Dr. Alfredo Quinones-Hinojosa entered the United States by literally hopping over a fence. Today, he is a neurosurgeon at Johns Hopkins School of Medicine.
Dr. Q.'s journey to neurosurgery —
Dr. Alfredo Quinones-Hinojosa entered the United States by literally hopping over a fence. Today, he is a neurosurgeon at Johns Hopkins School of Medicine.
Christopher Myers
Quinones-Hinojosa, here at age 2, grew up in a small village in Baja California, Mexico.
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Quinones-Hinojosa, here at age 2, grew up in a small village in Baja California, Mexico.
Courtesy Alfredo Quinones-Hinojosa
Quinones-Hinojosa's father owned a gas station, which he had to sell because of hard economic times. The family had little money for food.
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Quinones-Hinojosa's father owned a gas station, which he had to sell because of hard economic times. The family had little money for food.
Courtesy Alfredo Quinones-Hinojosa
As a migrant worker on a farm in California's San Joaquin Valley, Quinones-Hinojosa lived in this trailer.
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As a migrant worker on a farm in California's San Joaquin Valley, Quinones-Hinojosa lived in this trailer.
Courtesy Alfredo Quinones-Hinojosa
Quinones-Hinojosa moved on from the farm to work as a welder for a railroad company in California. He almost died in an incident involving a gas tank.
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Quinones-Hinojosa moved on from the farm to work as a welder for a railroad company in California. He almost died in an incident involving a gas tank.
Courtesy Alfredo Quinones-Hinojosa
Quinones-Hinojosa attended community college and then finished a bachelor's degree at the University of California, Berkeley. Here, he's with his mother at the Berkeley graduation in 1994.
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Quinones-Hinojosa attended community college and then finished a bachelor's degree at the University of California, Berkeley. Here, he's with his mother at the Berkeley graduation in 1994.
Courtesy Alfredo Quinones-Hinojosa
Today, Quinones-Hinojosa is working on a treatment for brain tumors involving stem cells derived from fat cells.
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Today, Quinones-Hinojosa is working on a treatment for brain tumors involving stem cells derived from fat cells.
Keith Weller
Quinones-Hinojosa operates on about 250 brain tumors every year and uses his operating room as an extension of his laboratory.
Dr. Q.'s journey to neurosurgery —
Quinones-Hinojosa operates on about 250 brain tumors every year and uses his operating room as an extension of his laboratory.
Max Franz