Dr. Alfredo Quiñones-Hinojosa, Professor, Johns Hopkins University; Director, Brain Tumor Surgery Program, Johns Hopkins Bayview Medical Center; Director, Pituitary Surgery Program, Johns Hopkins Hospital Baltimore, MD
Dr. Alfredo Quiñones-Hinojosa received a medical degree from Harvard University, where he graduated cum laude. He went onto complete his residency in neurosurgery at the University of California, San Francisco, where he also completed a postdoctoral fellowship in developmental and stem cell biology. At Johns Hopkins University in Baltimore, MD, Dr. Quiñones is a Professor of Neurological Surgery and Oncology, Neuroscience, and Cellular and Molecular Medicine. In addition to directing the Brain Tumor Surgery Program at Johns Hopkins Bayview Medical Center, and the Pituitary Surgery Program at Johns Hopkins Hospital, Dr. Quiñones leads the Brain Tumor Stem Cell Laboratory. He focuses on the surgical treatment of primary and metastatic brain tumors, with an emphasis on motor and speech mapping during surgery as well as in the treatment of patients with pituitary and skull base tumors using endonasal transsphenoidal and minimally invasive surgical approaches.
Dr. Quiñones is an internationally renowned neurosurgeon and neuroscientist who leads cutting edge research to cure brain cancer. Named as one of the 100 most influential Hispanics in 2008, he was also selected by Popular Science magazine as one of their “6th Annual Brilliant Ten,” in their search for young geniuses influencing the course of science.