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Yoshua E. Levy, MD

Yoshua Esquenazi, MD

4.8/5
4.8/5
(159 Ratings, 56 Comments)
Yoshua Esquenazi Doctor in Houston, Texas
4.8/5
4.8/5
(159 Ratings, 56 Comments)
Yoshua E. Levy, MD

Yoshua Esquenazi, MD

Adult patients seen
Accepting new patients

SEES PATIENTS AT

CLINICAL INTERESTS

Brain metastases
CNS lymphoma
Gamma Knife® radiosurgery
High-grade gliomas
Hydrocephalus and colloid cysts
Intradural spinal tumors
Intraventricular tumors
Low-grade Gliomas
Malignant spinal column tumors (metastatic spine tumors)
Meningiomas
Pineal region and brainstem tumors
Pituitary and parasellar tumors
Primary brain tumors
Primary spinal cord tumors
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Overview

About

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.

Education
2007 Graduate School Universidad Anahuac Mexico
2016 Fellowship Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center
2015 Residency The University Texas Medical School at Houston
2009 Internship Mayo Clinic – Rochester
Languages Spoken
EnglishSpanish

Patient Experience Ratings and Comments

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4.8/5
4.8/5
(159 Ratings, 56 Comments)
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4.8out of 5(159 Ratings, 56 Comments)
Apr 9, 2025

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.


Mar 19, 2025

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.


Mar 12, 2025

Location was very comfortable. Great tea, chocolate and coffee. Short wait. Amazing medical assistants, fellows and doctor.


Mar 12, 2025

Exceptional professionalism and compassion and care


Mar 12, 2025

Overall great


Mar 5, 2025

Sincerely appreciate the care & efforts Dr. Esquenazi & his staff have taken in my care.


Mar 5, 2025

Accommodating since we drive I. From San Antonio


Feb 26, 2025

Excellent care and treatment, the clarity with which he spoke to us, excellent professionalism, everything.


Feb 12, 2025

Pray for my son.


Feb 5, 2025

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.


Feb 5, 2025

Great


Feb 5, 2025

Great staff, answered all my concerns and questions.


Jan 29, 2025

Your honesty.


Jan 29, 2025

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.


Jan 15, 2025

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.


Jan 15, 2025

For my first visit i felt heard and not just another number on a conveyor belt.


Jan 15, 2025

Everyone was friendly.


Jan 15, 2025

Great overall experience with the Dr and staff.


Jan 8, 2025

Dr. Esquenazi is an excellent person and professional, and the entire team was very kind to me.


Jan 8, 2025

The staff is very good and they listen to our concerns


Dec 11, 2024

The consultation was good and he showed he knew about my illness and treatment.


Dec 4, 2024

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.


Dec 4, 2024

And I want to thank you.


Nov 27, 2024

The team put me at ease, as much as possible for a patient for major surgery


Nov 13, 2024

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


Nov 8, 2024

I am very thankful Dr. Was excellent.


Oct 23, 2024

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.


Oct 23, 2024

I was very impressed with the Dr. He really took the time to go over images and talk with us.


Oct 16, 2024

The doctor and his staff put me somewhat an ease towards my upcoming treatment .


Oct 9, 2024

That y'all are great people


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