Pablo Gelber

Pablo E. Gelber Ghertner (born 21 December 1974) is an orthopedic surgeon specialising in knee preservation surgery, with special emphasis on cartilage transplantation and ligament reconstruction procedures. He currently practices at the ReSport Clinic in Barcelona and in London, England.

Biography

Gelber was born on 21 December 1974 in Buenos Aires, Argentina. He graduated in Medicine and Surgery from the University of Buenos Aires in 2001. He continued his training in Spain, where he completed his residency in Orthopaedic Surgery and Traumatology at the Parc de Salut Mar, associated to the Autonomous University of Barcelona (UAB) in 2008. In 2007, he obtained his PhD degree Cum Laude from the same university.^[1] In 2010, he completed a research fellowship at the University of Pittsburgh, United States.

Professional career

Since 2009, Gelber has been working at the Hospital de Sant Pau in Barcelona. His career focuses on the development of advanced techniques in knee surgery,^[1] including osteochondral transplantation and procedures to preserve joint function in complex injuries.^[2][3] In 2023, he began practicing in London.

Notable memberships

Gelber is an active member of several scientific societies in orthopaedic surgery, such as ESSKA (European Society for Sports Traumatology, Knee Surgery and Arthroscopy) and ISAKOS (International Society for Arthroscopy, Knee Surgery and Orthopaedic Sports Medicine). In 2020, he was recognised as the most valuable member of ESSKA.

Publications

He had published more than 70 scientific studies and chapters in specialised books. Among his outstanding works are studies on the technique of cartilage transplantation and ligament reconstruction. Gelber has published numerous scientific papers, including:

