Resident
UAB Neurosurgery
Birmingham, Alabama, United States
Dagoberto Estevez, M.D., is a PGY4 neurosurgery resident at UAB. He was born and raised in San Pedro Sula, Honduras. Prior to moving to the US, he worked as an English teacher in Honduras and served a mission in Guatemala for The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints. He graduated with University Honors from Brigham Young University, with a degree in Molecular Biology and a Minor in Hebrew. He subsequently attended Vanderbilt School of Medicine where he pursued an additional year of research funded by the NIH as a Fogarty Global Health Scholar and Vanderbilt Medical Scholar studying cancer epidemiology and gastric cancer in Central America under the Mentorship of Dr. Douglas Morgan. He led the establishment of the first population-based cancer registry and cancer survival study in Honduras. Dago has served in multiple leadership positions in his community as well as medical school and national organizations. Dago was Inducted to Alpha Omega Alpha (AOA) in 2017 and has served as a member of both his local chapter executive board and the national AOA executive board. During his residency, he received R25 funding through the NINDS to work on the development of immunovirotherapy with oncolytic HSV-1 for the treatment of malignant glioma under the mentorship of Dr. James M. Markert and Dr. Gegory K. Friedman. He is currently also enrolled in the Advanced Research training In Science for MDs (ARISE-MD) at UAB through which he is persuing a Doctor of Philosophy (Ph.D.) degree in Neuroscience. Outside of neurosurgery Dago enjoys spending time with his wife and three kids, scuba diving, playing guitar, singing, video games, and reading.
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Friday, May 3, 2024
1:40 PM – 1:44 PM CT