About me
Dr. Gondolesi is chief of pediatric liver transplantation and associate chief of intestinal transplantation. He has more than 20 years of experience in 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 treats pediatric liver transplant patients and 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
- 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—multiorgan transplantation at Mount Sinai School of Medicine in New York and hepatobiliary surgery and liver transplantation at Favaloro Fundacion in Buenos Aires, Argentina.
His research has been widely published in peer-reviewed journals and he is the past president of the Intestinal Rehabilitation and Transplant Association and was recently elected as vice-president of the Transplantation Society, the largest international professional society for transplantation.
When he’s not working, he enjoys biking, traveling, classic motorbikes and cars, and flying drones.
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)
Medical School: Universidad Nacional de la Plata (1993)