- Alfredo Quinones-Hinojosa
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Alfredo Quiñones-Hinojosa Born Mexico Citizenship United States Fields Neurosurgeon Institutions Johns Hopkins University Alfredo Quiñones-Hinojosa (also known as "Dr. Q") is the Associate Professor of Neurosurgery, Neuroscience, Oncology and Cellular and Molecular Medicine, and the Director of the Brain Tumor Stem Cell Laboratory at Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine.
Dr. Quiñones-Hinojosa started his U.S. education at San Joaquin Delta College in Stockton, California, and completed his bachelor's degree at University of California, Berkeley.[1] He then went on to receive his medical degree from Harvard Medical School, where he graduated with honors.[2] He then completed his residency in neurosurgery at the University of California, San Francisco, where he also completed a postdoctoral fellowship in developmental and stem cell biology.
Now an Associate Professor of Neurosurgery and Oncology at Johns Hopkins, Dr. Quiñones serves as the director of the brain tumor program at The Johns Hopkins Bayview campus. He focuses on the surgical treatment of primary and metastatic brain tumors, with an emphasis on motor and speech mapping during surgery. He is expert in treating intradural spinal tumors as well as brainstem and eloquent brain tumors in adults with the use of neurophysiological monitoring during surgery. He further specializes in the treatment of patients with pituitary tumors using a transphenoidal endonasal approach with surgical navigation and/or endoscopic techniques. He has a strong interest in treating patients with skull base tumors and the use of radiosurgery as an adjunct to the treatment of these lesions.
Dr. Quiñones conducts numerous research efforts on elucidating the role of stem cells in the origin of brain tumors and the potential role stem cells can play in fighting brain cancer and regaining neurological function.
His most recent accolade was being honored with the American Association of Neurological Surgeons Ronald Bittner Award. He has also received multiple teaching awards including Popular Science's Brilliant Ten list in 2008.[3]
Dr. Quiñones was an illegal immigrant, entering the United States after hopping over a border fence in Mexicali.[4][1][5] Through years of determined work as a farm worker, he saved enough money to become a U.S. citizen.[2] His life's story was told in the ABC documentary "Hopkins" in 2008.[6]
Dr. Quiñones-Hinojosa was nominated by Johns Hopkins University to be one of the USA Science and Engineering Festival's Nifty Fifty Speakers, and as such spoke about his work and career to middle and high school students in October 2010.[7]
Footnotes
- ^ a b http://www.hopkinsmedicine.org/dome/0609/top_story.cfm
- ^ a b http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=10013111
- ^ http://www.popsci.com/scitech/article/2007-10/popscis-6th-annual-brilliant-ten?page=2
- ^ Quiñones-Hinojosa, A. (2007). "Terra Firma — A Journey from Migrant Farm Labor to Neurosurgery". New England Journal of Medicine 357 (6): 529–531. doi:10.1056/NEJMp078105. PMID 17687127.
- ^ Ledford, H. (2011). "Work ethic: The 24/7 lab". Nature 477 (7362): 20–22. doi:10.1038/477020a. PMID 21886138.
- ^ http://hopkins.abcnews.com/
- ^ http://www.usasciencefestival.org/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=74&Itemid=95 retrieved 2010-03-26
External links
- "Becoming Dr. Q: My Journey from Migrant Farm Worker to Brain Surgeon" - book excerpt
- Alfredo Quiñones-Hinojosa online talk: "How I Became a Scientist"
- An 'American' Success Story, May 19, 2007
- The Amazing Doctor Q, February 11, 2009
- http://www.wbaltv.com/r/11177318/detail.html
- http://www.rd.com/illegal-immigrant-turned-brain-surgeon/article51808.html
- Once a migrant worker, today he’s a brain surgeon, updated 7/23/2008 9:51:16 AM ET
- http://www.hopkinsmedicine.org/hmn/W07/feature1.cfm
- From Farmhand to Brain Surgeon Posted 07.01.08
- http://www.godlikeproductions.com/forum1/message566797/pg13
- http://my.auburnjournal.com/detail/154095.html
- The American Dream: Dr. Quiñones' Incredible Journey, June 26, 2008
Categories:- Living people
- Mexican emigrants to the United States
- San Joaquin Delta College alumni
- University of California, Berkeley alumni
- Harvard Medical School alumni
- University of California, San Francisco alumni
- Johns Hopkins University faculty
- American physicians
- American neuroscientists
- Oncologists
- Neurosurgeons
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