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Alfredo Quinones-Hinojosa, a Mexican Migrant Farmworker who Became a Neurosurgeon, Featured in Netflix Series “Surgeon’s Cut”

Episode 2 of Netflix’s series “Surgeon’s Cut” features the story of Alfredo Quinones-Hinojosa, who was born in Mexicali, Mexico into a childhood of poverty, then became a migrant farmworker, and with determination and courage worked his way to Harvard Medical School to become a world-class neurosurgeon and a professor of neurosurgery at the Mayo Clinic.

When asked about his amazing accomplishments, Dr, Quinones-Hinojosa said, “It’s never been a challenge to stay humble, because I am an immigrant in this country.”