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Story of Healing

Commencement speaker shares past
in hopes to change future

Not many pediatric neurosurgeons with the trailblazing career that Benjamin Carson has had would admit to the stories in his past.

Not only does Carson admit it, he's happy to share it. His story was the subject of a memoir and a movie that premiered on TNT in 2009 titled, "Gifted Hands: The Ben Carson Story."

Carson will be the speaker May 18 for MUSC's 183rd Commencement ceremony marking the milestone passage of this year's more than 750 graduates.

MUSC chief of staff Sabra Slaughter, Ph.D., said Carson was nominated by MUSC's Student Government Association to be the speaker. He met Carson in 1994 at a keynote address for about 1,000 aspiring health professionals from high schools throughout South Carolina that was sponsored by the S.C. Area Health Education Consortium.

Dr. Benjamin Carson's latest book published by Zondervan..

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