medicare Direct
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.