Ben Carson | Wikipedia audio article
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Date: 04/12/2018

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Ben Carson


00:02:17 1 Early life and education
00:05:34 1.1 High school
00:08:05 1.2 College
00:12:16 1.3 Medical school
00:13:33 2 Surgeon
00:17:42 3 Articles, books, business relationships, media posts
00:23:17 4 2016 presidential campaign
00:23:27 4.1 Background and increasing political visibility
00:26:39 4.2 Announcement of campaign
00:27:41 4.3 Surge in polls
00:28:45 4.4 Decline in polls
00:32:01 4.5 Withdrawal from campaign
00:32:56 4.6 Further activities during 2016 election
00:35:21 5 Secretary of Housing and Urban Development
00:35:32 5.1 Nomination and confirmation
00:37:06 5.2 Tenure
00:39:34 5.2.1 Office furnishing
00:40:29 6 Carson Scholars Fund
00:41:13 7 Personal life
00:42:22 7.1 Religion
00:44:38 7.2 Vegetarianism
00:45:41 8 Awards and honors
00:47:55 9 Books
00:50:05 10 See also



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Benjamin Solomon Carson Sr. (born September 18, 1951) is an American politician, author and former neurosurgeon serving as the 17th and current United States Secretary of Housing and Urban Development since 2017, under the Trump Administration. Prior to his cabinet position, he was a candidate for President of the United States in the Republican primaries in 2016.
Born in Detroit, Michigan, and a graduate of Yale University and the University of Michigan Medical School, Carson has authored numerous books on his medical career and political stances. He was the subject of a television drama film in 2009.
He was the Director of Pediatric Neurosurgery at Johns Hopkins Hospital in Maryland from 1984 until his retirement in 2013. As a pioneer in neurosurgery, Carson's achievements include performing the only successful separation of conjoined twins joined at the back of the head; pioneering the first successful neurosurgical procedure on a fetus inside the womb; performing the first completely successful separation of type-2 vertical craniopagus twins; developing new methods to treat brain-stem tumors; and reviving hemispherectomy techniques for controlling seizures. He became the youngest chief of pediatric neurosurgery in the country at age 33. He has received more than 60 honorary doctorate degrees, dozens of national merit citations, and written over 100 neurosurgical publications. In 2008, he was bestowed the Presidential Medal of Freedom, the highest civilian award in the United States.Carson's widely publicized speech at the 2013 National Prayer Breakfast catapulted him to conservative fame for his views on social and political issues. On May 4, 2015, he announced he was running for the Republican nomination in the 2016 presidential election at a rally in his hometown of Detroit. In March 2016, following the Super Tuesday primaries, he suspended his campaign and announced he would be the new national chairman of My Faith Votes, a group that encourages Christians to exercise their civic duty to vote. He then endorsed the candidacy of Donald Trump.On March 2, 2017, Carson was confirmed by the United States Senate as the Secretary of Housing and Urban Development in a 58–41 vote.