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In March 2013, Carson announced he would retire as a surgeon, stating "I'd much rather quit when I'm at the top of my game, and there's so many more things that can be done."<ref>{{cite news |title=Ben Carson announces retirement, feeds presidential speculation |author=Aaron Blake |url=http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/post-politics/wp/2013/03/16/ben-carson-lets-say-you-magically-put-me-in-the-white-house/ |newspaper=Washington Post |date=16 March 2013 |accessdate=24 June 2013}}</ref> His retirement became official on July 1, with Carson saying he would leave the decision of whether to go into politics "in the hands of God, but much can be done outside the political arena." <ref>{{cite news |title=My Chat With Retiring Dr. Ben Carson |author= Armstrong Williams |url=http://www.newsmax.com/armstrongwilliams/retire-carson-affirmative-action/2013/07/01/id/512786 |publisher=Newsmax |accessdate=July 1, 2013}}</ref>
In March 2013, Carson announced he would retire as a surgeon, stating "I'd much rather quit when I'm at the top of my game, and there's so many more things that can be done."<ref>{{cite news |title=Ben Carson announces retirement, feeds presidential speculation |author=Aaron Blake |url=http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/post-politics/wp/2013/03/16/ben-carson-lets-say-you-magically-put-me-in-the-white-house/ |newspaper=Washington Post |date=16 March 2013 |accessdate=24 June 2013}}</ref> His retirement became official on July 1, with Carson saying he would leave the decision of whether to go into politics "in the hands of God, but much can be done outside the political arena." <ref>{{cite news |title=My Chat With Retiring Dr. Ben Carson |author= Armstrong Williams |url=http://www.newsmax.com/armstrongwilliams/retire-carson-affirmative-action/2013/07/01/id/512786 |publisher=Newsmax |accessdate=July 1, 2013}}</ref>


===Awards and honors===
===Awards and honors===[[Memphis Business Academy of Achievement]], and the [[Horatio Alger Association of Distinguished Americans]]. In 2000, Carson received the Award for Greatest Public Service Benefiting the Disadvantaged, an award given out annually by [[Jefferson Awards for Public Service|Jefferson Awards]].<ref>http://www.jeffersonawards.org/pastwinners/national</ref> In 2008, the White House awarded Carson the [[Presidential Medal of Freedom]], the nation's highest civilian honor.<ref>{{cite web |title=Hopkins Surgeon Ben Carson Receives Medal of Freedom |url=http://www.hopkinschildrens.org/newsDetail.aspx?id=4946 |publisher=Johns Hopkins University/Hospital |date=June 20, 2008}}</ref> In 2010, he was elected into the [[National Academy of Sciences]] [[Institute of Medicine]].<ref>{{cite news|title=Carson, Hopkins Colleagues Named to Institute of Medicine|url=http://www.hopkinschildrens.org/Carson-Hopkins-Colleagues-Named-to-Institute-of-Medicine.aspx|publisher=hopkinschildrens.org|date=October 11, 2010}}</ref> Carson has been awarded 38 honorary doctorate degrees and dozens of national merit citations.<ref>{{cite web |title=Bio, Dr Benjamin Carson|url=http://www.hopkinsmedicine.org/neurology_neurosurgery/specialty_areas/pediatric_neurosurgery/profiles/team_member_profile/E83A85D46351E25BE722939B61854C65/Benjamin_Carson |publisher=Johns Hopkins University/Hospital |accessdate=February 18, 2013}}</ref>
Memphis business Academy of Achievement]], and the [[Horatio Alger Association of Distinguished Americans]]. In 2000, Carson received the Award for Greatest Public Service Benefiting the Disadvantaged, an award given out annually by [[Jefferson Awards for Public Service|Jefferson Awards]].<ref>http://www.jeffersonawards.org/pastwinners/national</ref> In 2008, the White House awarded Carson the [[Presidential Medal of Freedom]], the nation's highest civilian honor.<ref>{{cite web |title=Hopkins Surgeon Ben Carson Receives Medal of Freedom |url=http://www.hopkinschildrens.org/newsDetail.aspx?id=4946 |publisher=Johns Hopkins University/Hospital |date=June 20, 2008}}</ref> In 2010, he was elected into the [[National Academy of Sciences]] [[Institute of Medicine]].<ref>{{cite news|title=Carson, Hopkins Colleagues Named to Institute of Medicine|url=http://www.hopkinschildrens.org/Carson-Hopkins-Colleagues-Named-to-Institute-of-Medicine.aspx|publisher=hopkinschildrens.org|date=October 11, 2010}}</ref> Carson has been awarded 38 honorary doctorate degrees and dozens of national merit citations.<ref>{{cite web |title=Bio, Dr Benjamin Carson|url=http://www.hopkinsmedicine.org/neurology_neurosurgery/specialty_areas/pediatric_neurosurgery/profiles/team_member_profile/E83A85D46351E25BE722939B61854C65/Benjamin_Carson |publisher=Johns Hopkins University/Hospital |accessdate=February 18, 2013}}</ref>


