Dr. Gomoll is an Assistant Professor of Orthopaedic Surgery at Harvard Medical School. He is Board Certified in Orthopedic Surgery and Sports Medicine, and currently practices at the Cartilage Repair Center of the Brigham and Women’s Hospital in Boston, MA. Dr. Gomoll was born and raised in Munich, Germany, and received his medical degree from Ludwig-Maximilians-Universitaet. He completed additional training in Orthopaedic and Trauma Surgery in Cape Town, South Africa, and Oxford, UK. Dr. Gomoll completed a research fellowship at Brigham and Women’s Hospital before joining the Harvard Combined Orthopaedic Residency Program at Brigham and Women’s Hospital and Massachusetts General Hospital. Moreover, Dr. Gomoll is fellowship-trained in Orthopaedic Sports Medicine (Rush University) and specializes in arthroscopy of the knee and shoulder.

Dr Gomoll has an active clinical and research interest in cartilage disorders and joint preservation in early arthritis. He specializes in biologic reconstructive procedures of the knee, such as cartilage and meniscal transplants, osteotomies and ligament reconstructions. He is a member of the American Academy of Orthopaedic Surgeons, American Orthopaedic Society for Sports Medicine, the Cartilage Research Foundation, the European Society of Sports Traumatology Knee Surgery and Arthroscopy, the Arthroscopy Association of North America, and the International Cartilage Repair Society, as well as an editorial board member of the "Journal of Knee Surgery", and the Journal "Cartilage". Dr. Gomoll also serves as a reviewer for several other journals as well as a contributing reviewer for grant submissions.

Dr. Gomoll is extremely active in teaching and mentorship roles. He has engaged in numerous national and international invited presentations and course symposia, and has lectured and moderated courses globally. Dr. Gomoll has authored over 100 peer-reviewed articles, reviews and book chapters. He is the recipient, as the Principal Investigator, of several large grants from diverse funding agencies, including the NIH, AANA and the Arthritis Foundation. He also holds a collaborative U.S. patent for nanocomposite surgical materials and methods of producing them. He has been awarded several honors and prizes, including the Young Investigators Initiative from the US Bone and Joint Decade as well as a the Pacific Rim Traveling Fellowship by the American Orthopaedic Society for Sports Medicine.
Dr. Gomoll serves as a reviewer for several journals as well as a contributing reviewer for grant submissions. He has also been very active in teaching and mentorship roles and has given numerous national and international presentations, course symposia and has lectured and moderated courses globally. Dr. Gomoll has authored over 125 peer-reviewed articles, reviews, book chapters, and abstracts.

He is the recipient, as the Principal Investigator, of several large NIH-funded grants and holds a collaborative U.S. patent for nanocomposite surgical materials and methods of producing them. He has been awarded several honors and prizes, including the Young Investigators Initiative from the US Bone and Joint Decade as well as the Pacific Rim Traveling Fellowship by the American Orthopaedic Society for Sports Medicine.