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Dagoberto Estevez, MD, Neurosurgery, Birmingham, AL

DagobertoEstevezMDPhD

Neurosurgery Birmingham, AL

Chief Resident, University of Alabama at Birmingham

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  • Office

    University of Alabama at Birmingham
    FOT 1057 | 510 20th Street South
    Birmingham, AL 35294

Summary

  • Dagoberto Estevez, M.D., Ph.D., was born and raised in San Pedro Sula, Honduras. Before moving to the U.S., 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 obtained a Bachelor of Science degree in Molecular Biology with a minor in Hebrew at Brigham Young University, where he graduated with University Honors. He obtained his medical degree from the Vanderbilt School of Medicine. During medical school, he received NIH funding as a Fogarty Global Health Scholar studying cancer epidemiology and gastric cancer under the mentorship of Dr. Douglas Morgan. He led the establishment of the first population-based cancer registry and cancer survival study in Honduras. During residency, he received R25 NIH funding working under Dr. James Markert's mentorship to investigate oncolytic immunovirotherapy with HSV-1 with active involvement in ongoing clinical trials. Dago completed the Advance Research training In SciEnce for M.D.s (ARISE-MD) Ph.D. program obtaining a Ph.D. in neuroscience in December 2023. Dago has served in multiple leadership positions in his community as well as in medical school and national organizations. Dago was inducted to Alpha Omega Alpha (AOA) in 2017 and Phi Kappa Phi Honor Society in 2023. He has served as an executive board member at both his local chapter and national AOA board. Outside of neurosurgery, Dago enjoys spending time with his family, scuba diving, kayaking, hiking, playing guitar, singing, video games and reading.

Education & Training

  • University of Alabama Medical Center
    University of Alabama Medical CenterResidency, Neurological Surgery, 2018 - 2025
  • University of Alabama at Birmingham
    University of Alabama at BirminghamPhD, Neuroscience; Cell Biology, 2021 - 2023
  • Vanderbilt University School of Medicine
    Vanderbilt University School of MedicineClass of 2018
  • Brigham Young University
    Brigham Young UniversityBS, Molecular Biology, University Honors, 2009 - 2013

Certifications & Licensure

  • AL State Medical License
    AL State Medical License 2020 - 2024

Awards, Honors, & Recognition

  • Phi Kappa Phi Honor Society 2023
  • Minority Scholars Award AMA, 2015
  • Alpha Omega Alpha Honor Medical Society 2017
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Publications & Presentations

PubMed

Abstracts/Posters

  • Nicaragua global health elective: an integrative and interprofessional education model.
    Estevez D, Sequeira-Gross JC, Pilkenton DC, Desai NA, Fenlason LC., Annals of Global Health (Volume 81):1 24 - 25, 3/2015
  • The ASA Physical Status Classification System as a Valuable Predictive Tool to Optimize Preoperative Blood Ordering for Orthopaedic Trauma.
    Estevez D, Thakore RV, Vasanth S, Rivka CI, Garcia AE, Onuoha G, Ehrenfeld JM, Lee YM, Obremskey WT, Sethi MK., American College of Surgeons NSQIP National Conference, New York, New York., 7/25/2014
  • Assessing the therapeutic and diagnostic potential of human thymidine kinase 1 in leukemia.
    Estevez D, Whitehurst RA, Sharp DW, Robison RA, O’Neill KL, Cancer Res (Volume 71): 3162, 4/2011
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Other

  • Assessing the Therapeutic and Diagnostic Potential of Human Thymidine Kinase 1 with Leukemic Cell Lines. 
    Estevez-Ordonez, D, Honors Thesis
    Brigham Young University - 4/25/2013

Grant Support

  • VECD Fogarty Global Health FellowshipVECD Consortium with NIH Research Training Grant from Fogarty International CenterOffice of the Director, National Institutes of Health, the National Heart, Blood, and Lung Institute, and the National Institute of Mental Health2015–Present
  • R25NINDS2021–2023
  • Med Scholars ProgramVanderbilt School of Medicine2015–2016

Professional Memberships

Other Languages

  • Spanish, Hebrew