==Writer==
==Writer==

Revision as of 04:28, 19 December 2013

Ben Carson
Carson speaking at the Conservative Political Action Conference in 2013.
Born
Benjamin Solomon Carson

(1951-09-18) September 18, 1951 (age 73)
Detroit, Michigan, United States
Alma materYale University
University of Michigan Medical School
SpouseLacena Rustin (m. 1975)
ChildrenMurray; Benjamin, Jr.; Rhoeyce
AwardsPresidential Medal of Freedom (2008)
Scientific career
FieldsPediatric Neurosurgery
InstitutionsJohns Hopkins Hospital

Benjamin Solomon "Ben" Carson, Sr., (born September 18, 1951) is a columnist and retired American neurosurgeon. He is credited with pioneering work on the successful separation of conjoined twins joined at the head. In 2008, he was awarded the Presidential Medal of Freedom by President George W. Bush. After delivering a widely publicized speech at the 2013 National Prayer Breakfast, he became a popular figure in conservative media for his views on social issues and the federal government.

Early life

Carson was born in Detroit, Michigan, the son of Sonya (née Copeland), a Seventh-Day Adventist; and Robert Solomon Carson, a Baptist Minister.[1] His parents were both from rural Georgia.[1] At 8, his parents divorced and he and his 10-year-old brother, Curtis, were raised by their mother.[2] He attended Southwestern High School in Southwest Detroit, and graduated from Yale University, where he majored in psychology. He received his M.D. from the University of Michigan Medical School.

Medical career

File:Ben Carson, MD.jpg
Ben Carson

Carson was a professor of neurosurgery, oncology, plastic surgery, and pediatrics, and he was the director of pediatric neurosurgery at Johns Hopkins Hospital.[3] At age 33, he became the youngest major division director in Johns Hopkins history, as director of pediatric neurosurgery. He was also a co-director of the Johns Hopkins Craniofacial Center.

According to Johns Hopkins Hospital literature, "Dr. Carson focuses on traumatic brain injuries, brain and spinal cord tumors, achondroplasia, neurological and congenital disorders, craniosynostosis, epilepsy, and trigeminal neuralgia. He is also interested in maximizing the intellectual potential of every child."[3]

Carson's hand-eye coordination and three-dimensional reasoning skills made him a gifted surgeon.[4] After medical school, he became a neurosurgery resident at Johns Hopkins Hospital in Baltimore. Starting off as an adult neurosurgeon, Carson became more interested in pediatrics. He believed that with children, "what you see is what you get, ... when they're in pain they clearly show it with a frown on their face or when they are happy they show it by smiling brightly.[4]"

In 1987, Carson became the first surgeon to successfully separate conjoined twins, the Binder twins, who had been joined at the back of the head, making them craniopagus twins. The 70-member surgical team, led by Carson, worked for 22 hours. At the end, the twins were successfully separated and can now survive independently. As Carson wrote in his book:

...they would always exsanguinate. They would bleed to death, and I said, 'There's got to be a way around that... I was talking to a friend of mine, who was a cardiothoracic surgeon, who was the chief of the division, and I said, 'You guys operate on the heart in babies, how do you keep them from exsanguinating' and he says, 'Well, we put them in hypothermic arrest.' I said, 'Is there any reason that – if we were doing a set of Siamese twins that were joined at the head – that we couldn't put them into hypothermic arrest, at the appropriate time, when we're likely to lose a lot of blood?' and he said, 'No way.' ...two months later, along came these doctors from Germany, presenting this case of Siamese twins. And, I was asked for my opinion, and I then began to explain the techniques that should be used, and how we would incorporate hypothermic arrest... And, my colleagues and I, a few of us went over to Germany. We looked at the twins. We actually put in scalp expanders, and five months later we brought them over and did the operation, and lo and behold, it worked.[5]

In addition to his responsibilities at Johns Hopkins, he has served on the boards of the Kellogg Company, Costco, and the Academy of Achievement. He is an emeritus fellow of the Yale Corporation.

