Yoshua Esquenazi Levy MD

PubMed

• Glioblastoma IDH-wild type: imaging independent predictors of gross total resection (GTR) using the VASARI feature set and tumoral volumetric measurements.
  David Timaran-Montenegro, Luis Nunez, Antonio Dono, Octavio Arevalo, Andres Rodriguez
  Acta Radiologica. 2025-03-13
• Treatment-induced ripple effect: a systematic review exploring the abscopal phenomenon in Glioblastoma multiforme.
  Ali Haider Bangash, Prabhat Poudel, Khalid M Alshuqayfi, Mudassir Ahmed, Oluwaseun O Akinduro
  Journal of Neuro-Oncology. 2025-03-01
• Targeting tGLI1, a novel mediator of tumor therapeutic resistance, using Ketoconazole sensitizes glioblastoma to CDK4/6 therapy and chemoradiation.
  Yang Yu, Austin Arrigo, Ankush Chandra, Chuling Zhuang, Mariana K Najjar
  Biorxiv. 2025-02-26

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
• Gamma Knife Stereotactic Radiosurgery in Combination with Bevacizumab for Recurrent Glioblastoma  
  Morris SA, Zhu P, Rao M, Zhu JJ, Hsu S, Ballester LY, Day AL, Tandon N, Kim DH, Shephard S, Blanco AI, Esquenazi Y, World Neurosurgery, 1/1/2019
• Telomerase Reverse Transcriptase (TERT) alterations in Human Cancers; Diagnosis, Prognosis and Therapeutic Implications  
  Esquenazi Y, Ballester LY, Cancer Cytopathology, 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
• 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
• Planned Gamma Knife Boost After Chemoradiotherapy For Selected Sinonasal And Nasopharyngeal Cancers  
  Diaz-Martinez JA, Esquenazi Y, Martir M, Citardi MJ, Karni RJ, Blanco AI, World Neurosurg, 1/30/2018
• Subtype-specific signaling pathways and genomic aberrations associated with prognosis of glioblastoma  
  Park AK, Kim P, Ballester LY, Esquenazi Y, Zhao Z, Neuro Oncol, 1/25/2018
• Fluciclovine, Anti-1-amino-3-[18F]-fluorocyclobutane-1-carboxylic acid: A Novel Radiotracer for Meningioma  
  Nguyen QB, Amato R, Riascos R, Ballester L, Tandon N, Blanco A, Esquenazi Y, World Neurosurg, 1/25/2018
• Factors influencing outcome in patients with colloid cysts who present with acute neurological deterioration  
  Singh H, Burhan JM, Ahmed M, Esquenazi Y, Dhandapani S, Mauer E, Schwartz TH, Souweidane MS, J Clin Neurosci, 1/12/2018
• Cognitive disability in adult patients with brain tumors  
  Ali FS, Hussain MR, Gutierrez C, Demireva P, Ballester LY, Zhu JJ, Blanco A, Esquenazi Y, Cancer Treat Rev, 1/2/2018
• Analysis of cerebrospinal fluid metabolites in patients with primary or metastatic central nervous system tumors  
  Ballester LY, Lu G, Zorofchian S, Vantaku V, Putluri V, Yan Y, Arevalo O, Zhu P, Riascos RF, Sreekumar A, Esquenazi Y, Putluri N, Zhu JJ, Acta Neuropatholoca Communications, 1/1/2018
• Detection of the MYD88 p L265P mutation in the CSF of a patients with secondary Central Nervous System Lymphoma  
  Zorofchian S, Guangrong L, Zhu HH, Windham JP, Esquenazi Y, Ballester LY, Frontiers Neuro-Oncology and Neurosurgical Oncology, 1/1/2018
• Characterization of genomic alterations in primary central nervous system lymphomas  