• Surgical techniques to address medial collateral ligament and posteromedial corner injuries. Chahla J, Gelber PE, Laprade RF. En The Medial Collateral Ligament and the Posteromedial Corner: A Comprehensive Analysis. LaPrade RF, Chahla J, ed Nova Science Publishers Inc, (2018)
• Organization: Type of grafts, conservation, regulation. Gelber PE, Aagard H. En Surgery of the meniscus. Hulet C, Pereira H, Peretti G, Denti M, ed Springer-Verlag London, (2016).
• Editor de ESSKA Instructional Course Lecture Book.Becker R, Kerkhoffs G, Gelber PE, Denti M, Seil R, ed. Springer-Verlag London, (2016).
• Posterolateral corner injuries. New algorithm of treatment and mini open techniques. Saenz I, Pelfort X, LaPrade RF, Fritsch BA, Gelber PE, Frosch K. En ESSKA ICL Book. Becker R, Kerkhoffs G, Gelber PE, Denti M, Seil R, ed.Springer-Verlag London, (2016).
• Single bundle ACL reconstruction. Graft harvest and preparation. Gelber PE. Monllau JC. En Arthroscopic anterior cruciate ligament reconstruction. A practical Guide. Siebold R, Dejour D, Zaffagnini S, ed. Springer-Verlag London, (2014).
• Arthroscopic technique with bone plugs. Gelber PE, Pereira H, Espregueira-Mendes J, Monllau JC. En Meniscal transplantation. René Verdonk, Joao Espregueira, Joan Carles Monllau, ed. (2013).
• Gelber, Pablo Eduardo; Ramírez-Bermejo, Eduard; Fariñas, Oscar (December 2022). "Early Postoperative CT Scan Provides Prognostic Data on Clinical Outcomes of Fresh Osteochondral Transplantation of the Knee". The American Journal of Sports Medicine. 50 (14): 3812–3818. doi:10.1177/03635465221129601. ISSN 1552-3365. PMID 36322380.
• Gelber, Pablo Eduardo; Ramírez-Bermejo, Eduard; Grau-Blanes, Alex; Gonzalez-Osuna, Aránzazu; Llauger, Jaume; Fariñas, Oscar (May 2021). "A new computed tomography scoring system to assess osteochondral allograft transplantation for the knee: inter-observer and intra-observer agreement". International Orthopaedics. 45 (5): 1191–1197. doi:10.1007/s00264-020-04927-w. ISSN 1432-5195. PMID 33416905.
• Gelber, PE; Ramírez-Bermejo, E; Grau-Blanes, A; González-Osuna, A; Fariñas, O (2022). "Computerized tomography scan evaluation after fresh osteochondral allograft transplantation of the knee correlates with clinical outcomes". International Orthopaedics. 46 (7): 1539–1545. doi:10.1007/s00264-022-05373-6. PMC 9166817. PMID 35411436.
• Gelber, Pablo E.; Torres-Claramunt, Raúl; Poggioli, Francesco; Pérez-Prieto, Daniel; Monllau, Joan C. (December 2021). "Polyurethane Meniscal Scaffold: Does Preoperative Remnant Meniscal Extrusion Have an Influence on Postoperative Extrusion and Knee Function?". The Journal of Knee Surgery. 34 (14): 1555–1559. doi:10.1055/s-0040-1710377. ISSN 1938-2480. PMID 32450603.
• Gelber PE, Drager J, Maheshwer B, Leyes M, Barenius B, Robinson J, Pujol N, Tischer T, Margheritini F, Fritsch B, Frosh KH, Chahla J. Large variability existes in the management of posterolateral corner injuries in the global surgical community. Knee Surg Sports Traumatol Arthrosc 2020;28:2116-2121.
• Medvecky MJ, Knee Fracture Dislocation Study Group (Gelber Ghertner PE). Extensor mechanism disruption impacts treatment of dislocated and multiligament injured knees: Treatment and Schenk classification recommendations based on a global Delphi method. J Bone Joint Surg Am 2023;105:1182-1192.
• Chahla J, Kunze K, LaPrade RF, Getgood A, Cohen M, Gelber P et al. The posteromedial corner of the knee: an international expert consesus statement on diagnosis, classification, treatment, and rehabilitation. Knee Surg Sports Traumatol Arthrosc 2021;29:2976-2986.
• Torres-Claramunt R, Alós-Mairal J, Ibáñez M, Perelli S, Gelber P, Monllau JC. Clinical outcomes after polyurethane meniscal scaffolds implantation remain stable despite a joint space narrowing at 10 yeras follow-up. Arhroscopy 2023 Sep 14 [ePub ahead of print].
• Ramírez-Bermejo, Eduard; Gelber, Pablo Eduardo; Pujol, Nicolas (February 2022). "Management of acute knee dislocation with vascular injury: the use of the external fixator. A systematic review". Archives of Orthopaedic and Trauma Surgery. 142 (2): 255–261. doi:10.1007/s00402-020-03684-0. ISSN 1434-3916. PMID 33222023.
• Masferrer-Pino, Angel; Saenz-Navarro, Ivan; Rojas, Gonzalo; Perelli, Simone; Erquicia, Juan; Gelber, Pablo E.; Monllau, Joan C. (July 2020). "The Menisco-Tibio-Popliteus-Fibular Complex: Anatomic Description of the Structures That Could Avoid Lateral Meniscal Extrusion". Arthroscopy. 36 (7): 1917–1925. doi:10.1016/j.arthro.2020.03.010. ISSN 1526-3231. PMID 32200063.
• Perelli, Simone; Erquicia, Juan Ignacio; Ibañez, Maximiliano; Daesino, Gianmarco; Gelber, Pablo Eduardo; Pelfort, Xavier; Monllau, Juan Carlos (March 2020). "Evaluating for Tunnel Convergence in Anterior Cruciate Ligament Reconstruction With Modified Lemaire Tenodesis: What Is the Best Tunnel Angle to Decrease Risk?". Arthroscopy. 36 (3): 776–784. doi:10.1016/j.arthro.2019.08.042. ISSN 1526-3231. PMID 31864816.

Awards and recognition

Gelber has received multiple awards at scientific congresses for his work in orthopaedics and knee surgery, including the Best Scientific Study Award at the Spanish Arthroscopy Association Congress in 2021 and 2022.

