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Who is Dr. Esquivel, Surgeon in Palo Alto, CA?
Dr. Carlos Esquivel, MD, PHD is a Surgeon, who primarily practices in Palo Alto, CA with 2 additional practice locations. He is board certified. Dr. Esquivel graduated from Universidad de Costa Rica Facultad de Medicina. Dr. Esquivel is fluent in English and Spanish, and is currently seeing new patients. Dr. Esquivel’s practice accepts Aetna, Cigna, UnitedHealthcare and other major insurance plans. To book an appointment or to confirm insurance options, please call Dr. Esquivel’s office at (650) 497-8000.
What are Areas of Expertise for Dr. Esquivel?
Dr. Carlos Esquivel, MD, PHD is a highly-rated, board-certified Surgeon known for expertly diagnosing, treating, and managing a wide array of related conditions or procedures. Utilizing the latest medical advancements and evidence-based practices, Dr. Esquivel empowers patients to confidently navigate their health journey, specializing in Transplant-Liver-Adult & Pediatric, or comprehensive wellness support. Serving the Palo Alto/CA community, Dr. Esquivel is dedicated to enhancing lives through expert, patient-centered care.
Where did Dr. Esquivel go to medical school and complete their residency?
Medical School: University of Costa Rica / Faculty of Medicine | Universidad de Costa Rica Facultad de Medicina
What languages does Dr. Esquivel speak?
Dr. Esquivel and their clinical team can communicate with patients in the following languages:
English
Spanish
What conditions does Dr. Esquivel treat?
As a Surgeon, Dr. Esquivel diagnoses, treats, and manages a wide range of conditions. This condition information is derived from anonymized insurance claims and highlights the medical conditions most commonly treated by Dr. Esquivel. It provides insight into the doctor’s areas of experience and expertise based on real-world patient encounters from the past two years, updated quarterly.
Also known as:
- Having a Kidney Transplant
- Kidney Transplantation
- Kidney Transplant
- Renal transplant
- Kidney replacement surgery
- Post-kidney transplant
ICD-10 Codes:
- Z940: Kidney transplant status
Also known as:
- Liver Transplant
- Awaiting Organ Transplant
- Liver Transplantation
- Organ Transplantation
- Hepatic Transplant
- Liver Graft
- New Liver
- Organ transplant waitlist
- On transplant list
- Pre-transplant status
ICD-10 Codes:
- Z944: Liver transplant status
- Z7682: Awaiting organ transplant status
Also known as:
- Liver Transplant Aftercare
- Liver Transplantation
- Liver Transplant
- Post-liver transplant care
- Liver recipient follow-up
- Liver transplant recovery
ICD-10 Codes:
- Z4823: Encounter for aftercare following liver transplant
Also known as:
- Kidney Transplant Aftercare
- Kidney Transplantation
- Post-kidney transplant care
- Kidney transplant follow-up
- Renal transplant recovery
ICD-10 Codes:
- Z4822: Encounter for aftercare following kidney transplant
Also known as:
- Biliary Atresia
- Bile Duct Disease
- Birth Defects
- Blocked Bile Ducts at Birth
- Congenital Bile Duct Blockage
- Bile Duct Atresia
ICD-10 Codes:
- Q442: Atresia of bile ducts
Also known as:
- Hepatoblastoma
- Liver Cancer
- Childhood liver cancer
- Embryonal liver cancer
- Malignant hepatoblastoma
ICD-10 Codes:
- C222: Hepatoblastoma
Also known as:
- Portal hypertension
- High Blood Pressure
- Liver Disease
- High blood pressure in the portal vein
- Liver portal pressure
- Elevated portal venous pressure
ICD-10 Codes:
- K766: Portal hypertension
Also known as:
- Immune Deficiency
- Immune System and Disorder
- Weak Immune System
- Immune System Disorder
ICD-10 Codes:
- D849: Immunodeficiency, unspecified
Which procedures does Dr. Esquivel perform as a Surgeon?
As a Surgeon, procedures performed by a Dr. Carlos Esquivel may include:
- Abdominal Wall Reconstruction
- Amputation
- Appendicitis / Appendectomy
- Brain Aneurysm Treatment
- Brain Surgery
- Brain Tumor Evaluation
- Central Line Placement
- Cerebral Shunt
For detailed information, please contact Dr. Esquivel's office.
Does Dr. Esquivel accept my insurance?
Dr. Esquivel accepts most major insurance plans. Important: Please call our office at (650) 497-8000 before your appointment to verify that your specific plan and network are accepted.
