Ben Carson : Gifted Hands

Dr. Carson began his early life as a troubled youth. After his father deserted their family, Ben, his mother, and his older brother Curtis experienced many great hardships. While he excelled academically, he was swayed by his peers, and wanted to fall in with the popular but “bad crowd. Ben also had a quick and violent temper that proved to bring him to a critical turning point in his life.

After graduating from high school, Dr. Carson attended Yale University, where he received his Bachelor’s degree. He received his medical degree at the University of Michigan Medical School, and then began his formal career by becoming a resident at Johns Hopkins Hospital.

In 1985, Dr. Carson performed one of the first successful hemispherectomies. This is an operation in which a neurosurgeon removes a quarter or one-half of a person’s brain because it isn’t functioning properly. Since then, Dr. Carson has performed thousands of hemispherec

There are also things that make Dr. Carson’s work unique, and different from the work of other scientist of today:

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Ø Now that phones, fax machines, and e-mail exist, the global community is “smaller”, which makes the exchange of information and communication easier. This is true for neurosurgeons and other scientists that have benefited from the increased ability to share their research and accomplishments with other scientists in their field. This leads to greater leaps in progress for all.

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