  Zorofchian S, Hanadi EA, Yuanquing Y, Esquenazi Y, Ballester LY, Journal of Neuro-Oncology, 1/1/2018
• The Relationship between Repeat Resection and Overall Survival in Glioblastoma Multiforme Patients: A Time-Dependent Analysis"  
  Goldman DA, Hovinga K, Reiner AS, Esquenazi Y, Tabar V, Panageas KS, J Neurosurg, 1/1/2018
• Familial Syndromes Involving Meningiomas Provide Mechanistic Insight Into Sporadic Disease  
  Kerr K, Qualmann K, Esquenazi Y, Hagan J, Kim DH, Neurosurgery, 1/1/2018
• Circulating tumor DNA, microRNA and metabolites in cerebrospinal fluid as biomarkers for central nervous system malignancies  
  Zorofchian S, Iqbal F, Rao M, Aung P, Esquenazi Y, Ballester LY, J Clin Pathol, 1/1/2018
• Neurosurgical Residency Training in Latin America: Current status, Challenges, and Future opportunities  
  Murguia-Fuentes R, Husein N, Vega A, Rangel-Castilla L, Rotta JM, Quinones-Hinojosa A, Guinto G, Esquenazi Y, World Neurosurg, 1/1/2018
• Primary Central Nervous System Lymphoma with Associated Demyelination and Creutzfeldt Astrocytes  
  Achi HE, Lally JE, Riascos RF, Zhu JJ, Tandon N, Esquenazi Y, Bhattacharjee MB, Ballester LY, Ann Clin Lab Sci, 1/1/2018
• Orbital and nasal meningoencephaloceles secondary to chronic hydrocephalus: a rare cause of bilateral proptosis  
  Zachary J, Hussein D, Riascos R Esquenazi Y, Neuroradiol J, 1/1/2018
• Factors influencing outcome in patients with colloid cysts who present with acute neurological deterioration  
  Singh H, Burhan JM, Ahmed M, Esquenazi Y, Dhandapani S, Mauer E, Schwartz TH, Souweidane MS, Neuroradiol J, 1/1/2018
• Thalamic glioblastoma: Clinical presentation, management strategies and outcomes  
  Esquenazi Y, Moussasadeh N, Link T, Hovinga K, Brennan C, Gutin P, Tabar V, Neurosurgery, 1/21/2017
• Endoscopic endonasal vs microscopic transsphenoidal surgery for recurrent and/or residual pituitary adenomas  
  Esquenazi Y, Essayed W, Singh H, Mauer E, Ahmed M, Christos P and Schwartz TH, World Neurosurg, 1/6/2017
• The survival advantage of �supra-total� resection of glioblastoma using selective cortical mapping and the sub-pial technique  
  Esquenazi Y, Friedman E, Zheyu L, Jay-Jiguang Z, Hsu S, Tandon N, Neurosurgery, 1/1/2017
• The 2016 WHO Classification of tumors of the central nervous system: A practical approach for gliomas, Part 1 Basic tumor genetics  
  Arevalo OJ, Valenzuela R, Esquenazi Y, Rao M, Tran B, Zhu J, Bhattacharjee M, Fonseca P, Doyle R, Riascos R, Neurographics, 1/1/2017
• The 2016 World Health Organization Classification of tumors of the central nervous system: A practical approach for gliomas, Part 2 IDH Status- imaging correlation  
  Arevalo OJ, Valenzuela R, Esquenazi Y, Rao M, Tran B, Zhu J, Bhattacharjee M, Fonseca P, Doyle R, Riascos R, Neurographics, 1/1/2017
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Books/Book Chapters

• Neurocritical Care Board Review: Questions and Answers 
  Chapter: Neuro-oncology 
  Page 153 - 164Kerr K, Esquenazi Y, Nitin TandonEditors: Asma Zakaria and Pouya Tahsili-Fahadan.Edition 2nd,2019
• Intraventricular Neuroendoscopy. 
