Dr. Jose G. Escobar
Overview
Jose G. Sanchez Escobar M.D. is a board-certified endocrinologist. He is an Assistant Professor of Medicine at the Donald and Barbara Zucker School of Medicine and serves as the Co-Director of Thyroid and Parathyroid Services at Lenox Hill Hospital. Dr. Sanchez originally hails from Ecuador, were he completed his medical education. He subsequently finished internal medicine residency and endocrinology fellowship at Mount Sinai Beth Israel. His clinical interests involve quality control projects to improve the outcomes of fine needle aspiration biopsies of the thyroid gland, as well as procedural education for endocrinology fellows. He was recently awarded a two-year research grant by the New York State Department of Health to investigate the pathogenesis and clinical behavior of thyroid neoplasia in LatinX patients, as well as to introduce novel therapeutic approaches to both benign and malignant thyroid tumors in this population.
Dr. Escobar is rated as an Experienced provider by MediFind in the treatment of Familial Isolated Hyperparathyroidism. His top areas of expertise are Obesity in Children, Hypothyroidism, Thyroid Nodule, and Obesity.
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Locations
110 East 59th Street, Suite 8B, New York, NY 10022
Additional Areas of Focus
Dr. Escobar has provided the following conditions as areas of focus. Please note that we may not have enough data to validate their experience in some of these conditions.
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Areas of Expertise
MediFind evaluates expertise by pulling from factors such as number of articles a doctor has published in medical journals, participation in clinical trials, speaking at industry conferences, prescribing and referral patterns, and strength of connections with other experts in their field.
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- HypothyroidismDr. Escobar isAdvanced. Learn about Hypothyroidism.
- ObesityDr. Escobar isAdvanced. Learn about Obesity.
- Obesity in ChildrenDr. Escobar isAdvanced. Learn about Obesity in Children.
- Thyroid NoduleDr. Escobar isAdvanced. Learn about Thyroid Nodule.
- Type 2 Diabetes (T2D)Dr. Escobar isAdvanced. Learn about Type 2 Diabetes (T2D).
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- Adrenal Insufficiency PediatricDr. Escobar isExperienced. Learn about Adrenal Insufficiency Pediatric.
- Alopecia AreataDr. Escobar isExperienced. Learn about Alopecia Areata.
- Anaplastic Thyroid CancerDr. Escobar isExperienced. Learn about Anaplastic Thyroid Cancer.
- Autosomal Dominant HypocalcemiaDr. Escobar isExperienced. Learn about Autosomal Dominant Hypocalcemia.
- Autosomal Recessive HypotrichosisDr. Escobar isExperienced. Learn about Autosomal Recessive Hypotrichosis.
- Diabetes Insipidus (DI)Dr. Escobar isExperienced. Learn about Diabetes Insipidus (DI).