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Nestor Esnaola

Physician · Houston Methodist Hospital

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History

Houston Methodist Hospital
2026–Present

General Surgery
Brigham and Women's Hospital
1995–2000
Harvard University
Johns Hopkins Univ Sch of Med
1989–1993
Internal Medicine
Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine
1990–1993
Rice University
1985–1989

Research

Optimal preoperative assessment of the geriatric surgical patient: a best practices guideline from the American College of Surgeons National Surgical Quality Improvement Program…
Journal of the American College of Surgeons · 2012 · 620 citations
Simplified staging for hepatocellular carcinoma
Journal of Clinical Oncology · 2002 · 581 citations
Optimal Perioperative Management of the Geriatric Patient: A Best Practices Guideline from the American College of Surgeons NSQIP and the American Geriatrics Society
Journal of the American College of Surgeons · 2016 · Last of 6 authors · 443 citations

RS
Raj Satkunasivam
8 papers
Andreas Karachristos
6 papers
Ernest Camp
6 papers
SC
Steven Curley
6 papers
Zachary Klaassen
6 papers
CS
Carlos Riveros Sabogal
5 papers · 4 as a resident
Christopher Wallis
5 papers · 5 as a fellow
David Cole
5 papers
Jean-Nicolas Vauthey
5 papers
SR
Sanjana Ranganathan
5 papers · 1 as a resident
Brian Miles
4 papers
David Sachs
4 papers

Grants

Improving Resection Rates Among African Americans with NSCLC
National Institute on Minority Health and Health Disparities · R01
PI · $1.8M · Medical University of South Carolina
2012–2019

Clinical trials

Comprehensive Multimodal Prehabilitation Alone or With Neoadjuvant Therapy Before Major Cancer Surgery
Principal investigator · Recruiting · Phase 2
The Methodist Hospital Research Institute
2025–2027
Neoadjuvant Atezolizumab in Cutaneous Melanoma
Principal investigator · Active not recruiting · Phase 1
The Methodist Hospital Research Institute
2020–2026
Perioperative Risk Study
Principal investigator · Active not recruiting
Fox Chase Cancer Center
2014–2025
Technology and Health Communication in Improving Health Outcomes in Patients Scheduled for Mammography
Principal investigator · Completed
Fox Chase Cancer Center
2014–2017