  Chapter: Anatomy of the Basal Cisterns 
  Yoshua Esquenazi, Thomas Frank, Arthur L DayEditors: Torrez-Corzo, Rangel-Castilla, Nakaji P.Thieme2015
• Complications of CSF shunting 
  Chapter: Neurosurgical management of Loculated Hydrocephalus 
  Yoshua Esquenazi, David SandbergEditors: Di Rocco, et al.Springer2014
• Neurocritical Care Board Review: Questions and Answers 
  Chapter: Neuro-oncology. 
  Yoshua Esquenazi, Nitin TandonEditors: Asma Zakaria.demosMEDICAL2013
• Neurocritical Care Board Review: Questions and Answers 
  Chapter: Perioperative neurosurgical care 
  Yoshua Esquenazi, Nitin TandonEditors: Asma Zakaria.demosMEDICAL2013
• Benzel�s Spine Surgery 
  Chapter: Brachioplexus tumors extending into the Cervico-Thoracic spine. 
  Yoshua Esquenazi, Daniel H KimEdition 4th,
• Handbook of Neurology, Neurosurgery, and Intensive Care for Nurses & Advanced Practice Health Professionals. 
  Chapter: Peripheral nerve examination. 
  Yoshua Esquenazi, Daniel H Kim
• Handbook of Neurology, Neurosurgery, and Intensive Care for Nurses & Advanced Practice Health Professionals. 
  Chapter: Iatrogenic Lumbar spine Infections. 
  Yoshua Esquenazi, Daniel H Kim
• Decision Making in Cerebrovascular Diseases 
  Chapter: Intracranial vascular tumors. 
  Kerr Keith, Katzen S, Dannenbaum M, Yoshua EsquenaziEditors: Drs. Leonardo Rangel-Castilla, Peter Nakaji, Adnan H. Siddiqui, Robert F. Spetzler, and Elad I. Levy.
• Decision Making in Cerebrovascular Diseases 
  Chapter: Spinal vascular tumors. 
  Yoshua Esquenazi, Bilsky M, Patsalides AEditors: Drs. Leonardo Rangel-Castilla, Peter Nakaji, Adnan H. Siddiqui, Robert F. Spetzler, and Elad I. Levy.
• Cases in Surgical Neuro-oncology 
  Chapter: Meningiomas. 
  Hovinga K, Yoshua Esquenazi, Gutin PEditors: Dr Lonser and Dr Elder.
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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
• Impact of Travel Distance to Care Facility on Survival in Patients with Glioblastoma: A Retrospective Study Using the National Cancer Database.
  Zhu P, Du X, Esquenazi Y, Zhu J, American Academy of Neurology 71st Annual Meeting, Philadelphia, PA, 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
• Papilledema as a sign of Shunt malfunction in Adults.
  George R, Boellstrorff-Mora D, McAllister M, Osuji E, Brown T, Esquenazi Y, Adesina O., North American Neuro-Opthalmology Society, Las Vegas, NV, 1/1/2019
• Gamma Knife Stereotactic Radiosurgery and Bevacizumab can be safely used to prolong survival for focally recurrent Glioblastoma.
  Morris SA, Zhu P, Esquenazi Y, Congress of Neurological Surgeons, Annual meeting, Houston, TX, 1/6/2018
• Detection of the MYD88 p.L265P mutation in the CSF of a Patient with Central Nervous System Lymphoma
  Soheil Zorofchian, Guangrong Lu, Jay-Jiguang Zhu, Dzifa Y. Duose, Justin Windham, Yoshua Esquenazi, Leomar Y. Ballester, 94th Annual Meeting of American Association of Neuropathologists, 1/1/2018
• Timing of adjuvant treatments on glioblastoma survival: A retrospective cohort analysis based on the national cancer database.
