Ĭarson has received numerous honors for his neurosurgery work, including more than 60 honorary doctorate degrees and numerous national merit citations. Carson is one of the most prominent Black conservatives in America. Following Trump's victory, Trump nominated Carson as Secretary of Housing and Urban Development, being confirmed by the United States Senate in a 58–41 vote on March 2, 2017. He withdrew from the race after Super Tuesday, following a string of disappointing primary results, and endorsed Donald Trump. Carson performed strongly in early polls, leading to his being considered a frontrunner for the nomination during the fall of 2015. Following widespread speculation of a presidential run, Carson officially announced his campaign for the 2016 Republican nomination for President in May 2015. Ĭarson gained national fame among political conservatives after delivering a speech at the 2013 National Prayer Breakfast which was perceived as critical of the policies of President Barack Obama. He retired from medicine in 2013 at the time, he was professor of neurosurgery, oncology, plastic surgery, and pediatrics at the Johns Hopkins School of Medicine. He wrote over 100 neurosurgical publications. His additional accomplishments include performing the first successful neurosurgical procedure on a fetus inside the womb, developing new methods to treat brain-stem tumors, and revitalizing hemispherectomy techniques for controlling seizures. Although surgically a success, the twins continued to experience neurologic/medical complications. In 1987, he gained significant fame after leading a team of surgeons in the first known separation of conjoined twins joined at the back of the head. Ĭarson became the director of pediatric neurosurgery at the Johns Hopkins Children's Center in 1984 at age 33, then the youngest chief of pediatric neurosurgery in the United States. A pioneer in the field of neurosurgery, he was a candidate for President of the United States in the 2016 Republican primaries. (born September 18, 1951) is an American retired neurosurgeon, academic, author, and politician who served as the 17th United States Secretary of Housing and Urban Development from 2017 to 2021. Carson is now the Honorary National Chairman of the My Faith Votes campaign and continues to work tirelessly for the cause of the American people.Benjamin Solomon Carson Sr. Carson and his wife are co-founders of the Carson Scholars Fund, which recognizes young people of all backgrounds for exceptional academic and humanitarian accomplishments. Carson as one of the 10 Most Admired Men in the World.ĭr. In 2014, the Gallup Organization, in their annual survey, named Dr. Carson as one of "America's Best Leaders" in 2008. News Media Group and Harvard's Center for Public Leadership recognized Dr. In June 2008, he was awarded the Presidential Medal of Freedom. Carson was the recipient of the 2006 Spingarn Medal. He has written and published nine books, four of which were co-authored with Candy, his wife of 40 years. Carson, Sr., M.D., became the chief of pediatric neurosurgery at Johns Hopkins Hospital in 1984 at the age of 33, making him the youngest major division director in the hospital's history. Carson's amazing story, you'll be inspired to:įilled with fascinating stories, Gifted Hands will transport you into the operating room to witness surgeries that made headlines around the world, and into the private mind of a compassionate, God-fearing physician who lives to help others. A man of humility, decency, compassion, courage, and sensitivity, he now serves as a role model for everyone who wants to achieve their God-given potential.Īs you learn more about Dr. Carson on his journey from a struggling inner-city student to the pinnacle of his career as a world-renowned neurosurgeon. If it were not for the persistence of his mother, a single parent who worked three jobs and pushed her sons to do their best, his story may have ended tragically. Ben Carson from an angry, struggling young boy with everything stacked against him to the director of pediatric neurosurgery at the Johns Hopkins Children's Center.Īs a boy, he did poorly in school and struggled with anger. Gifted Hands reveals the remarkable journey of Dr.
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