We are a nonprofit organization with the goal of providing neurosurgical expertise and resources to patients, caregivers, and healthcare providers in underserved areas throughout the world. 

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NEWS AND UPDATES

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Scholarship and Endowment Program
APRIL 22, 2020

​We're excited to announce our new Scholarship and Endowment Program! These two new initiatives will allow us to further advance our mission. 

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@Mission_BRAIN along with colleagues from Mayo Clinic and Clinica Delgado performed 2 surgeries at no cost to 2 elderly women in dire need who natively speak Quechua & Spanish and work in the fields harvesting coffee in a rural area Quillabamba. Surgeries were a success! pic.twitter.com/RpmnuwiSUT

— Dr. Alfredo Quiñones-Hinojosa (@DoctorQMd) March 11, 2019

Happy Nurses’ Week to all the nurses we work with, those who work so hard in the background, take care of so many people valiantly under some of the most trying conditions and with so much grace and compassion! To all the #nurses all over the world, we thank you! #NursesWeek2019 pic.twitter.com/x0h2vh7yYC

— Mission:BRAIN (@Mission_BRAIN) May 10, 2019

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“Whatever affects one directly, affects all indirectly. I can never be what I ought to be until you are what you ought to be. This is the interrelated structure of reality.” -Martin Luther King, Jr. This past MLK weekend, our Mission:BRAIN team made more new connections with our wonderful partners at Hospital General De Mexicali BC. Through donations from our generous supporters and industry partners we were able to donate much needed equipment to the hospital. Hospital General Mexicali serves as the last recourse for poor patients who do not have the money to go to other hospitals in the area. We were so grateful by the warm welcome of our colleagues especially neurosurgeon Dr. Juan Pablo Gonzalez. Dr. Quiñones had been treated and cared for in the same hospital as a child. It’s a strong message indeed of how life comes full circle and how interconnected we all are. #missionbrainfoundation #alfredoquiñoneshinojosa #hospitalgeneraldemexicali #neurosurgery #globalhealth ##connections #interconnectedness #partnerships #medicine

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mission:monterrey
MARCH, 2020

​Our next mission is to Monterrey, Mexico is postponed until further notice. Please sign up for our newsletter for the latest updates.

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AT A GLANCE

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 My involvement with mission:brain has been one of the most meaningful and impactful experiences while in medical school. On the mission trips, I witnessed the vital importance of physicians coming together to improve the health of others on a global scale. It was not like any other mission trip I have heard of; the point of the trip was not only to operate on complex cases but to build a sustainable infrastructure and share knowledge between all members of the health care team."

​- Alexandra Larsen
Harvard Medical School Student