Principal Investigator
Alfredo Quiñones-Hinojosa
Dr. Alfredo Quiñones-Hinojosa, known by his patients as Dr. Q, received his undergraduate degree from UC Berkeley and earned his medical degree with from Harvard with Honors. He did his residency at the University of California San Francisco, and currently works at Johns Hopkins in Baltimore, Maryland. His titles include Associate Professor of Neurological Surgery, Associate Professor of Oncology, Director of the Brain Tumor Surgery Program at Johns Hopkins Bayview Medical Center, and Director of the Pituitary Surgery Program at Johns Hopkins Hospital. Dr. Q also oversees two labs in his efforts to discover the ability of stem cells to fight brain cancer. In his free time Dr. Q enjoys mentoring, training for his half-marathon fundraiser run, and spending time with his wife and three kids.
Residents
Shaan Raza
Dr. Raza received his medical degree from The Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine in 2006. He is currently a Resident in the Department of Neurosurgery at The Johns Hopkins Hospital. His clinical interest includes neuro-oncology and, specifically, approaches to skull base tumors. Dr. Raza’s current research interests include developing/assessing new surgical techniques through the department’s skull base/microsurgery laboratory, and assessing surgical outcome measures. He joined the Brain Tumor Stem Cell Laboratory in July 2010, where his research focuses on brain metastases.
Kaisorn Chaichana
Kaisorn Chaichana, currently a neurosurgery resident at The Johns Hopkins Hospital, is completing a year-long research fellowship funded by the American Brain Tumor Association (ABTA). Kaisorn received his B.S. in 2003 from the University of Utah and majored in Biology. Kaisorn joined the Brain Tumor Stem Cell Lab in June 2006. He is interested in studying the effects of epidermal growth factor (EGF) on the migration of normal neural stem cell and tumor stem cell migration. In addition, he is trying to determine the phenotype of the invading brain tumor cells that make brain tumors resistant to treatment.
Recipient:
•The Paul Ehrlich Young Investigator's Day Award
•The Henry Strong Dension Student Research Award
International Neurosurgeons
Rodrigo Navarro-Ramirez
Dr. Rodrigo Navarro-Ramirez received his MD in Aug 2005 and completed a Masters in Neurosciences at the CINVESTAV (mexico city). He joined the Neuro- Oncology outcomes lab at Johns Hopkins as a Postdoc Fellow in 2012 and will continue working with the team through 2013. His main interests are molecular treatments against gliomas, new brain tumor surgical approaches and translational medicine in development countries.
Recipient:
CONACYT Research Grant. 2006-2007
Carlos Slim Health Insitute. Scholarship 2012
Ignacio Jusué-Torres
Dr. Ignacio Jusué-Torres received his medical degree from the Universitat de Barcelona in 2006 and finished his Neurosurgical training at the Hospital Universitario de Getafe (Madrid) in May 2012. He joined the lab in July 2012 and is currently the co-director of the Neuro-Oncology Surgical Outcomes Laboratory. His clinical interests include neuro-oncology; specifically, the surgical treatment of gliomas and pituitary tumors.
Dr. Jusué-Torres' current research projects include:
Volumetric analysis of extent of resection impact in gliobastoma’s outcomes
Volumetric analysis of brain mapping impact in extent of resection
Prospective study of correlation of clinical and volumetric changes in non-surgical management of brain tumors.
Recipient:
Rafael del Pino Foundation scholarship for postgraduate studies