  Ping Zhu, Xianglin L. Du, Esquenazi Y, Zhu JJ, Journal of Neurological Sciences; 18th Biennial Canadian Neuro-Oncology Meeting, Banff, Alberta, Canada, 1/1/2018
• Metabolomic Analysis of CSF Differentiates Primary and Metastatic CNS Tumors from Non-Neoplastic Disease
  Leomar Ballester, Guangrong Lu, Soheil Zorofchian, Venkata Vantaku, Vasanta Putluri, Yuanqing Yan, Octavio Arevalo-Espejo, Roy Riascos-Castaneda, Arun Sreekumar, Yoshu..., 94th Annual Meeting of American Association of Neuropathologists, 1/1/2018
• Associations of timing of adjuvant therapies, radiation fractions and radiation doses with glioblastoma survival: A retrospective cohort analysis using the National Ca...
  Zhu P, Du X, Esquenazi Y, Zhu J, 23rd annual meeting of the SNO, New Orleans, LA, 1/1/2018
• Improved Survival in Patients with Low-Grade Glioma Undergoing Treatment at Academic and High-Volume Facilities.
  Zhu P, Du X, Esquenazi Y, Zhu JJ, CNS Tumors: Tumor Section Satellite Symposium, Houston, TX, 1/1/2018
• Pathology Confirmed Radiographic Diagnosis of True Progression and Pseudo-Progression Made by Advanced Brain Tumor Imaging.
  Valenzuela R, Ocasio L, Bhattacharjee MB, Lu G, Rao M, Tandon N, Esquenazi Y, Zhu JJ, Riascos-Castaneda R, Scientific Meeting and Education Day of the Society for Neuro-Oncology, San Francisco, CA, 1/1/2017
• The sub-pial resection technique for supra-maximal resection of glioblastomas.
  Esquenazi Y, Friedman E, Zheyu L, Jay-Jiguang Z, Hsu S, Tandon N, Scientific Meeting and Education Day of the Society for Neuro-Oncology, San Antonio, TX, 1/1/2017
• Decompressive hemicraniectomy for supratentorial spontaneous intracerebral hemorrhage: A retrospective case-control study using propensity score matching.
  Glidersleeve K, Gonzales NR, Hirzallah M, Esquenazi Y, Moomaw C, Paemini S, Cai C, Tandon N, Woo D, European Stroke Organisation Conference, Glasgow, United Kingdom, 1/1/2015
• Speed and Precision of Robotic Depth Electrode placement for Stereotactic EEG.
  Tandon N, Kalamangalam, Esquenazi Y, Seignot B, Annual Meeting of the American Epilepsy Society, Seattle, WA, 1/1/2014
• Patient Positioning Complications Related to Neurosurgical Procedures: A Systematic Review.
  Frank T, Esquenazi Y, Arthur L Day, AANS 82nd Annual Scientific Meeting, San Francisco, CA, 1/1/2014
• Tumoral Epilepsy. Is a lesionectomy enough?
  Esquenazi Y, Tandon N, AANS 82nd Annual Scientific Meeting, San Francisco, CA, 1/1/2014
• Minimizing and managing complications of SDE grids.
  Esquenazi Y, Tandon N, AANS 82nd Annual Scientific Meeting, San Francisco, CA, 1/1/2014
• Spinal cord cordectomy in the management of patients with refractory syringobulbia.
  Esquenazi Y, Kerr K, Jones W, Lo V, Kim D, Schmitt K, AANS 82nd Annual Scientific Meeting, San Francisco, CA, 1/1/2014
• Surgical resections for posttraumatic epilepsy following GSWs to the brain.
  Esquenazi Y, Tandon N, Annual Meeting of the American Epilepsy Society, Washington, DC, 1/1/2013
• Minimizing and managing complications from subdural electrode implantation for localization of seizure foci.
  Esquenazi Y, Tandon N, Annual Meeting of the American Epilepsy Society, Washington, DC, 1/1/2013
• Spatial probability of essential language sites: Cortical stimulation density map in a population.
  Thomas Pieters, Christopher Conner, Esquenazi Y, Vatche Baboyan, Nitin Tandon, OHBM, Seattle, WA, 1/1/2013
• Clinical Presentation, Diagnostic Workup and Outcome in Patients with Non-traumatic Spontaneous Convexity Subarachnoid Hemorrhage.
