Arizona Neurosurgery and Spine At The CORE Institute
Neurosurgery
Phoenix, AZ
Most recent review: 4 days ago
New
4.6
473 Ratings
197 Comments
José Menéndez, MD, FAANS, FACS is a Board Certified and Fellowship Trained Neurosurgeon at The CORE Institute. He specializes in the use of minimally invasive techniques for the surgical management of brain and spine problems. He has trained many surgeons in the use of these procedures and continues to help develop better alternatives for patient care through research.
José Menéndez, MD, FAANS, FACS is a Board Certified and Fellowship Trained Neurosurgeon at The CORE Institute. He specializes in the use of minimally invasive techniques for the surgical management of brain and spine problems. He has trained many surgeons in the use of these procedures and continues to help develop better alternatives for patient care through research.
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He is a very good Doctor,, Excellent
(4 days ago)
Sep-2026
Very thorough. Took time to answer our questions.
(1 week ago)
Sep-2026
So far so good. After all the research I have done my gut is telling me he's my doctor. I always give 4 stars maximum before a procedure, let's do another review after my upcoming fusion. Fingers crossed to give 5 stars.
(1 week ago)
Sep-2026
He explained my surgery to me I was very confused. Dr. Menendez was great
(2 weeks ago)
Aug-2026
He has an amazing bedside manner. And after 6 brain surgeries I feel confident in my recovery with him being my neurologist!
(2 weeks ago)
Aug-2026
Asked me what happened I started to explain my accident and he told me to hurry up my story cause he has other people to see and when I tried to explain how I got hurt he told me to hurry up again and told me I should have not came and was no reason cause my spine fractures were not important cause that’s what the er said cause I didn’t need surgery that it was point less to came in even though that’s what my discharge paper told me to do and my PCP along with my lawyer for my accident and when he learned I had a lawyer on why I pushed for a sooner appointment instead of waiting a month to be seen he rolled his eyes and throw his hands in the air and said of course they do referring to me being sooner then a month out. He then barely did anything to check me out and said I was fine and walked out of the room not providing me any paper that I was clear and or clear to do what. He also walked into the room while on his phone. I also got there 30mins early and wasn’t seen till 40mins past
(3 weeks ago)
Aug-2026
He explained the whole process to me and what needed to be done!
(3 weeks ago)
Aug-2026
Awsome
(3 weeks ago)
Aug-2026
Always very knowledgeable and willing to spend the time to go over every question or important of a procedure.
José Menéndez, MD, FAANS, FACS is a Board Certified and Fellowship Trained Neurosurgeon at The CORE Institute. He specializes in the use of minimally invasive techniques for the surgical management of brain and spine problems. He has trained many surgeons in the use of these procedures and continues to help develop better alternatives for patient care through research. He is one of few surgeons in the state who performs surgeries for brain pathologies through less-traumatic and less-invasive options, marrying the most recent advances in technology with surgical innovation and ultimately improving patient care with a safer and faster recovery. He also specializes in the surgical treatment of epilepsy.
Dr. Menéndez grew up on the border between Texas and Mexico and is very proud of his dual-culture upbringing. He earned his Medical Degree from the Instituto Tecnológicoy de Estudios Superiores de Monterrey, which is the highest-ranked education institution in Mexico and one of the most prestigious in the world, where he graduated with the highest honors. He completed his neurosurgical residency at Washington University in St. Louis, where he had the opportunity to rotate at the National Referral Centre for Neurosurgery at Beaumont Hospital in Dublin, Ireland. He obtained further specialized training in complex spinal surgery and surgical treatment of epilepsy.
Dr. Menéndez is an assistant professor of neurosurgery at the University of Arizona College of Medicine–Phoenix and serves as the chairman of neurotrauma at Banner University Medical Center in Phoenix. He is a fellow of the American College of Surgeons and is a member of the American Board of Neurological Surgeons, the Congress of Neurological Surgeons, the North American Spine Society, and the International Society for Minimally Invasive Spine Surgery.
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He is a very good Doctor,, Excellent
Very thorough. Took time to answer our questions.
So far so good. After all the research I have done my gut is telling me he's my doctor. I always give 4 stars maximum before a procedure, let's do another review after my upcoming fusion. Fingers crossed to give 5 stars.
He explained my surgery to me I was very confused. Dr. Menendez was great
He has an amazing bedside manner. And after 6 brain surgeries I feel confident in my recovery with him being my neurologist!
Asked me what happened I started to explain my accident and he told me to hurry up my story cause he has other people to see and when I tried to explain how I got hurt he told me to hurry up again and told me I should have not came and was no reason cause my spine fractures were not important cause that’s what the er said cause I didn’t need surgery that it was point less to came in even though that’s what my discharge paper told me to do and my PCP along with my lawyer for my accident and when he learned I had a lawyer on why I pushed for a sooner appointment instead of waiting a month to be seen he rolled his eyes and throw his hands in the air and said of course they do referring to me being sooner then a month out. He then barely did anything to check me out and said I was fine and walked out of the room not providing me any paper that I was clear and or clear to do what. He also walked into the room while on his phone. I also got there 30mins early and wasn’t seen till 40mins past
He explained the whole process to me and what needed to be done!
Awsome
Always very knowledgeable and willing to spend the time to go over every question or important of a procedure.
He's a good person and explain everything clearly