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Ben Carson
American neurosurgeon and politician (born )
Benjamin Solomon Carson Sr. (born September 18, ) is an American retired neurosurgeon, academic, author, and government official who served as the 17th United States Secretary of Housing and Urban Development from to A pioneer in the field of neurosurgery, he was a candidate for President of the United States in the Republican primaries.[2][3][4] Carson is one of the most prominent black conservatives in the United States.[5]
Carson became the director of pediatric neurosurgery at the Johns Hopkins Children's Center in at age 33, then the youngest chief of pediatric neurosurgery in the United States.[6] In , 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.
Although the surgery was a success, the twins continued to experience neurological and medical complications.[7] His