Ben Carson Research Paper

Benjamin Solomon Carson was born in Detroit on September 18, 1951. He is the son of Sonya and Robert Solomon Carson. His mom was from Tennessee and dropped out of school in the third grade. With the limited things she could do in life she married Robert Carson, minister and factory worker, when she was 13. They moved to Detroit and had two children ("Benjamin C"). But Sonya eventually discovered her husband was a player and had another secret family. They were divorced and Robert went to live with his other family and left Sonya and her children broke as it gets and scraping for money ("Benjamin C"). Ben Carson graduated with honors from high school and also was a senior commander in the school's ROTC program. He earned a full scholarship to Yale receiving a bachelor’s degree in psychology. Ben Carson enrolled in the School of Medicine at the University of Michigan choosing to become a neurosurgeon instead of a therapist. He married Lacena "Candy" Rustin. He met her at Yale ("Benjamin C"). Carson earned his medical degree and then the couple moved to Maryland where he became an intern at Johns Hopkins University. His excellent eye-hand coordination and reasoning skills made him a superior surgeon early on. He was top …show more content…
The operation failed as both girls died from technical issues during the surgery ("Ben Carson."). Carson was beat up. The death took a toll on him, but he knew he had to press on as he knew such surgeries could be achieved. In 1997, Carson and some other members of his medical team went to Zambia in South Africa to separate two baby boys, Luka and Joseph Banda. This operation was very difficult because the boys were joined at the top of their heads and facing in opposite directions making it the first time a surgery such as this had been done or even tried ("Ben Carson."). After a log hard 28-hour operation, both boys survived and neither suffered brain damage. It was a