Ben Carson's Achievements

Ben Carson is an outstanding individual, who demonstrates the American Dream by displaying hard work, perseverance, and faith in God.

"Through hard work, perseverance and a faith in God, you can live your dreams."

• Carson performed the first successful separation of craniopagus  (Siamese) twins in 1987. 
• Carson performed the first completely successful separation of type-2 vertical craniopagus twins in South Africa in 1997.
• Carson performed the first successful placement of an intrauterine shunt for a hydrocephalic twin.
• Carson was named by CNN and TIME Magazine as one of the nation's 20 foremost physicians and scientists in 2001.
• Carson received the Spingarn Medal in 2006.
• Carson was awarded the highest civilian honor in the land, the Presidential Medal of Freedom, in June of 2008.
• Carson was appointed by President George W. Bush to serve on the President's Council on Bioethics in 2004.
• Carson holds 67 honorary doctorate degrees.