Dr. Q’s Story
A Doctor Without Borders
From the humblest beginnings in Mexicali, Mexico, Dr. Quiñones-Hinojosa literally jumped the border fence into the United States for a better future. With a drive and passion unparalleled, he worked to become an internationally renowned neuroscientist and neurosurgeon at Johns Hopkins Hospital in Baltimore, Maryland.
Learn more
the book
Becoming Dr. Q: My Journey from Migrant Farm Worker to Brain Surgeon
Dr. Quiñones tells his incredible life story: from impoverished childhood, to migrant farm worker, to graduating cum laude from Harvard medical school.
SPEAKING ENGAGEMENTS
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Contact:
For events in the U.S.:
Tammy Haschig
American Program Bureau
617-614-1608 (direct)
800-225-4575
thaschig@apbspeakers.com
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Angelina Peralta
SPEAKERS&PROMOTIONS
CELEBRITIES Bureau
Comercio y Administración,32 - 6
Col. Copilco Universidad 04360
Coyoacán , México , D.F.
Tel.(52) 55-55546272
Cel (52) 1-55 26720881
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IN THE MEDIA
May 2016 - Dr. Q becomes the neurosurgery chair for Mayo Clinic!
"[Now] the brilliant doctor has landed in Florida. Mayo Clinic in Jacksonville has hired Dr. Q [...] as its William J. and Charles H. Mayo Professor and chairman of neurologic surgery. He’s slated to start at Mayo this fall."
Press Release March 2016: Movie "Dr. Q"
"Disney and Brad Pitt's Plan B are developing 'Dr. Q' [and] began working on the project in 2007 when execs heard about Quinones-Hinojosa on the radio."
Forbes 2013
"Dr. Alfredo Quiñones-Hinojosa’s life is so storied it could fill a book. In fact, it has, as the doctor authored his recent autobiography Becoming Dr. Q."