Alfredo Quinones-Hinojosa Quotes

Mexico, Neurosurgeon
January 2, 1968

Alfredo Quiñones-Hinojosa (also known as "Dr. Q") is a neurosurgeon, author, and researcher. Currently, he is the William J. and Charles H. Mayo Professor and Chair of Neurologic Surgery and runs a basic science research lab at the Mayo Clinic Jacksonville in Florida. In recognition of his work, Dr. Quiñones-Hinojosa has received many awards and honors, including being named as one of the 100 most influential Hispanics in the U.S. by Hispanic Business Journal in 2008; as 2014 Neurosurgeon of the Year by Voices Against Brain Cancer, where he was also recognized with the Gary Lichtenstein Humanitarian Award; and by the 2015 Forbes magazine as one of Mexico’s most brilliant minds in the world.

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The greatest gratification that I get to work with these hands is that when I come out and I go to the waiting room and speak and talk to the families of my patients, I get standing ovations and I get tears and they look at me as superhuman and superhero. No amount of money, no amount of anything can ever compare to that feeling.

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The same skills that I used as a welder, as a migrant farm worker, are similar skills that I'm using as a brain surgeon.

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- Skills
- Using
- Surgeon

I continue to do my job as a brain surgeon, as a researcher, and I try to make it better and better every day, not only for my patients but for their families, for my family and for the future generations of our country.

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Doesn't matter how menial may be the job that you're doing today. If you have dreams, that will turn into something positive in the future.

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- Job
- Future
- Dreams
You have to have passion for everything you do, and you've got to look at the positive side.

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- Passion
- Side
- You Do
If you look at some of the clips of me in the operating room, I sit in the chair, I control the microscope with my mouth, I connect, my hands are always working in the brain, my feet are controlling everything.

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- Brain
- Hands
- Connect
I'm not a politician, I'm not an economist. I'm just a simple Brian surgeon and a scientist who's trying to do my best every day.

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To hear the amount of hate that people have in the United States is disheartening. However, I still have hope that we have not reached the pinnacle.

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I'm just a regular guy. I want people to realize that I embody the true American dream. I work hard. I went to school.

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- Dream
- Realize
- Work Hard
I'm not a genius. I just worked really, really hard, and I want our generation, our children and our future generations to realize that they can fulfill the same dreams.

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- Dreams
- Hard
- Worked