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