What insurance plans does Dr. Esquivel accept in Palo Alto, CA?
Dr. Esquivel in Palo Alto, CA accepts plans from many carriers. While this list is updated regularly, it is not a guarantee of coverage.
Top Insurances
Aetna
All Other Third Party
Blue Cross Blue Shield
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Illinois
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Michigan
California Water Service Group
Capital Blue Cross
Cigna
Elevance Health Inc. (formerly Anthem)
Valley Health Plan
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Where is Dr. Esquivel's office located?
Recognitions
Publications
PI3K Inhibition Augments the Efficacy of Rapamycin in Suppressing Proliferation of Epstein
AMERICAN JOURL OF TRANSPLANTATION, 2013
Syk-Induced Phosphatidylinositol
AMERICAN JOURL OF TRANSPLANTATION, 2013
Current options for magement of biliary atresia
PEDIATRIC TRANSPLANTATION, 2013
Liver transplantation for urea cycle disorders in pediatric patients: A single-center experience
PEDIATRIC TRANSPLANTATION, 2013
Geographical Rural Status and Health Outcomes in Pediatric Liver Transplantation
JOURL OF PEDIATRICS, 2013
The impact of hepatic portoenterostomy on liver transplantation
PEDIATRIC TRANSPLANTATION, 2012
Grafts too big or too small: Business as usual in pediatric liver transplantation
PEDIATRIC TRANSPLANTATION, 2012
Emerging therapeutic strategies for Epstein-Barr virus+ post
PEDIATRIC TRANSPLANTATION, 2012
A Common Peripheral Blood Gene Set for Diagnosis of Operatiol Tolerance in Pediatric
AMERICAN JOURL OF TRANSPLANTATION, 2012
Changes in tural killer cell subsets in pediatric liver transplant recipients
PEDIATRIC TRANSPLANTATION, 2012
Liver Transplantation With Dotion After Cardiac Death A Treacherous Field!
ARCHIVES OF SURGERY, 2011
Effects of rural status on health outcomes in pediatric liver transplantation
PEDIATRIC TRANSPLANTATION, 2011
Toll-Like Receptor 4 Contributes to Small Intestine Allograft Rejection
TRANSPLANTATION, 2010
Alysis of clinical variables associated with tolerance in pediatric liver transplant recipients
PEDIATRIC TRANSPLANTATION, 2010
A review of abdomil organ transplantation in cystic fibrosis
PEDIATRIC TRANSPLANTATION, 2010
Expression of Soluble HLA-G Identifies Favorable Outcomes in Liver Transplant Recipients
TRANSPLANTATION, 2010
Acute Rejection of Small Intestine Allografts Is Associated With Increased Expression of Toll
TRANSPLANTATION PROCEEDINGS, 2010
Biliary Complications Following Liver Transplantation
DIGESTIVE DISEASES AND SCIENCES, 2010
Liver Transplantation: Where We Are and Where We Are Heading
TRANSPLANTATION PROCEEDINGS, 2010
Long-term outcome following pediatric liver transplantation for metabolic disorders
PEDIATRIC TRANSPLANTATION, 2010
Induced Tolerance to Rat Liver Allografts Involves the Apoptosis of Intragraft T Cells
LIVER TRANSPLANTATION, 2010
Acute Liver Failure at 26 Weeks' Gestation in a Patient with Sickle Cell Disease
LIVER TRANSPLANTATION, 2009
Clinical models of tolerance induction in pediatric transplantation
PEDIATRIC TRANSPLANTATION, 2009
Transarterial Chemoinfusion for Hepatocellular Carcinoma as Downstaging Therapy
AMERICAN JOURL OF TRANSPLANTATION, 2009
Decreases in circulating CD4(+)CD25(hi)FOXP3(+) cells
PEDIATRIC TRANSPLANTATION, 2009
SIR 2008 annual meeting film panel case: Alagille syndrome
JOURL OF VASCULAR AND INTERVENTIOL RADIOLOGY, 2008
Factors affecting survival to intestil transplantation in the very young pediatric patient
TRANSPLANTATION, 2008
Non-adherence to post-transplant care
PEDIATRIC TRANSPLANTATION, 2008
Alloimmunization to red blood cell antigens affects clinical outcomes in liver transplant patients
LIVER TRANSPLANTATION, 2007
Mutations to bid cleavage sites protect hepatocytes from apoptosis after ischemia
TRANSPLANTATION, 2007
Liver allografts are toleragenic in rats conditioned with posttransplant total lymphoid irradiation
TRANSPLANTATION, 2007
Outcomes of transplantation in children with primary hepatic maligncy
