Ben Carson/Stanford Neurosurgery

[Idiopathic]

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Is anyone intimately familiar with this program? I would love to rotate with Dr. Carson as a 4th year, but I dont know how competitive this program is or how competitive the clerkships are. I would also love to end up @ Stanford, but that is another story...

 

[ckent]

I thought that Ben Carson was at Hopkins?

 

[MacGyver]

Yes, Ben Carson is at Hopkins, not Stanford

 

[Idiopathic]

...when i was looking up electives, I thought I ran across him at Stanford, but now I look and see that he is not there. Was it that he attended Stanford? Maybe I am getting his book confused with the current-day reality (that happens sometimes)...

Regardless, I would still like to rotate with Dr. Carson and match @ Stanford 🙂 I know that matching at Stanford is probably not likely, but I wonder how hard it is to get such a visiting clerkship?

 

[Winged Scapula]

Carson is at Hopkins. Or at least *was*. Thought he took a leave of absence due to CA?

 

[doepug]

Dr Carson is now, and has been at Hopkins for several years. Although he went to medical school at Michigan, he's been at Hopkins since his internship. He did take a brief leave from clinical duties about a year ago, but he's working full-time now. He's an amazing surgeon and takes a special interest in teaching medical students (and quizzing them on classical music) in the OR.

Cheers,

doepug
MS IV, Johns Hopkins

 

[doc05]

maybe he did a visiting professorship at stanford

 

[Idiopathic]

Yeah, I read his bio again. I thought I noticed, when he was on the cover of Time a few years back, that he was either at Stanford or had some affiliation there...regardless, does anyone have any insight into his pediatric NS clerkship? It sounds like an amazing experience.