Gabriel Eduardo Gondolesi, MD
Provider is directly employed by MedStar Health
Provider is directly employed by MedStar HealthSpecialties: Transplant Surgery
Languages: English, Spanish
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
Practice locations
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3800 Reservoir Rd NW
2 PHC
Washington, DC, 20007
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
- Coventry Health Care of Virginia
- Kaiser Permanente HMO Plus and DHMO Plus Member
- Mamsi Life & Health (Indem./PPO) Cardiac Global
- Anthem Federal Employee Program Standard
- Kaiser Permanente Flexible Choice 3-tier POS
- Aetna Elect Choice/ Open Access (POS)
- Coventry Health Care National Network PPO
- Lasso Healthcare - Medicare Medical Savings Account
- POS OA
- Health Services for Children with Special Needs
- TRICARE for Life East
- United Healthcare Options (PPO)
- CareFirst BlueChoice HMO
- Humana Medicare Advantage - PPO
- Great-West Healthcare POS/CIGNA
- Cigna Preferred Medicare (HMO)
- Priority Partners - Maryland Health Choice
- United Healthcare Community Plan - VA Medicaid MCO
- United Healthcare Select HMO-EPO/NPP Cardiac Global
- Aetna Better Health of VA
- HighMark
- CareFirst Administrators
- Tricare Reserve Select
- MedStar Family Choice - Maryland Health Choice
- CareFirst Group Medicare Advantage
- Select HMO/HealthFund/Health Network
- Aetna HMO
- Choice Care Network/HUMANA (PPO)
- Jai Medical Systems - Maryland Health Choice
- Kaiser Permanente Flexible Choice POS Cardiac Global
- Cigna True Choice Plus Medicare (PPO)
- Core Essential (HMO)
- TriWest Healthcare Alliance
- AmeriHealth Caritas DC Healthcare Alliance
- MultiPlan, Inc
- Medicare Advantage - Advantra Value (PPO)
- CIGNA Indemnity
- HealthyBlue PPO
- UnitedHealthcare and AARP Medicare Complete Plans
- Amerigroup DC Alliance
- First Health PPO
- Kaiser Permanente Medicare Plus
- Kaiser Permanente Medicare Advantage Signature and Select
- Kaiser Maryland Medicaid MCO
- Private Fee-for-Service Plans (PFFS)
- IH-Open HMO Option
- United Healthcare Choice Plus Cardiac Global
- Optimum Choice & Optimum Choice Preferred (POS) Cardiac Global
- DC/MD SHOP QHP Small Business Plans
- CareFirst (NCA) Indemnity
- CIGNA HMO & Network (HMO)
- UHC Group Medicare Advantage Plans (HMO, POS, PPO)
- Kaiser Permanente Select Cardiac Global
- IH-PPO
- Coventry of Delaware HMO/PPO
- Geisinger Medicare Advantage
- Kaiser Permaenete Signature - Added Choice Cardiac Global
- MD IPA (HMO) & MD IPA Preferred Cardiac Global
- CareFirst MedStar PPO
- United Healthcare Navigate Cardiac Global
- Network OA
- First Health PPO
- CareFirst MedStar Select PPO
- CareFirst Maryland Indemnity or PPO
- IH-POS
- Aetna Medicare Advantage HMO & PPO Plans
- Aetna Better Health of MD
- Aetna Classic 3500
- TRICARE East Select
- Kaiser Permanente Select
- Kaiser Permanente Signature - Added Choice
- United Healthcare Choice
- Aetna VA Exchange
- Veterans Affairs Community Care Network
- IH-POS Plus
- Anthem Federal Employee Program Basic
- Aetna Medicare Advantage PFFS Plan
- CIGNA SureFit (HMO)
- Police and Fire Clinic
- IH-Indemnity
- CIGNA EPO
- CIGNA PPO Plus
- UnitedHealthcare Medicare Adv. Special Needs Plans
- AMERIVANTAGE/Amerigroup Community Care
- Navigate
- Johns Hopkins Advantage MD PPO
- United Healthcare Select Plus (POS)
- Alterwood Advanatge HMO & DSNP Plans
- CareFirst Blue Choice Opt Out Open Access
- United Healthcare Choice Plus
- Aetna Managed Choice (POS)
