Summary

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.

Quick Facts

  • accepting new patients
  • 1
  • 16 years of experience
  • 30 insurance plans accepted
  • speaks Spanish
  • Universidad Catolica De Santiago De Guayaquil Facultad De Ciencias Medicas
  • 1 written review
  • 2 specialties
  • 3 areas of expertise
  • 1 hospital affiliation
  • 1 office location
  • Male

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Speaks Spanish Speaks English Speaks English, Spanish Speaks English
New York , NYNew York , NYNew York , NYBrooklyn , NY
Med School: Universidad Catolica De Santiago De Guayaquil Facultad De Ciencias Medicas Med School: Perelman School Of Medicine At University Of Pennsylvania Med School: University Of Pittsburgh School Of Medicine Med School: Rutgers New Jersey Medical School
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Insurance Plans Accepted by Dr. Jose Gonzalo Sanchez Escobar

  • Accepts Medicare
  • Accepts Medicaid
  • 1199 SEIU
  • Aetna
  • Affinity by Molina Healthcare
  • AmidaCare
  • Anthem Blue Cross and Blue Shield (Empire BCBS)
  • Anthem HealthPlus
  • CenterLight
  • Cigna
  • Elderplan
  • EmblemHealth (GHI)
  • EmblemHealth (HIP)
  • EmblemHealth Insurance Company (fka HIP Insurance Company of New York) HIPIC
  • Empire BlueCross BlueShield (32BJ)
  • Fidelis
  • Hamaspik
  • Healthfirst
  • Humana
  • Humana Military (Tricare)
  • Longevity Health Plan
  • MagnaCare
  • Medicaid
  • Medicare
  • Northwell Direct
  • NY Hotel Trade Council
  • NYS Empire Plan (NYSHIP)
  • Oxford
  • Railroad Medicare
  • Senior Whole Health
  • United Healthcare
  • US Family Health Plan

Medical Specialties

Dr. Jose Gonzalo Sanchez Escobar has the following 2 specialties

Specialty Expertise

Dr. Jose Gonzalo Sanchez Escobar has the following 3 areas of expertise

  • Endocrinology & Metabolism
  • Endocrinology Diabetes & Metabolism
  • Internal Medicine

Certifications, License, & Education

16 Years Experience

MEDICAL LICENSE

Medical Doctor, New York, 2026, Expired

EDUCATION & TRAINING

Medical School

Universidad Catolica De Santiago De Guayaquil Facultad De Ciencias MedicasGraduated in 2010

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Where is Dr. Jose Sanchez Escobar's office located?
Dr. Jose Sanchez Escobar's office is located at 110 E 59th St Rm 8B, New York, NY, 10022.
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Dr. Jose Sanchez Escobar is affiliated with Lenox Hill Hospital.
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