Alfredo Quiñones-Hinojosa (also known as "Dr. Q") is a Mexican-American
neurosurgeon,
author
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, and
researcher. Currently, he is the William J. and Charles H. Mayo Professor and Chair of Neurologic Surgery and runs a basic science research lab at the
Mayo Clinic Jacksonville
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in Florida.
He is an editorial board member and reviewer for several publications. Most notably, he is the editor-in-chief for ''Schmidek and Sweet Operative Neurosurgical Techniques'' (6th edition). He is also one of the editors for ''Controversies in Neuro-Oncology: Best Evidence Medicine for Brain Tumor Surgery'', which was awarded first prize by the British Medical Association. He is co-founder and serves as president of Mission: BRAIN, Bridging Resources and Advancing International Neurosurgery, a 501(c)(3) nonprofit foundation.
He has published an autobiography, ''Becoming Dr. Q'', about his journey from migrant farm worker to neurosurgeon, and recently
Disney
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with
Plan B Entertainment productions announced that his life story is going to be featured in a movie.
Early life
Quiñones was born in Mexicali, Baja California, México. In 1987, at the age of 19, Quiñones-Hinojosa went to the United States.
Once arriving in the United States, Quiñones could not speak English and worked on farms outside of Fresno, California. As a farm hand, he saved enough money to take English classes.
Education
Quiñones-Hinojosa started his education at
San Joaquin Delta College in
Stockton, California
Stockton is a city in and the county seat of San Joaquin County, California, San Joaquin County in the Central Valley (California), Central Valley of the U.S. state of California. Stockton was founded by Carlos Maria Weber in 1849 after he acquir ...
. He completed his bachelor's degree in psychology with the highest honors at
University of California, Berkeley
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.
He then went on to receive his
medical degree from
Harvard Medical School
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, where he graduated with honors. He also became a US citizen during this time.
He then completed his residency in neurosurgery at the
University of California, San Francisco
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, where he also completed a postdoctoral fellowship in
developmental and
stem cell
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biology at the laboratory of Professor Arturo Alvarez-Buylla.
Professional career
Quiñones began his career at
Johns Hopkins School of Medicine, where he became a Professor of Neurosurgery and Oncology, Neurology, and Cellular and Molecular Medicine and director of the Brain Tumor Stem Cell Biology Lab.
Quiñones conducts both clinical and basic science research. From 2005 to 2016, his team published over 150 scientific articles and received 14 funding grants.
[ 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. He has been actively involved in fundraisers for brain cancer research. He continues to participate at half-marathons with his research team and some of his own patients to raise money for cancer research.
]
Books
Quiñones is the author of more than 50 book chapters, and has authored several textbooks on neurosurgical techniques and stem cell biology. In 2011, Quiñones edited ''Core Techniques in Operative Neurosurgery'' and published his autobiography, ''Becoming Dr Q: My Journey from Migrant Farm Worker to Brain Surgeon'', which went on to earn him an International Latino Book Award in 2012''.'' In 2012, Quiñones was the lead editor of the 6th edition of Schmidek and Sweet's ''Operative Neurosurgical Techniques'', one of the world's preeminent textbooks of neurosurgery. He will also serve as the lead editor for the 7th edition of Schmidek and Sweet's ''Operative Neurosurgical Techniques''. In 2013, Quiñones published ''Controversies in Neuro-Oncology: Best Evidence Medicine for Brain Tumor Surgery'' with Dr. Shaan Raza. The British Medical Association awarded ''Controversies in Neuro-Oncology'' first prize in Oncology in 2014. Quiñones is currently working on a first Video-Atlas of Neurosurgery that will be published in 2016.
Awards and recognitions
* 1986 B.A. Escuela Normal Urbana Federal Fronteriza, Mexicali, Mexico - Social Sciences and Humanities, Multidisciplinary teaching license
Television
Dr Q’s story was featured in ‘Hopkins’.
Quiñones stars in the second episode of ''The Surgeon's Cut'', produced by BBC Studios
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’ The Science Unit for Netflix
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which was released globally on 9th of December 2020.[BBC New]
"The Surgeon's Cut"
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In the Immigration episode of Adam Ruins Everything, Quiñones-Hinojosa's name and picture (wearing a hat that says "Dr. Q" on it,) is featured in a lineup of some of the Mexican-American immigrants who have improved the United States.
References
External links
The New Website of Dr Alfredo Quinones-Hinojosa
May 2012
All the videos of Dr Quinones-Hinojosa
May 2012
"Becoming Dr. Q: My Journey from Migrant Farm Worker to Brain Surgeon" - book excerptAlfredo Quiñones-Hinojosa Short Talk: "How I Became a Scientist"Alfredo Quiñones-Hinojosa's Seminar: "Brain Tumors and Stem Cells"
An 'American' Success Story
May 19, 2007
The Amazing Doctor Q
February 11, 2009
Once a migrant worker, today he’s a brain surgeon
updated 7/23/2008 9:51:16 AM ET
The American Dream: Dr. Quiñones' Incredible Journey
June 26, 2008
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C-SPAN ''Q&A'' interview with Quinones-Hinojosa, October 16, 2011
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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 neurosurgeons
American neuroscientists
1968 births
Physicians of the Mayo Clinic
Hispanic and Latino American scientists
Hispanic and Latino American physicians
21st-century American scientists
21st-century American physicians
American academics of Mexican descent
Ohtli Award winners