In March 2013, Carson announced he would retire as a surgeon, stating "I'd much rather quit when I'm at the top of my game, and there's so many more things that can be done."[6] His retirement became official on July 1, with Carson saying he would leave the decision of whether to go into politics "in the hands of God, but much can be done outside the political arena." [7]

Awards and honors

Memphis business Academy of Achievement]], and the Horatio Alger Association of Distinguished Americans. In 2000, Carson received the Award for Greatest Public Service Benefiting the Disadvantaged, an award given out annually by Jefferson Awards.[8] In 2008, the White House awarded Carson the Presidential Medal of Freedom, the nation's highest civilian honor.[9] In 2010, he was elected into the National Academy of Sciences Institute of Medicine.[10] Carson has been awarded 38 honorary doctorate degrees and dozens of national merit citations.[11]

Writer

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Carson at the Miami Book Fair International, 1991

Carson has written four bestselling[12] books published by Zondervan, an international Christian media and publishing company: Gifted Hands, The Big Picture, Take the Risk, and Think Big. The first book is an autobiography and two are about his personal philosophies of success that incorporate hard work and a faith in God.

Carson's book titled Gifted Hands: The Ben Carson Story was released by Zondervan in 1992.[13] A separate television movie with the same title premiered on TNT on February 7, 2009, with Cuba Gooding Jr. in the lead role and Kimberly Elise portraying his mother.[14]

On July 8, 2013, Carson joined The Washington Times as a weekly opinion columnist.[15]

Political affiliation, activities and views

Carson has said he is not a member of any political party. "If I were part of one, it would be called the 'Logic party', and it would be dedicated to commonsense approaches we all should be able to see."[16] In his book America the Beautiful, Carson explained why he decided to get involved in politics: "I believe it is a very good idea for physicians, scientists, engineers, and others trained to make decisions based on facts and empirical data to get involved in the political arena and help guide our country."[17] He also said, "… we [physicians] should be concerned not only about the health of individual patients, but also about the health of our entire society."[18] Despite largely expressing conservative viewpoints, Carson has also expressed some views at odds with most conservatives, such as supporting banning semi-automatic weapons in large cities (though he has also stated that "There’s a reason for the Second Amendment; people do have the right to have weapons").[19]

Speech at prayer breakfast addressing social and fiscal issues

Carson was the keynote speaker at the February 7, 2013, National Prayer Breakfast.[20] During his speech, Carson commented on several social and fiscal issues including political correctness, education, the national debt, health care and taxation. On political correctness (PC), Carson remarked: "PC is dangerous, because you see, this country, one of the founding principles was freedom of thought and freedom of expression. And it [PC] muffles people. It puts a muzzle on them." On education, he compared current graduation rates with those 200 years ago: "In 1831, Alexis de Tocqueville came to our country ... anybody finishing the second grade was completely literate." About healthcare: "Here's my solution. When a person is born, give him a birth certificate, an electronic medical record and a health savings account, to which money can be contributed, pre-tax from the time you are born, to the time you die. When you die, you can pass it on to your family members." Carson spoke favorably of the flat tax system, which he prefers to call the "Proportional Tax" based on the biblical principle of the tithe.[21]

The speech was magnified because Carson's views were generally interpreted to be politically conservative, and President Barack Obama was sitting ten feet away. Conservative commentators from Rush Limbaugh to Sean Hannity and Neil Cavuto of Fox News praised the speech as speaking "truth to power." The Wall Street Journal had an op-ed titled "Ben Carson for President," which stated that Carson "may not be politically correct, but he's closer to correct than we've heard in years." Columnist Star Parker wrote in a column that "Ben Carson owes no apology for honest talk."[22] Conservative Fox News contributor Cal Thomas, however, opined that Carson's remarks were inappropriate for the event and that he should apologize to President Obama.[23] Fox News pundit Bob Beckel also found Carson's remarks inappropriate for the event, calling them "extreme right-wing talking points."[24]

