Alfredo Quinones-Hinojosa, M.D.

PROFESSIONAL DETAILS

Primary Appointment

1. Consultant, Department of Neurosurgery
2. Consultant, Department of Anatomy

Joint Appointment

1. Consultant, Department of Otorhinolaryngology/Audiology
2. Consultant, Department of Neuroscience
3. Consultant, Department of Cancer Biology

Academic Rank

1. Professor of Neurosurgery

EDUCATION

1. Post Doctoral Fellowship - Inter-professional Executive Education Program Transforming Health Systems for Accountable Care Johns Hopkins Business School and Johns Hopkins School of Public Health
2. Post Doctoral Fellowship - Leadership Development for Directors in Academic Health Centers Harvard School of Public Health
3. Residency - Residency – Neurosurgery Howard Naffziger Neurological Surgery Resident Award University of California, San Francisco, California
4. Post Doctoral Fellowship - PI: NIH Grant 1F32NS 47011 Department of Developmental and Stem Cell Biology University of California, San Francisco, California: NIH Postdoctoral Fellowship
5. Research Scholar - NIH NRSA F32 grant to study the cytoarchitecture and organization of the human subventricular zone. Advisor: Dr. Arturo Alvarez-Buylla Research Experience
6. Postdoctoral Fellowship - Department of Epidemiology and Biostatistics The Summer Clinical Research Workshop University of California, San Francisco, California: Training in Clinical Research
7. Internship - Internship – General Surgery Most Valuable Intern Award University of California, San Francisco, California
8. Postdoctoral Master's Degree - Bristol-Myers Academic Medicine Fellowship; Studied the use of the intraoperative MRI in brain tumor biopsies. Advisor: Dr. Peter McL. Black. 1994-96 Harvard Medical School Neurobiology Training Grant Fellowship: Cloned a piece of the ecdysone-steroid receptor gene from the American lobster, Homarus americanus which plays a role in the aggressive behavior. Advisor: Dr. Edward A. Kravitz. 1997-99 Howard Hughes Fellowship at Harvard Medical School and Massachusetts General Hospital Dept. of Neurosurgery. Examined the effects of coenzyme Q10 with nicotinamide; creatine and cyclocreatine(i) in the in vitro rabbit retina preparation, and (ii) in a n in vivo model of focal cerebral ischemia in the rat. Advisors: Dr. Chris Ogilvy and Dr. Ken Maynard. 1998-99 Bristol-Myers Academic Medicine Fellowship at Harvard Medical School. Studied the use of the intraoperative MRI in brain tumor biopsies. Advisor: Dr. Peter McL. Black. Harvard Medical School
9. Research Fellowship - 1997-99 Howard Hughes Fellowship at Harvard Medical School and Massachusetts General Hospital Dept. of Neurosurgery. Examined the effects of coenzyme Q10 with nicotinamide; creatine and cyclocreatine(i) in the in vitro rabbit retina preparation, and (ii) in a n in vivo model of focal cerebral ischemia in the rat. Advisors: Dr. Chris Ogilvy and Dr. Ken Maynard. Massachusetts General Hospital and Harvard Medical School
10. BA - Highest Honors Psychology Thesis: Investigated the role of Long-Term Potentiation in the Nucleus Accumbens of the Rodent. Advisor: Dr. Joe L. Martinez University of California Berkeley
11. Research Scholar - Medical School Summer Research Program; investigated the role of drugs and lethal injuries in New York City. Advisors: Dr. Kenneth Tardiff and Dr. Peter Marzuk Cornell University
12. Undergraduate Studies - Transferred core curriculum to the University of California San Joaquin Delta College
13. BA - Social Sciences and Humanities, Multidisciplinary teaching license Escuela Normal Urbana Federal Fronteriza