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Yoshua Esquenazi, MD, is a neurosurgeon with fellowship training in epilepsy surgery and surgical neuro-oncology. He focuses his practice on brain and spine tumors. Esquenazi integrates techniques such as brain mapping for awake craniotomies, stereotactic laser ablation, intraventricular endoscopy, stereotactic navigation and fluorescent microscopy to enhance safety during surgery and maximize tumor removal.
Esquenazi received his medical degree at the Universidad Anahuac in Mexico City, graduating as valedictorian. During his studies he participated in student exchange rotations at Harvard Medical School and Massachusetts General Hospital and Brigham and Women’s Hospital, as well as the William J. Harrington Medical Training Programs for Latin America at the University of Miami School of Medicine.
He completed a general surgery internship at the Mayo Clinic in Rochester, MN, and his neurosurgery residency training at the McGovern Medical School at UTHealth, where he was neurosurgery chief resident and recipient of the Alpha Omega Alpha Honor Medical Society (Delta Chapter) Resident Award and the Standing Ovation Award from Memorial Hermann-Texas Medical Center.
During residency he worked in the medical school’s neuroimaging and electrophysiology lab and then went on to complete a fellowship in epilepsy surgery at the same institution under Nitin Tandon, MD. He subsequently completed a neurosurgery oncology fellowship at Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center in New York City.
He is an author of numerous book chapters and articles, and he received many awards and recognitions during his academic training.
All patient experience ratings and comments are submitted by actual patients and are received and validated by a leading independent survey company, NRC Health.
Dr. Esquenazi and his team and his entire staff are five star... from the day I met Dr. Esquenazi in his office about my brain surgery to come. He was a new doctor to me cause my old doctor had retired out of the Methodist system. Doctor Esquenazi said I am going to try my best not to hurt you and I am going to have you back to work in two weeks his confidence, his kind heart his compassion his demeanor as a human as a doctor was five star. He is an outstanding human and an outstanding neurosurgeon. I am walking talking and stable back to normal after a year of my surgery date...If my arachnoid cyst grows in the future, I know that I am in great hands with Dr. Esquenazi and his team.
Dr. Esquenazi is a competent, professional, kind doctor who has provided me with excellent care. I feel his recommendations about follow up are addressing my needs as his patient. I am getting the best medical care with Dr. Esquenazi and feel safe as his patient. The staff is friendly and caring. Thank you, Dr. Esquenazi.
Everyone was nice and Friendly.
The doctor and everyone seemed very competent and very good. So I'm very pleased at this point with what they've done for me. Okay.
I would like to give a special THANK YOU to Nohelia. Dr. Esquenazi's assistant. She truly went above and beyond her duties to provide information, update schedules, provide MRI orders, and give that assurance that everything was in order and taken care of. Thank you, Nohelia.
Location was very comfortable. Great tea, chocolate and coffee. Short wait. Amazing medical assistants, fellows and doctor.
Exceptional professionalism and compassion and care
Overall great
Sincerely appreciate the care & efforts Dr. Esquenazi & his staff have taken in my care.
Accommodating since we drive I. From San Antonio
Excellent care and treatment, the clarity with which he spoke to us, excellent professionalism, everything.
Pray for my son.
Olivia at the front desk is very helpful and patient and knowledgeable. She helped my husband with his insurance verification and Dr. Espinazi saved my husband's life.
Great
Great staff, answered all my concerns and questions.
Your honesty.
I love Dr. Esquenazi! I see him for a tumor in my brain. In a very scare situation, he makes me feel comfortable. He make sure I understand everything before I leave and encourages questions. I love this doctor so much I refer him to all that need a neurosurgeon. His staff are amazing too.
Dr. Esquenazi and his team are awesome. All of them work together in great tandem. They give you all of the information. There's nothing left to go home and try and figure out because they give you all of the information together. The entire team works together beautifully. I feel so confident in their care and I thank Memorial Hermann for having such wise, competent, and caring professionals working within your organization. Everyone is absolutely phenomenal and it starts at the top. So I know your CEO must be a phenomenal person because Dr. Esquenazi is phenomenal as are the rest of the members on my team. Thank you.
For my first visit i felt heard and not just another number on a conveyor belt.
Everyone was friendly.
Great overall experience with the Dr and staff.
Dr. Esquenazi is an excellent person and professional, and the entire team was very kind to me.
The staff is very good and they listen to our concerns
The consultation was good and he showed he knew about my illness and treatment.
Dr. Levy was very experienced and explain thoroughly my condition and what I might do to deal with this further down the road. I felt very comfortable in his presence and he helped me understand what was going on completely.
And I want to thank you.
The team put me at ease, as much as possible for a patient for major surgery
Dr. Esquenazi saved my life. He is an expert in his field. I would highly recommend him. He goes over and beyond and has an incredible personality, calming, soothing very positive for whatever condition you're going through... He made our entire family feel At ease
I am very thankful Dr. Was excellent.
The doctor explained everything to me very well in Spanish, which is my language so we didn't need a translator. Thank you for having people like that.