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Yoshua Esquenazi Levy, MD, Neurosurgery, Houston, TX, University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston

YoshuaEsquenazi LevyMD

Neurosurgery Houston, TX

Director of Neurosurgical Oncology, The University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston, McGovern Medical School Vivian L. Smith Department of Neurosurgery

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Education & Training

  • University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston
    University of Texas Health Science Center at HoustonResidency, Neurological Surgery, 2009 - 2015
  • Mayo Clinic College of Medicine and Science
    Mayo Clinic College of Medicine and ScienceInternship, Transitional Year, 2008 - 2009
  • Universidad Anahuac School of Medicine
    Universidad Anahuac School of MedicineClass of 2007

Certifications & Licensure

  • TX State Medical License
    TX State Medical License 2016 - 2025
  • NY State Medical License
    NY State Medical License 2015 - 2017
  • American Board of Neurological Surgery Neurological Surgery

Awards, Honors, & Recognition

  • Houstonia Top Doctors Neurosurgery 2018
  • AOA-Spine 2015
  • Resident Award Alpha Omega Alpha Honor Medical Society Delta Chapter, 2014
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Publications & Presentations

PubMed

Journal Articles

  • EGFR amplification and classical subtype are associated with a poor response to bevacizumab in recurrent glioblastoma  
    Hovinga KE, McCrea HJ, Brennan C, Huse J, Zheng J, Esquenazi Y, Panageas KS, Tabar V, J Neurooncol, 1/24/2019
  • Improved survival of glioblastoma patients treated at academic and high-volume facilities: a hospital-based study from the National Cancer Database  
    Zhu P, Du X, Zhu Z, Esquenazi Y, Journal of Neurosurgery, 1/1/2019
  • Letter to the editor: Thalamic glioblastoma: Clinical presentation, management strategies and outcomes  
    Esquenazi Y, Moss N, Tabar V, Neurosurgery, 1/1/2019
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Books/Book Chapters

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Abstracts/Posters

  • Differentiating Abscess from Necrosis by ADC value measurement.
    Kamali A, Doyle N, Rabiei P, Lugo A, Zhu JJ, Esquenazi Y, Patel R, Riascos R, ASNR 57th Annual Meeting, Boston, MA, 1/1/2019
  • Access to clinical trials, multidisciplinary environment, and health care providers by facility type and outcomes of patients with newly diagnosed glioblastoma using t...
    Zhu P, Du X, Esquenazi Y, Zhu J, ASCO, Chicago, IL, 1/1/2019
  • Detecting Mutations in Cerebrospinal fluid: Liquid biopsy for Detection of Central Nervous System Metastases.
    Shah M, Chieh L, Esquenazi Y, raja L, Ballester LY, ACS meeting, Hershey, PA, 1/1/2019
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Lectures

  • The 2016 World Health Organization Classification of Tumors of the Central Nervous System 
    Guadalajara, Mexico, 2018; Hotel RIU, Guadalajara, Mexico, 2019 - 1/26/2019
  • Neurosurgical Emergencies � Imaging findings and management 
    Hotel RIU, Guadalajara, Mexico - 1/26/2019
  • Feasibility of a Liquid Biopsy assay in CNS tumors. 
    Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center, Rockefeller Research Institute, New York, NY - 1/25/2019
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Other

  • Hydrocephalus (Water in the brain). (Media Appearance) 
    Esquenazi Y, Univision: afternoon news network, Channel 45
    Houston, TX - 1/1/2017
  • Laser treatment for brain tumors. (Media Appearance) 
    Esquenazi Y, Univision: Special Health report, Channel 45
    1/1/2017
  • Primary and secondary brain tumors. (Media Appearance) 
    Esquenazi Y, Univision: morning news network, Channel 45
    Houston, TX - 1/1/2016

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