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Benjamin Solomon Carson is an American author, neurosurgeon, and politician. He is the current United States Secretary of Housing and Urban Development, under the Trump administration. He was born in Detroit, Michigan, on September 18, , into the family of Sonya and Robert Solomon Carson.

He worked as a neurosurgeon at the John Hopkins Hospital, and he‘s the first man to separate conjoined twins successfully.

CHILDHOOD AND EARLY LIFE

Ben Carson is the second son of Sonya and Robert, in Michigan. Robert was a Baptist minister and factory worker, who married Sonya when she was thirteen, was raised by his mother after she divorced Robert.

Ben was eight at that time, and the divorce was due to Robert having another secret family.

Growing up for Ben Carson wasn’t easy. He got angry easily.

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His raging temper usually resulted in physical violence. He claimed to have almost hit his mother with a hammer once! But he later realized the error of his ways after reading the book of Proverbs in the Bible. He tried to stab a friend but missed.

Biography & Facts: He is a member of the Seventh-day Adventist Church. Carson graduated with honors from Southwestern, having also become a senior commander in the school's ROTC program. Retrieved June 24, On September 4, , after months of rehearsals, Carson and a huge team of doctors, nurses and support staff joined forces for what would be a hour procedure.

It was after this he ran home and locked himself in the bathroom with a Bible, and started praying. This was the beginning of a new lifestyle for Ben.

EDUCATION

Ben Carson started kindergarten at the Fisher school in He was an average student till his third grade.

It was at this time his mother found out about his father’s secret family. He moved with his mother and brother to his aunt’s place in Boston.

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He spent two years at a two-classroom school in the Berea Seventh-day Adventist church. The school had just two teachers who taught eight grades and spent most of the time singing and playing games.

He later returned to Detroit public schools. His performance was bad at first but improved after his mother limited his TV time. She made him write book reports on two library books per week.

Ben Carson wanted to be a missionary doctor when he was eight, but later got fascinated by the lucrative lifestyle of psychiatrists shown on TV.

He attended the southwestern high School for his ninth to twelfth grade, ranked third in his class during graduation.

Ben Carson attended the Yale on a full scholarship and graduated with a B.A in psychology in Although he wasn’t at the top of the class, he had a good grade point average. He then entered the University of Michigan medical school that same year.

After taking comprehensive exams and performing poorly, his was advised to drop out or take a reduced academic load.

Ben Carson The surgery revealed more difficulties outside of the girls' ages; their brains not only shared a major vein but had fused together. Ben L. Ben Asher, Aaron ben Moses. Terrified by his own actions, he started praying, asking God to help him find a way to deal with his temper, finding salvation in the Book of Proverbs.

Instead, he continued with the normal academic load and his grades began to improve. He graduated in with an M.D. in medical school.

CAREER

After graduating from medical school, Ben Carson became a neurosurgeon at John Hopkins Hospital, Baltimore, in He was a great surgeon and was offered a job at Sir Charles Gairdner Hospital in Perth, Australia.

At that time, Australia was lacking expert neurosurgeons. Ben accepted the offer. In , he returned to John Hopkins Hospital and was made the director of pediatric neurosurgery a year later.

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He was also made the co-director of the John Hopkins Craniofacial Center. He was 33 years at that time.

In , Ben Carson did the impossible leading a team of doctors in separating the seven-month conjoined twins successfully in Germany. He performed another separation surgery in South Africa in but wasn’t successful.

Both babies died.

Gifted hands by ben carson Carson's first year in office largely flew under the radar. Since the age of 18 months, the little girl had been having seizures, and by the time her parents brought her to Johns Hopkins, she was having more than of them a day. He recalled that in his early days as a surgeon, nurses would often mistake him for a hospital orderly, and speak to him as such. Donald Glover.

He later performed another surgery successfully in Zambia, where both twins survived. The surgery lasted for twenty-eight hours. This success didn’t last as he failed with a team of hundred doctors to separate two conjoined Iranian women. The two ladies, 29 years, died shortly after the surgery.

Ben Carson is also a great author and has written a lot of books including ‘Gifted Hands’(), ‘Think Big’(),‘The Big Picture’(), and ‘Take the Risk’().

MAJOR WORKS

Ben Carson was the first neurosurgeon to separate a set of conjoined twins successfully.

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This he achieved with a team of seventy doctors. The operation lasted for twenty-two hours and was on September 4,

AWARDS AND ACHIEVEMENTS

•  Award for Greatest public service benefiting the disadvantaged()
• The presidential medal of freedom and the United States’ highest civilian award()

Ben Carson has been awarded several honorary degrees from influential universities.

PERSONAL LIFE

Ben Carson is married to Lacena Candy Rustin.

They met in and were both students of Yale. He got married in and has three sons, Murray, Benjamin Jr., and Rhoeyce.

DISEASE OR DISABILITIES

Ben Carson was diagnosed of prostate cancer in early but is now fully recovered.

RELIGION

Ben Carson is a member of the Seventh-day Adventist church.

PHILANTHROPIC WORKS AND LEGACY

Ben Carson started the Carson Scholars Fund with his wife in This scholarship is meant for students with academic excellence and good humanitarian qualities.