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Biography of Benjamin Solomon Carson
Name: Benjamin Solomon Carson
Birth Date: September 18, 1951
Death Date: N/A
Place of Birth: Detroit, Michigan, United States
Nationality: American
Gender: Male
Occupations: neurosurgeon, doctor, author
Benjamin Solomon Carson
American pediatric surgeon Ben Carson (born 1951) overcame poverty, racism, and a violent temper to become a world-renowned neurosurgeon.In 1987, neurosurgeon Ben Carson successfully performed an operation to separate Siamese twins who were born joined at the head. It was a milestone in neurosurgery, but was far from the only noteworthy achievement of Carson's career. He also performed groundbreaking surgery on a twin suffering from an abnormal expansion of the head. Carson was able to relieve the swelling and remove the surplus fluid--all while the unborn twin remained in its mother's uterus. This too was a first, and in other instances Carson has performed operations which have greatly expanded scientific knowledge of the brain and its functions. His "can-do" spirit, combined with his medical expertise, has made him the surgeon of choice for parents with children suffering rare neurological conditions.If Carson seemed destined for any position when he was …showed first 150 words…
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…showed last 150 words…Carson Scholars Fund, a non-profit corporation he co-founded with his wife in 1994 that recognizes superior academic achievement in students in grades four through twelve. He published the latest of his three popular books--The Big Picture: Getting Perspective on What's Really Important in Life-- in 2000. Carson has his own Web site at drbencarson.com. Further Reading Carson, Ben, with Cecil Murphey, Gifted Hands, Zondervan, 1990.Black Enterprise, October 1993, p. 147.Christianity Today, May 27, 1991, pp. 24-26.People, fall 1991 (special issue), pp. 96-99.Readers Digest, April 1990, pp. 71-75.US News and World Report, July 24, 1995, pp. 46-49."Dr. Benjamin S. Carson," American Academy of Achievement, http://www.achievement.org (February 27, 1998)."Skull Basher to Brain Healer," Connection Magazine, http://www.connectionmagazine.org (February 27, 1998). Johns Hopkins Medical Institute, Department of Neurosurgery, "Benjamin Carson, M.D.," at: http://www.neuro.jhmi.edu/profiles/carson.html (November 14, 2001).Dr. Ben Carson.com, "Ben S. Carson, Sr., M.D.," at: http://www.drbencarson.com/ (November 14, 2001).
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