About me

Constantino Fondevila is Professor of Surgery and Consultant Surgeon in Hepato-Pancreato-Biliary Surgery and Liver Transplantation, Hospital Clinic, University of Barcelona. He is Chief of General and Digestive Surgery and the leader of the Liver Transplantation and Graft Viability group (IDIBAPS) and the Liver Transplantation group (CIBERehd). He is actively involved in clinical protocols to expand organ availability, including through the use of donation after circulatory determination of death (DCD) and live donation (LD) livers. He performs advanced hepato-pancreato-biliary surgery and has a special interest using laparoscopic techniques for major and minor hepatic resections. He is also actively involved in basic research, primarily in porcine DCD and partial liver transplant models

Featured publications

Featured Projects

  • Precondicionamiento portal en injertos hepáticos pequeños mediante perfusion normotérmica ex situ en un modelo porcino

    Principal investigator: Constantino Fondevila Campo
    Funder: Ministerio de Ciencia, Innovación y Universidades
    Code: PI18/00894
    Duration: 01/01/2019 - 31/12/2021
  • Evaluación de la regeneración hepatocelular tras hepatectomía mayor en un modelo clínico y otro experimental. Utilidad del tratamiento con somatostanina y debutamina en un modelo porcino de cirugía hepática extrema

    Principal investigator: Constantino Fondevila Campo
    Funder: MCOC - Ministerio de Economia y Competitividad ; Instituto Carlos III (Programa financiador competitivo); Instituto Carlos III, Ministerio de Economia y Competitividad
    Code: PI15/01092
    Duration: 01/01/2016 - 30/06/2020
  • Métodos para incrementar la aplicabilidad clínica del trasplante procedente de los donantes a corazón parado tipo 2 de la clasificación de Maastrich.

    Principal investigator: Constantino Fondevila Campo
    Funder: MCNN - Ministerio de Ciencia e Innovación
    Code: PI11/01979
    Duration: 01/01/2012 - 31/12/2014
  • Evaluación de la modificación farmacológica del flujo portal para prevenir la aparición del síndrome small-for-size en el trasplante hepático en cerdos.

    Principal investigator: Constantino Fondevila Campo
    Code: PI08/0273
    Duration: 01/01/2009 - 31/12/2011