Last updated on: 3/23/2015 | Author: ProCon.org

Ben Carson, MD Biography

Title:
Professor Emeritus of Neurosurgery at Johns Hopkins University
Position:
Con to the question "Is Sexual Orientation Determined at Birth?"
Reasoning:

“CHRIS CUOMO: You think they [people] have control over their sexuality?

BEN CARSON: Absolutely.

CHRIS CUOMO: You think being gay is a choice?

BEN CARSON: Absolutely… Because a lot of people who go into prison, go into prison straight, and when they come out, they’re gay. So, did something happen while they were in there? Ask yourself that question.”

Interview conducted by Chris Cuomo, cnn.com, Mar. 4, 2015
Involvement and Affiliations:
  • Professor Emeritus of Neurosurgery, Johns Hopkins University
  • Director of Pediatric Neurosurgery, Johns Hopkins Hospital
  • Columnist, Washington Times
  • Cofounder, Carson Scholars Fund, 1994-present
  • Neurosurgeon, Sir Charles Gairdner Hospital (Perth, Australia), 1983-1984
  • Chief Resident of Neurosurgery, Johns Hopkins University, 1982-1983
  • Resident, Johns Hopkins University, 1977-1982
Education:
  • MD, Neurosurgery, University of Michigan School of Medicine, 1977
  • BA, Psychology, Yale University, 1973
Other:
  • Performed the first surgery to separate craniopagus twins who were conjoined at the backs of their heads, Sep. 4, 1987.
  • Performed the first surgery to separate craniopagus twins who were conjoined at the tops of their heads, 1997
  • Born in Detroit, MI on Sep. 18, 1951
  • Holds more than 60 honorary doctorate degrees
Quoted in:
  1. Is Sexual Orientation Determined at Birth?