Gifted Hands: The Ben Carson Story [USA] [DVD]

Carson M.D., Ben

ISBN 10: 0310274281 ISBN 13: 9780310274285

Verlag: Zondervan, 2006

Inhaltsangabe

From the pages of his bestselling book Gifted Hands, Dr. Ben Carson comes to life in this even more inspiring DVD. Instead of having to imagine the man and his world, you can actually see and hear Ben Carson at home with his family and watch his gifted hands during surgery. You can observe him encouraging school children to try to be all that they can be. And you can accompany him on his professional rounds at Johns Hopkins UniversityHospital. In 1987, Dr. Carson gained worldwide recognition and was featured on ABC's 20/20for his part in the first successful separation of Siamesetwins joined at the back of the head--an extremely complex and delicate operation that was five months in planning and twenty-two hours ofactual surgery, involving a surgical plan that Carson helped initiate. In this DVD you will meet these twins and other former patients along withmembers of their families. Previously in VHS, now in DVD format.

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Biografía del autor

Dr. Benjamin Carson is a Professor of Neurosurgery, Plastic Surgery, Oncology, and Pediatrics, and the Director of Pediatric Neurosurgery at Johns Hopkins Medical Institutions. He is also the author of four bestselling books---Gifted Hands, Think Big, The Big Picture, and Take the Risk. He serves on the boards of the Kellogg Company, Costco Wholesale Corp., and the Academy of Achievement, among others, and is an Emeritus Fellow of the Yale Corporation. He and his wife, Candy, cofounded the Carson Scholars Fund (www.carsonscholars.org), a 501(c)3 established to counteract America's crisis in education by identifying and rewarding academic role models in the fourth through eleventh grades, regardless of race, creed, religion and socio-economic status, who also demonstrate humanitarian qualities. There are over 4800 scholars in forty-five states. Ben and Candy are the parents of three grown sons and reside in Baltimore County, Maryland. SPANISH BIO: El Dr. Benjamin Carson es profesor de neurocirugia, cirugia plastica, oncologia y pediatria, y director de neurocirugia pediatrica en las Instituciones Medicas John Hopkins. Tambien es autor de tres libros, exitos de ventas: Gifted Hands. Piense en grande, y The Big Picture. Sirve en las juntas directivas de Kellogg Company, Costo, Wholesale Corp y American Promise, entre otras, y es Miembro Emerito de la Yale Corporacion. El y su esposa Candy son padres de tres hijos adultos y viven en el condado de Baltimore, Maryland.

Details zur Ausgabe

• Verlag: Zondervan
• Erscheinungsdatum: 2006
• ISBN 10: 0310274281
• ISBN 13: 9780310274285
• Einband: CD-ROM
• Sprache: Englisch