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

by Alfredo Quinones-Hinojosa and Alfredo Quiñones-Hinojosa M.D.

Book Overview

Featured in the Netflix series The Surgeon's Cut and told here in his own words: the inspiring story of Dr. Q and his journey from migrant farmworker to premier neurosurgeon.

Today he is known as Dr. Q, an internationally renowned neurosurgeon and neuroscientist who leads cutting-edge research to cure brain cancer. But not too long ago, he was Freddy, a nineteen-year-old undocumented migrant worker toiling in the tomato fields...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0520274563
• ISBN13: 9780520274563
• Release Date: October 2011
• Publisher: University of California Press
• Length: 328 Pages
• Weight: 1.23 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.9" x 5.9" x 8.8"