PEDIATRIC TRANSPLANTATION, 2007
EBV can protect latently infected B cell lymphomas from death receptor-induced apoptosis
JOURL OF IMMUNOLOGY, 2006
Pediatric intestil transplantation at Packard children's hospital
TRANSPLANTATION PROCEEDINGS, 2006
Adolescent non-adherence: Prevalence and consequences in liver transplant recipients
PEDIATRIC TRANSPLANTATION, 2006
Improved pain magement in pediatric postoperative liver transplant patients using parental
PEDIATRIC TRANSPLANTATION, 2006
Keratins as susceptibility genes for end-stage liver disease
GASTROENTEROLOGY, 2005
IFN-gamma, produced by NK cells that infiltrate liver allografts early after transplantation
AMERICAN JOURL OF TRANSPLANTATION, 2005
Complete immunosuppressive withdrawal as a uniform approach to post
PEDIATRIC TRANSPLANTATION, 2004
One hundred percent patient and kidney allograft survival with simultaneous liver and kidney
TRANSPLANTATION, 2003
Identification of Epstein-Barr virus-specific CD8
TRANSPLANTATION, 2002
Thirteen years' experience in pediatric liver transplantation
TRANSPLANTATION PROCEEDINGS, 2002
Liver transplantation for fulmint hepatitis at Stanford University
JOURL OF GASTROENTEROLOGY, 2002
Epstein-Barr virus infection is associated with endothelial bcl
TRANSPLANTATION, 2002
Resistance to Fas-mediated apoptosis in EBV
JOURL OF IMMUNOLOGY, 2001
Apoptosis and allograft rejection in the absence of CD8(+) T cells
TRANSPLANTATION, 2001
Mortality rate correlated with the number of pediatric liver transplants performed at a center
Cox, K., Rodriguez-Baez, N., sr, A., Esquivel, C., 2001
Center experience in liver transplantation for hepatocellular carcinoma associated with cirrhosis
Lai, K. M., MILLAN, M., Razavi, M., Keeffe, E. B., Prapong, W., Fisher, 2001
Orthotopic liver transplantation for carcinoid tumour metastatic to the liver: anesthetic magement
CADIAN JOURL OF AESTHESIA-JOURL CADIEN D ANESTHESIE, 2000
Radiolabeled annexin V imaging
RADIOLOGY, 2000
Significance of detecting Epstein-Barr
Krieger, N. R., Martinez, O. M., Krams, S. M., Cox, K., So, S., Esquiv, 2000
Major hepatic resection without blood transfusion: Experience with total vascular exclusion
So, S. K., Monge, H., Esquivel, C. O., 1999
Does Asian race affect hepatitis B virus recurrence or survival following liver transplantation
So, S. K., Esquivel, C. O., Imperial, J. C., Garcia, G., Monge, H., Ke, 1999
Resection versus transplantation for hepatocellular carcinoma
Esquivel, C. O., Keeffe, E. B., Garcia, G., Imperial, J. C., Millan, M, 1999
Effect of intraoperative blood transfusion on patient outcome in hepatic transplantation
ARCHIVES OF SURGERY, 1999
Increased dosage requirement
TRANSPLANTATION PROCEEDINGS, 1998
CD30 expression identifies a functiol alloreactive human T-lymphocyte subset
TRANSPLANTATION, 1998
Effect of cyclosporine and tacrolimus on the growth of Epstein-Barr virus-transformed B-cell lines
TRANSPLANTATION, 1998
Allograft rejection after liver transplantation for autoimmune liver diseases
LIVER TRANSPLANTATION AND SURGERY, 1998
CD8(+) cells are not necessary for allograft rejection or the induction of apoptosis in an
JOURL OF IMMUNOLOGY, 1998
Human hepatocytes produce an isoform of Fas that inhibits apoptosis
TRANSPLANTATION, 1998
Current status of living-related liver transplantation.
Pediatric transplantation, 1998
Experience with the piggyback technique without caval occlusion
TRANSPLANTATION, 1998
New approaches to supporting the failing liver
ANNUAL REVIEW OF MEDICINE, 1998
Liver transplantation at Stanford University Medical Center.
Clinical transplants, 1998
Cholic acid synthesis is reduced
TRANSPLANTATION, 1997
Neurodevelopmental outcome of young children with extrahepatic biliary atresia 1 year after liver
JOURL OF PEDIATRICS, 1997
Transjugular intrahepatic portosystemic shunt placement in a child complicated by perforated Roux
JOURL OF PEDIATRIC GASTROENTEROLOGY AND NUTRITION, 1997
Current status and outcome of pediatric liver transplantation.