- Anthem BCBS Medi Blue Plus
- Aetna Advantage 6350PD
- Anthem BCBS of VA Key Care POS/PPO/Indemnity
- CIGNA POS/Network POS
- Optimum Choice Preferred (POS)
- Cigna Achieve Medicare (HMO C-SNP)
- Aetna Basic
- Anthem BCBS of VA HealthKeepers (HMO)
- CareFirst Community Health Plan of MD
- United Student Resources
- Uniformed Services Family Health Plan
- Sentara Health
- HumanaChoice PPO
- OCI Direct (HMO)
- Aetna Worker's Compensation Network
- Anthem BCBS Medi Blue SNP
- UnitedHealthcare Medicare Advantage DSNP District of Columbia
- Options PPO Cardiac Global
- Aetna Student Health Insurance
- Beech Street PPO
- CareFirst Blue Card Program
- CareFirst Blue Choice Opt Out Plus Open Access (POS)
- Kaiser Permanente Signature
- Anthem BCBS of VA HealthKeepers Plus
- M.D. IPA (HMO)
- Aetna Premier 200PD
- M.D. IPA Preferred (POS)
- Healthy Blue (HMO, POS)
- United Medicare Private Fee-for-Service (PFFS) plans
- Aetna Elect Choice/ EPO (Aetna Health Fund)
- Private Health Care Systems (PPO)
- Humana Medicare Advantage - HMO Open Access
- CareFirst Blue Preferred PPO
- Aetna Advantage 5750
- Aetna Advantage 6350
- Aetna Classic 5000PD
- CareFirst Maryland Point of Service Plan
- UHC Passport
- CareFirst Dual Prime HMO-SNP
- Fee-for-Service (FFS) District of Columbia, Maryland and Virginia Medicaid
- Cigna True Choice Medicare (PPO)
- Erickson Advantage Plans
- Aetna Managed Choice Open Access (POS)
- United Healthcare Choice Cardiac Global
- IH-HMO
- IH-Open HMO
- CIGNA HMO Open Access
- MedStar Family Choice DC Healthcare Alliance
- Choice POS
- Anthem BCBS of VA HealthKeepers (POS & POS OA)
- Kaiser Permanente Select - Added Choice
- CareFirst BlueCross BlueShield Advantage Core/Enhanced
- United Healthcare Select HMO - EPO/NPP
- Optimum Choice
- Medicare FFS
- AmeriHealth Caritas DC Healthy Families
- Magellan Complete Care of VA - VA Medicaid MCO
- NYC Medicare Advantage Plus
- Maryland Physicians Care MCO
- MedStar Family Choice DC Healthy Families
- Aetna Classic 5000
- IH-Network Only Plus
- Choice POS II Open Access
- Aetna Quality Point of Service (POS)
- IH-Open POS II
- OA Plus
- IH-EPO Plus
- CareFirst Group Medicare Advantage prescription drug benefit (PPO)
- Medicare Direct
- UnitedHealthcare Individual Exchange Plans
- BCBS Out-of-State Medicare Plans (Blue Advantage)
- Amerigroup DC Healthy Families
- Cigna Alliance Medicare (HMO)
- CareFirst Federal Employee Program (Std. & Basic PPO)
- CareFirst FEP Blue Focus
- IH-Open Network Only Plus
- Choice POS II
- Mamsi Life & Health (Indem./PPO)
- CIGNA PPO
- Cigna TotalCare (HMO D-SNP)
- WellPoint Maryland - Maryland Health Choice
- Optima Family Care MCO - VA Medicaid MCO
- Advantra Platinum (PPO)
- CareFirst EPO
- Employee Health Plan
- Aetna Traditional Choice (PPO)
- Anthem BCBS Medi Blue Dual Adv
- Humana Gold Plus HMO
- Blue Choice Advantage
- Aetna Open Choice (PPO)
- TRICARE East Prime
- HUMANA/Choice Care Medicare Plans (Choice, Gold Choice)
- CIGNA Connect EPO
- BlueChoice Open Access
- Aetna HMO-Open Access/Select OA/HealthFund/Health Network Option OA
- CareFirst NASCO
- HumanaChoice Honor's plan PPO
- Johns Hopkins Advantage MD HMO
- BCBS of Michigan (BCN Advantage,Security Blue, Freedom, Medicare PLUS Blue Group PPO)
- IH-Open EPO Plus
- Aetna Signature Administrator PPO/TPA
- IH-Open POS Plus
- Choice Fund PPO
- Johns Hopkins Advantage MD PLUS PPO
- United HealthCare Community Plan - Maryland Health Choice Program
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.