At White House in 2008 for award

In an interview with Neil Cavuto, Carson defended himself by saying, "Somebody has to be courageous enough to stand up to the bullies."[25] Carson appeared on the Fox News program Hannity on Friday, February 8, and was asked about a possible run for the White House. Carson responded: "If the Lord grabbed me by the collar and made me do it, I would."[26]

After the National Prayer Breakfast speech, Carson told ABC News: "I don't think it was particularly political... You know, I'm a physician. I like to diagnose things. And, you know, I've diagnosed some pretty, pretty significant issues that I think a lot of people resonate with."[27] Regarding the policies of President Obama, he said: "There are a number of policies that I don't believe lead to the growth of our nation and don't lead to the elevation of our nation. I don't want to sit here and say all of his policies are bad. What I would like to see more often in this nation is an open and intelligent conversation, not people just casting aspersions at each other."

Writing in the National Review, Jonah Goldberg compared Carson to legendary African-American leader Booker T. Washington.[28] Meanwhile, in The Atlantic, David Graham compared Carson to Herman Cain without the "personal skeletons."[29]

Following his sudden notoriety among conservatives, Carson was a featured speaker at the annual Conservative Political Action Conference (CPAC) on March 16, 2013 and finished tied for seventh in the Washington Times/CPAC 2013 Straw Poll with 4% of the 3,000 ballots cast.[30][31]

Views on marriage and evolution

Carson described his opposition to same-sex marriage on Hannity, saying: "Marriage is between a man and a woman. No group, be they gays, be they NAMBLA, be they people who believe in bestiality, it doesn't matter what they are. They don't get to change the definition."[32] Carson's comments drew criticism for apparently lumping together gays with pedophiles and practitioners of bestiality, and a group of Hopkins students circulated a petition asking that Carson be replaced as the university's commencement speaker.[32][33] Others defended, or decried, Carson's comments.[34][35]

Carson told MSNBC's Andrea Mitchell that his comments were "completely taken out of context and completely misunderstood," and also asserted on CNN's "The Situation Room" that he loves all people, whether gay or straight.[32] Carson withdrew as speaker and apologized for the remarks, saying that "the examples were not the best choice of words, and I certainly apologize if I offended anyone," adding that the Bible "says we have an obligation to love our fellow man as ourselves, and I love everybody the same—all homosexuals."[33][36] Carson also said, "I certainly believe gay people should have all the rights anyone else has. I was trying to say that as far as marriage was concerned, it has traditionally been between a man and a woman and no one should be able to change that."[34]

Carson's views on evolution and creationism have also generated controversy.[37] In a 2006 debate with Richard Dawkins, Francis Collins, and Daniel Dennett, Carson stated: "I don't believe in evolution .... I simply don’t have enough faith to believe that something as complex as our ability to rationalize, think, and plan, and have a moral sense of what’s right and wrong, just appeared."[38] In 2012, nearly 500 professors, students and alumni of Emory University wrote a letter expressing concern about Carson's views in advance of his commencement speech. In particular, they cited his quote in an Adventist Review interview where he said, "By believing we are the product of random acts, we eliminate morality and the basis of ethical behavior." Carson responded by clarifying his views, saying, "People who believe in survival of the fittest might have more difficulty deriving where their ethics come from. A lot of evolutionists are very ethical people."[37]

Criticism of Affordable Care Act

On October 11, 2013, Carson spoke at the conservative Values Voters Summit in Washington, D.C., where he called the Affordable Care Act (ACA) "the worst thing that has happened in this nation since slavery." In his speech, Carson claimed that the entire push for the legislation originated with Vladimir Lenin, who knew that "socialized medicine is the keystone to the establishment of a socialist state" and that the ACA "was slavery in a way because it is making all of us subservient to the government."[39] (No one has produced evidence that Lenin ever made any such statement, although the purported quote is widely repeated on politically conservative websites.[40][41]) After receiving criticism for his comments, Carson wrote a Washington Times editorial on October 15 where he denied that he was "equating Obamacare with slavery" and blamed the "PC police" for attempting "to discredit and … silence" him. Carson also acknowledged that there was controversy over whether Lenin used the exact words quoted but felt his larger point was still valid.[42]