  Kerr K, Esquenazi Y, Congress of Neurological Surgery Annual Meeting, San Francisco, CA, 1/1/2013
• Management and outcomes in patients with glioma-associated epilepsy.
  Esquenazi Y, Tandon N, 4th Quadrennial Meeting of the World Federation of Neuro-Oncology; Scientific Meeting and Education Day of the Society for Neuro-Oncology, San Francisco, CA, 1/1/2013
• Supra-maximal resections for newly diagnosed glioblastoma multiforme.
  Esquenazi Y, Friedman E, Zhu J, Lin M, Tandon N, 4th Quadrennial Meeting of the World Federation of Neuro-Oncology; Scientific Meeting and Education Day of the Society for Neuro-Oncology, San Francisco, CA, 1/1/2013
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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
• Characterization of Genomic Alterations in Primary Central Nervous System Lymphomas 
  University Center Tower, Houston, TX - 1/18/2019
• Brain tumor overview 
  University of Texas, Houston, TX - 1/1/2019
• Treatment at Academic Centers and High-Volume Facilities is Associated with Improved Survival in Patients with Glioblastoma. 
  UT Health School of Public Health, Houston, TX - 1/1/2018
• Ethics in Neurosurgery. 
  Universidad Anahuac, Mexico City, Mexico - 1/1/2018
• Tumor recurrence or radiation necrosis following chemoradiation in patients with Glioblastoma: Does pathology predict outcomes? 
  New Orleans, LA - 1/1/2018
• Critical care management of cerebral edema in brain tumors 
  University of Texas, Health Science Center at Houston, Memorial Hermann Hospital, Houston, TX - 1/1/2017
• Management of deeply located gliomas. 
  Cancun, Quintana Roo, Mexico - 1/1/2017
• Management of glioblastoma in elderly patients. 
  Cancun, Quintana Roo, Mexico - 1/1/2017
• Treatment at Academic Centers and High-Volume Facilities is Associated with Improved Survival in Patients with Glioblastoma. A hospital-based study from the National C... 
  San Francisco, CA - 1/1/2017
• The neurosurgeon scientist: Is it possible? 
  Cancun, Quintana Roo, Mexico - 1/1/2017
• Resection strategies in tumoral Epilepsy: Is a lesionectomy enough? 
  Cancun, Quintana Roo, Mexico - 1/1/2016
• Thalamic glioblastoma: Clinical presentation, management strategies and outcomes. 
  Cancun, Quintana Roo, Mexico - 1/1/2016
• Checkpoint Inhibition in Glioblastoma 
  Mexico City, Mexico - 1/1/2016
• Novel treatment strategies for Brain metastases for Non-small-cell Lung cancer. 
  Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center, New York, NY - 1/1/2016
• Tumor-Treating Fields in Glioblastoma 
  Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center, New York, NY - 1/1/2016
• Medical Mission to Haiti 2013. 
  Memorial Hermann Hospital, Houston, TX - 1/1/2015
• Clinical presentation and outcomes of adult patients with thalamic glioblastoma 
  Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center, New York, NY - 1/1/2015
• Immune checkpoint modulators in the treatment of Glioblastoma 
  Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center, New York, NY - 1/1/2015
• Nonmelanoma cutaneous cancers involving the skull base. 
  Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center, New York, NY - 1/1/2015
• ICP, CPP, CBF, PbtO2 Monitoring in the ICU. 
  The J.W. Marriott, Houston, TX - 1/1/2014
• Clinical outcomes of patients with angiogram negative subarachnoid hemorrhage. Cost effective analysis of patients with perimesencephalic subarachnoid hemorrhage. 
  Marriott Horseshoe Bay Resort, Horseshoe Bay, TX - 1/1/2013
• Factors associated with outcome after hemicraniectomy for spontaneous supratentorial intracerebral hemorrhage. 
  The Houstonian Hotel, Houston, TX - 1/1/2012
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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