Becoming Dr. Q: My Journey from Migrant Farm Worker to Brain Surgeon

By Alfredo Quiñones-Hinojosa and Mim Eichler Rivas. Publisher: Univ. of California

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Quiñones-Hinojosa tells the inspiring story of how he left Mexico to pursue a better life and ended up becoming a Johns Hopkins University neurosurgeon, professor, and brain-cancer research scientist.

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ISBN:

9780520271180

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