Clinics in liver disease, 1997
Factors affecting survival after orthotopic liver transplantation in infants
TRANSPLANTATION, 1997
Emergency transjugular intrahepatic portosystemic shunt (TIPS) in an infant: A case report
JOURL OF PEDIATRIC SURGERY, 1997
Liver transplantation from non-heart beating donors in rats
Liver transplantation and surgery, 1997
Liver transplantation in Asian patients with chronic hepatitis B
HEPATOLOGY, 1997
Rapid development of hepatocellular siderosis after liver transplantation
TRANSPLANTATION, 1996
Primary liver transplantation without transfusion of red blood cells
Cacciarelli, T. V., Keeffe, E. B., Moore, D. H., BURNS, W., Chuljian, , 1996
Orthotopic liver transplantation for hepatocellular carcinoma - Factors affecting long
Ojogho, O. N., So, S. K., Keeffe, E. B., Berquist, W., Concepcion, W.,, 1996
Continuous venovenous hemofiltration with dialysis in combition with total hepatectomy
TRANSPLANTATION, 1996
Cyclosporine and tacrolimus both suppress activation of kupffer cells in vitro
Tojimbara, T., Bermudez, L. E., Egawa, H., Hayashi, M., So, S. K., Esq, 1996
Oral tacrolimus (FK506) induction therapy in pediatric orthotopic liver transplantation
TRANSPLANTATION, 1996
Expression of cytokines and immune mediators during chronic liver allograft rejection
Hayashi, M., Martinez, O. M., GARCIAKENNEDY, R., So, S., Esquivel, C. , 1995
A REASSESSMENT OF ABO INCOMPATIBILITY IN PEDIATRIC LIVER-TRANSPLANTATION
TRANSPLANTATION, 1995
EFFECTS OF PENTOXIFYLLINE PRETREATMENT ON KUPFFER CELLS IN RAT-LIVER TRANSPLANTATION
HEPATOLOGY, 1995
AN INCREASED INCIDENCE OF EPSTEIN-BARR
Cox, K. L., LAWRENCEMIYASAKI, L. S., GARCIAKENNEDY, R., Lennette, E. T, 1995
ACUTE LIVER ALLOGRAFT-REJECTION IN THE RAT - AN ALYSIS OF THE IMMUNE RESPONSE
TRANSPLANTATION, 1995
MODIFICATION OF REJECTION BY POLYETHYLENE-GLYCOL SMALL-BOWEL TRANSPLANTATION
TRANSPLANTATION, 1994
What is Dr. Esquivel's NPI number?An National Provider Identifier (NPI) is a unique ID number that identifies doctors and healthcare providers nationwide.
Dr. Esquivel's National Provider Identifier (NPI) number is 1942343504.
What common questions do patients ask about Dr. Esquivel?
Here are answers to patients Frequently Asked Questions (FAQ’s) about Dr. Esquivel
What is Dr. Carlos Esquivel's specialty?
Dr. Esquivel is a Surgeon near Palo Alto, CA. General surgeons are experts in diagnosing and managing surgical conditions which includes preoperative, operative, and postoperative care, as well as addressing complications. Their expertise include the areas such as the alimentary tract, breast, abdomen, skin and soft tissue, endocrine system, head and neck, pediatric surgery, surgical critical care, surgical oncology, trauma, burns, and vascular surgery. General surgeons increasingly utilize minimally invasive and endoscopic techniques to provide proper care. In addition to this, many general surgeons have expertise in transplantation, plastic, and cardiothoracic surgery. Contact Dr. Esquivel to book an appointment today.
Is this Dr. Carlos Esquivel affiliated with a ranked Castle Connolly Top Hospital?
Yes, Dr. Esquivel is affiliated with Stanford Health Care - Stanford Hospital which is a Castle Connolly Top Hospital. Castle Connolly Top Hospitals are healthcare institutions recognized for their excellence in specific medical procedures and overall patient care. They are identified through a rigorous peer nomination process, evaluating factors like patient outcomes, quality of care, and expertise. The list recognizes hospitals that excel in 20 or more specific medical procedures, representing the top 25% nationwide. Castle Connolly Top Hospitals
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Is Carlos Esquivel accepting new patients in Palo Alto, CA?
Yes, Dr. Carlos Esquivel is accepting new patients at this time.
Does Dr. Carlos Esquivel offer online booking?
Please contact Dr. Esquivel's office at (650) 497-8000 for information about online booking, telehealth, or to schedule an appointment.
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