Here are five points:
1. Dr. Quinones-Hinojosa illegally entered the United States from Mexico in 1987. He worked as a migrant farm worker in California.
2. He graduated from Boston-based Harvard Medical School.
3. Dr. Quinones-Hinojosa currently works at Baltimore-based Johns Hopkins School of Medicine and Johns Hopkins Hospital.
4. Mayo Clinic has not disclosed when Dr. Quinones-Hinojosa will begin serving at the hospital.
5. Mayo Clinic is committing $100 million to make it a destination center for neurosurgical services.
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