New Disney movie follows story of neurosurgeon Dr. Alfredo Quinones-Hinojosa: 5 highlights

Baltimore-based Johns Hopkins neurosurgeon Alfredo Quinones-Hinojosa, MD, inspired a new Disney movie, according to The Baltimore Sun.

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Here are five highlights:

 

1. The Walt Disney Studios- and Plan B-produced movie, Dr. Q, will relay the life of Dr. Quinones-Hinojosa.

 

2. Dr. Quinones-Hinojosa illegally came to the United States as a teenager and worked on farms in California.

 

3. He eventually received his medical degree from Boston-based Harvard Medical School.

 

4. Dr. Quinones-Hinojosa now serves as Johns Hopkins’ director of brain tumor surgery.

 

5. He completed his neurosurgery residency and fellowship at University of California San Francisco.

 

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