• Best Poster Award for Anteroinferior Subaxillary Burkhart Portal. Risk of Injury to the Circumflex Neurovascular Bundle. Gelber P, Monllau JC, Martínez Díaz S, Pelfort X, Tey M, Ginés A, Reina F. XXIII Congress of the Spanish Arthroscopy Association (AEA). Sitges, Spain. 5-2005.
• Best Oral Communication Awardfor Freezing causes ultrastructural changes in the meniscal collagen network. Preliminary results . Gelber P, Torres A, Alameda F, Monllau JC. XXIV Congress of the Spanish Arthroscopy Association (AEA). León, Spain. 5-2006.
• 2008 Fundación MAPFRE-SECOT Award for the best Spanish scientific article in orthopaedics and traumatology published in indexed journals. A comparison of risk between the lateral decubitus position and the beach chair position when establishing an anteroinferior shoulder portal: a cadaveric study. Gelber PE, Reina F, Cáceres E, Monllau JC. Arthroscopy 2007;23:522 -528.
• Grant from the Spanish Arthroscopy Association for: Effect of normal and growth factor-enriched cell culture (ITS) on the meniscal collagen network and on the expression of glycosaminoglycans. 28th Congress of the Spanish Arthroscopy Association (AEA). Granada, Spain. 5-2010.
• Jaques Dupart Award to the best poster for Results after partial meniscus replacement with collagen meniscal implant with a minimum follow-up of 10 years. Abat F, Gelber P, Monllau JC. XII EFORT Congress. Copenhagen, Denmark. 6-2011.
• Best Oral Communication Award for: Evaluation by CT in cadaveric model of the safety of performing posterolateral angle tunnels in multiligamentary knee reconstructions. Gelber PE, Erquicia JI, Abat F, Sosa G, Pelfort X, Monllau JC. Gelber P, Torres A, Alameda F, Monllau JC. XXX Congress of the Spanish Arthroscopy Association (AEA). Valencia, Spain. 5-2012.
• Prize for the Best Oral Communication for: : Resultati a medio terminar di due differenti técnicas de fijación dell'innesto nel trapianto menescala . Erquicia J, Belloti V, Abart F, Gelber PE, Pelfort X, Tey M, Monllau JC. 4th Congress of the Italian Society of Knee Surgery, Arthroscopy, Sport, Cartilage and Orthopaedic Technology (SIGASCOT). Naples, Italy. 10-2012.
• Grant from the Scientific Committee of the Clínica Quirón Group of the Scientific Committee of the Quirón hospital group for the best Spanish scientific article in orthopaedics and traumatology published in indexed journals during 2012 for the study: The fixation technique with a single suture leads to a greater degree of extrusion than bone fixation in meniscal allograft transplantation. Am J Sport Med, July 2012; 40 (7): 1591-1596.
• Best Oral Communication Award for: Which classification is the most reproducible for assessing tibial plateau fractures on computed tomography slices? Ramírez-Bermejo E, Millán Billi A, Gómez-Masdeu M, Ibañez M, Gelber PE. 53rd Congress of the Spanish Society of Orthopaedic Surgery and Traumatology (SECOT) Coruña, Spain. 09-2016.
• Best scientific study published in indexed journals at the 36th Congress of the Spanish Arthroscopy Association (AEA) and 6th Joint Meeting with the Spanish Knee Society. Capsulodesis versus bone bar technique in lateral meniscal allograft transplantation: graft extrusion and functional outcomes. Zaragoza, Spain. 5-2018.
• Award for the best video-technique at the 36th Congress of the Spanish Arthroscopy Association (AEA) and 6th Joint Meeting with the Spanish Knee Society. Reconstruction of both cruciate ligaments with parental grafts in a patient with open physis. Zaragoza, Spain. 5-2018.
• Award for the best video-technique at the 37th Congress of the Spanish Arthroscopy Association (AEA) and 7th Joint Meeting with the Spanish Knee Society. Biological femoropatellar prosthesis. Fresh osteochondral transplant of trochlear and patellar surface. Santander, Spain. 5-2019.
• Award for the best scientific study published in indexed journals at the 38th Congress of the Spanish Arthroscopy Association (AEA) and 8th Joint Meeting with the Spanish Knee Society. Evaluation of tunnel convergence in ACL reconstruction with modified Lemaire tenodesis: What is the best tunnel angle to reduce risk? Minimum 5-year follow-up. Perelli S, Erquicia J, Ibanez M, Danesio G, Gelber PE, Pelfort X, Monllau JC. Arthroscopy 2020;36:776-784. Palma de Mallorca, Spain. 9-2021.
• ESSKA Most Active Member Award 2020, at the 20th ESSKA Congress. Paris, France. 4-2022.
• Best Oral Communication Award for: Associating arthroscopic capsulodesis to transtibial posteromedial meniscal root repair decreases meniscal extrusion: prospective randomised multicentre study. Perelli S, Formagnana M, Bargagliotti M, Gelber PE, Torres R, Monllau JC. 39th Congress of the Spanish Arthroscopy Association (AEA) and 9th Joint Meeting with the Spanish Knee Society. Murcia, Spain. 6-2022.
• Best Oral Communication Award for: Fresh osteochondral tissue transplantation programme. 5 years of experience. Fariñas O, Tascón B, López, P, Tabera J, Gelber PE, Vilarrodona A. XVII Congress of the Spanish Association of Tissue Banks. León, Spain. 6-2022.
• Prize for the Best Oral Communication: The development of a 33 °C preservation method for fresh osteochondral allografts. Fariñas O, Riba-Tietz T, Bermudo R, Tabera J, Ramírez E. Gelber PE, Vilarrodona . Congress of the European Association of Cell and Tissue Banks 2023. Zagreb, Croatia . 11-2023.