Dr ben carson neurosurgeon at johns hopkins
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Dr. Benjamin Carson
By Adrian Sparrow |
Dr. Benjamin Carson
In honor of Black History Month, we’re discussing the major accomplishments of Dr. Ben Carson, who was the first neurosurgeon to successfully separate craniopagus twins and was the youngest ledare of pediatric neurosurgery in the United States at just age
Benjamin Solomon Carson was born September 18, , in stad, Michigan. His parents divorced when he was 8, and he lived with his mother and brother throughout his childhood. He was initially a poor student until his mother tasked him and his brother to read two books a piece from the stad public library and submit written book reports to her every week &#; even though she couldn’t read (unbeknownst to her sons). After just a year and a half of this, Dr. Carson shot up to the top of his class.
After earning a scholarship to Yale University, Dr. Carson received a bachelor’s grad in psychology in He earned his medical grad from
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Candy Carson
Mrs. Candy Carson is an author, speaker, philanthropist and musician. Born in Detroit, Michigan, Candy grew up in a lower-middle-class family that stressed strong values and hard work. Her parents, a teacher/church organist and an automobile factory worker, taught her from an early age to always do her best in life. That mindset led Candy from the Detroit area to Yale University on a scholarship that afforded her the opportunity to study music and psychology. She played first violin with the Yale Bach Society as well as the Yale Symphony, and recently played with the Palm Beach Atlantic University Symphony and more recently the Nashville Praise Symphony.
While in college, Candy met her future husband, Ben. When she moved back to Michigan after graduation, the two married.
When the couple moved to Baltimore for Dr. Carson’s residency program, Candy earned her master’s degree in business at Johns Hopkins University. Over time, Candy worked in multiple business capacit
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On March 2nd, , Dr. Benjamin S. Carson, Sr., M.D., was sworn in as the 17th Secretary of the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development.
For nearly 30 years, Secretary Carson served as Director of Pediatric Neurosurgery at the Johns Hopkins Children’s Center, a position he assumed when he was just 33 years old, becoming the youngest major division director in the hospital’s history. In , he successfully performed the first separation of craniopagus twins conjoined at the back of the head. He also performed the first fully successful separation of type-2 vertical craniopagus twins in in South Africa.
Dr. Carson received dozens of honors and awards in recognition of his achievements including the Presidential Medal of Freedom, the nation’s highest civilian honor. He is also a recipient of the Spingarn Medal, the highest honor bestowed by the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP).
Dr. Carson authored nine books, four of which he co-wrote with his w