Ben Carson

Also known as Benjamin Solomon "Ben" Carson, Sr., Dr. Ben Carson, Benjamin S. Carson, Sr., Benjamin S. Carson, Benjamin Solomon Carson Sr., Dr. Carson, Doctor Carson, Doctor Ben Carson

Neurosurgeon and former United States Secretary of Housing and Urban Development

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Detroit, Michigan, USA

Benjamin Solomon Carson Sr. (born September 18, 1951) is an American retired neurosurgeon, author, and politician who served as the 17th United States Secretary of Housing and Urban Development from 2017 to 2021. He was a candidate for President of the United States in the 2016 Republican primaries. He is considered a pioneer in the field of neurosurgery. Carson became the Director of Pediatric…

Known for

Star Spangled Adventures - The Movie! — Ben Carson (voice)2026
The Tucker Carlson Show — Self2024
Walt's Disenchanted Kingdom — Self2023
Uncle Tom II: An American Odyssey — Self2022
Takeaways with Kirk Cameron — Self2021
The Accidental President — Self (archive footage)2020
The Issue Is — Self2018
Axios — Self2018
Revive Us 2 — Self2017
PACmen — Self2017

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Key facts

President: Donald Trump
Secretary: Brooke Rollins
Preceded by: Position established
Deputy: Pam Patenaude , Brian D. Montgomery
Succeeded by: Marcia Fudge
Born: Benjamin Solomon Carson , ( 1951-09-18 ) September 18, 1951 (age 74) , Detroit , Michigan , U.S.
Party: Republican (1981–1999, since 2014)
Other political affiliations: Democratic (before 1981), Independent (1999–2014)
Spouse: Candy Rustin ( married</span>"}]]}'>m. 1975 )
Education: Yale University ( BA ), University of Michigan ( MD )
Awards: Presidential Medal of Freedom (2008), Spingarn Medal (2006)
Profession: Neurosurgeon
Institutions: Johns Hopkins School of Medicine , National Academy of Medicine
Sub specialties: Pediatric neurosurgery , Achondroplasia , Craniosynostosis , Epilepsy , Trigeminal neuralgia
Research: Hemispherectomy , Conjoined twins separation

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Instance of: human
Family name: Carson
Gender: male
Citizenship: United States
Place of birth: Detroit
Occupation: writer
Position held: United States Secretary of Housing and Urban Development
Employer: Johns Hopkins Hospital
Political party: Republican Party (United States)
Languages spoken: English language
Native language: American English
Religion: Seventh-day Adventist Church
Academic degree: Doctor of Medicine
Official website: www.bencarson.com
Image: Ben Carson 2025.jpg
Number of children: 3
Residence: West Friendship

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date of birth: 1951-09-18
birth name: Benjamin Solomon Carson
name in native language: Ben Carson
handedness: right-handedness
member of: National Academy of Medicine
ethnic group: African Americans
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social media followers: 514000

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Encyclopedic overview

Benjamin Solomon Carson Sr. (born September 18, 1951) is an American retired neurosurgeon, academic, author, and government official who served as the 17th United States Secretary of Housing and Urban Development from 2017 to 2021. A pioneer in the field of neurosurgery, he was a candidate in the 2016 Republican presidential primaries. Carson is one of the most prominent black conservatives in the United States.

Carson became the youngest chief of pediatric neurosurgery in the United States in 1984, when he took the job at the Johns Hopkins Children's Center at age 33. In 1987, he gained fame for leading a team of surgeons in the first-known separation of conjoined twins joined at the back of the head. He performed the first successful neurosurgical procedure on a fetus inside the womb, developed new methods to treat brain-stem tumors, and revitalized hemispherectomy techniques for controlling seizures. He has written more than 100 neurosurgical publications. He retired from medicine in 2013; at the time, he was professor of neurosurgery, oncology, plastic surgery, and pediatrics at the Johns Hopkins School of Medicine.

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