Personal life

Carson and his wife Lacena "Candy" Rustin met in 1971 as students at Yale University. They married in 1975 and have three sons: Ben, Jr.; Rhoeyce; and Murray. They are members of the Seventh-Day Adventist Church.[43] Carson and his wife started the Carson Scholars Fund in 1994, which gives $1,000 scholarships to students in grades 4–11 for "academic excellence and humanitarian qualities" (the fund reports "five thousand seven hundred scholarships and counting").[44][45]

Bibliography

  • (2011) America the Beautiful: Rediscovering What Made This Nation Great, Zondervan Publishing. ISBN 978-0-310-33071-4
  • (2009) Gifted Hands: The Ben Carson Story, Zondervan Publishing. ISBN 0-310-21469-6
  • (2008) Take The Risk, Zondervan Publishing. ISBN 0-310-25973-8
  • (2000) The Big Picture, Zondervan Publishing. ISBN 978-0-310-22583-6
  • (1996) Think Big, Zondervan Publishing. ISBN 0-310-21459-9
  • (1990) Gifted Hands: The Ben Carson Story, Review & Herald Pub., ISBN 0-8280-0669-5

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  4. ^ a b What do you think?. "Conversation from Penn State: Ben Carson Interview". Conversations.psu.edu. Retrieved 2013-05-20.
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  6. ^ Aaron Blake (16 March 2013). "Ben Carson announces retirement, feeds presidential speculation". Washington Post. Retrieved 24 June 2013.
  7. ^ Armstrong Williams. "My Chat With Retiring Dr. Ben Carson". Newsmax. Retrieved July 1, 2013.
  8. ^ http://www.jeffersonawards.org/pastwinners/national
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  10. ^ "Carson, Hopkins Colleagues Named to Institute of Medicine". hopkinschildrens.org. October 11, 2010.
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  12. ^ "August 2008 Extended Best Sellers List", Essence (December 16, 2009). Retrieved 2013-11-17.
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  18. ^ Benjamin Carson, M.D. America the Beautiful. Zondervan. p. 35. {{cite book}}: Unknown parameter |coauthors= ignored (|author= suggested) (help)
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  20. ^ "Zondervan Author Ben Carson Gives Keynote at 2013 National Prayer Breakfast". prnewswire.com. Retrieved 8 February 2013.
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  24. ^ More Stories from Around the Web (2013-02-12). "Bob Beckel vs. Benjamin Carson". Nationalreview.com. Retrieved 2013-05-20.
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  28. ^ "A Speech Worthy of Booker T. Washington | National Review Online". Nationalreview.com. 2013-02-13. Retrieved 2013-05-20.
  29. ^ "Meet Dr. Ben Carson, the New Conservative Folk Hero – David A. Graham". The Atlantic. Retrieved 2013-05-20.
  30. ^ "Dr. Ben Carson will speak at CPAC after stealing spotlight from President Obama". Washington Times. 2013-02-27. Retrieved 2013-05-20.
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  37. ^ a b Strauss, Valerie (May 8, 2012). "Ben Carson's creationist views spark controvery over commencement speech". Washington Post. Retrieved November 17, 2013.
  38. ^ "Richard Dawkins & Daniel Dennett vs. Francis Collins & Benjamin Carson : Free Download & Streaming : Internet Archive". Archive.org. 2001-03-10. Retrieved 2013-05-20.
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  40. ^ Marabella, Jean (October 12, 2013). "Carson is quoting Lenin to criticize Obamacare. Is the reference bogus?". Baltimore Sun. Retrieved October 17, 2013.
  41. ^ Blumenthal, David (2010). The Heart of Power: Health and Politics in the Oval Office. University of California Press. pp. 91–92. ISBN 9780520268098. {{cite book}}: Unknown parameter |coauthors= ignored (|author= suggested) (help)
  42. ^ CARSON: Did you really hear what I said?
  43. ^ "Encyclopedia of World Biography: Biography of Benjamin S. Carson". Notablebiographies.com. Retrieved 2013-05-20.
  44. ^ Simmons, Deborah. "Carson fund helps to inspire students", The Washington Times (February 1, 2009).
  45. ^ Madeleine Buckley. "Our History | Carson Scholars Fund". Carsonscholars.org. Retrieved 2013-05-20.
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