Argentina
Prof. Juan PEKOLJ
Hospital Italiano de Buenos Aires · Buenos Aires
Hepatic Transplantation Unit, Department of Surgery
Functions and titles
Chief of the Hepatic Transplantation Unit, Hospital Italiano de Buenos Aires
Professor of Surgery, University of Buenos Aires
Professor of Surgery, University of Buenos Aires
Specialty
General Surgery
Hepato-biliary-pancreatic surgery and liver transplantation
Hepato-biliary-pancreatic surgery and liver transplantation
Clinical activity themes
Open, laparoscopic and robotic surgery
Percutaneous biliary and abdominal procedures
Percutaneous biliary and abdominal procedures
Hospital titles
Since 2022 - Chief of the Hepatic Transplantation Unit
2017–2024 - Chief of the General Surgery Department
2006–2017 - Chief of the Hepato-Biliary-Pancreatic Surgery Section, General Surgery Department
1990–2024 - Surgeon, Hepato-Biliary-Pancreatic Surgery Section, General Surgery Department
1984–1989 - Intern then Chief Resident, General Surgery Department
2017–2024 - Chief of the General Surgery Department
2006–2017 - Chief of the Hepato-Biliary-Pancreatic Surgery Section, General Surgery Department
1990–2024 - Surgeon, Hepato-Biliary-Pancreatic Surgery Section, General Surgery Department
1984–1989 - Intern then Chief Resident, General Surgery Department
University titles
2026 - Professor of Surgery, University of Buenos Aires
Distinctions and professional societies
2027 - President of the 6th World Congress of the ILLS, Buenos Aires (September 15-17)
2017–2018 - President of the Argentine Academy of Surgery
2016–2017 - President of the Argentine Association of Surgery
Fellow of the American College of Surgeons (FACS)
Honorary Fellow of the American Surgical Association
Hepato-Biliary Fellow
2017–2018 - President of the Argentine Academy of Surgery
2016–2017 - President of the Argentine Association of Surgery
Fellow of the American College of Surgeons (FACS)
Honorary Fellow of the American Surgical Association
Hepato-Biliary Fellow
Languages spoken
Spanish - native language
English - fluent
Slovenian - fluent
English - fluent
Slovenian - fluent
Address
Hospital Italiano de Buenos AiresJuan Domingo Perón 4190
C1415 Buenos Aires
Argentina
Main publications
- Pekolj J, Clariá Sánchez R, Salceda J, … Herman P. Laparoscopic Liver Resection: A South American Experience with 2887 Cases. World J Surg. 2020;44(11):3868-3874.
- Poggi C, Cifone T, Peralta L, d'Angelo T, Mazza O, Sánchez Clariá R, de Santibañes M, Pekolj J. Laparoscopic liver resections: What have we learned after more than 20 years of experience? Cir Esp (Engl Ed). 2023;101(10):678-683.
- de Santibañes M, Ardiles V, Uño JW, Mattera J, de Santibañes E, Pekolj J. Surgical strategies to treat portal vein thrombosis during adult liver transplantation. Langenbecks Arch Surg. 2023;408(1):399.
- Calderon Novoa F, Mattera J, de Santibañes M, … De Santibañes E, Pekolj J. Understanding Local Hemodynamic Changes After Liver Transplant: Different Entities or Simply Different Sides to the Same Coin? Transplant Direct. 2022;8(9):e1369.
- Pekolj J, Alvarez FA, Biagiola D, Villegas L, Ardiles V, de Santibañes E. Totally Laparoscopic Mini-ALPPS Using a Novel Approach of Laparoscopic-Assisted Transmesenteric Portal Vein Embolization. J Laparoendosc Adv Surg Tech A. 2018;28(10):1229-1233.
- de Santibañes M, Alvarez FA, Mazza OM, Claria RS, Santos FR, Brandi C, de Santibañes E, Pekolj J. Surgical strategies for restoring liver arterial perfusion in pancreatic resections. Langenbecks Arch Surg. 2016;401(1):113-20.