Neurosurgery

Wes Moore to replace Carson as Hopkins commencement speaker

2013-04-17 16:13:00

Johns Hopkins University alum and best-selling author Wes Moore will replace Dr. Ben Carson as speaker at the university's School of Education commencement, officials said Wednesday, after the world-renowned neurosurgeon came under fire for his...

Hopkins looking for replacement for Carson as commencement speaker

2013-04-11 15:55:00

Johns Hopkins administrators scrambled Thursday to find a commencement speaker to replace Dr. Ben Carson, who stepped down from two engagements because of backlash from recent comments he made about same-sex marriage. Carson was scheduled as the...

Calling Ben Carson's words 'hurtful, offensive,' Hopkins CEO brings clarity to debate

2013-04-05 12:26:00

In a letter sent to the Johns Hopkins Medical community Friday afternoon, Faculty Dean and CEO Dr. Paul Rothman labeled Dr. Ben Carson's comments on gay marriage "hurtful" and "offensive." Rothman's letter is a turning point in what has been two weeks...

Ben Carson's conservative views are drawn from the Bible

2013-03-30 11:24:00

I am not among the many who are shocked that Ben Carson, the brilliant and widely admired neurosurgeon based at Johns Hopkins Hospital, would emerge as a hero of the political right and Sean Hannity's new best friend. That Carson would stoop to making...

Carson tapped to speak at major conservative political conference

2013-02-27 07:49:00

Johns Hopkins neurosurgeon Dr. Ben Carson will speak at a prominent conservative political rally next month, alongside the likes of former Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin and former vice presidential nominee Rep. Paul Ryan, the American Conservative Union said...

Controversial address vaults Hopkins' Carson into political arena

2013-02-18 06:44:00

Dr. Ben Carson says he didn't anticipate the reaction to what he considered his common-sense remarks as keynote speaker this month at the National Prayer Breakfast. But after video went viral of the trailblazing black neurosurgeon taking jabs at...

Hopkins' Dr. Benjamin Carson anointed new Fox darling of the right on Hannity

2013-02-16 18:27:00

Much of Friday's political-media online chatter was focused on Fox news hiring failed presidential candidate and pizza executive Herman Cain as a political analyst. But the big story that seemed to mostly sail under the radar was the embattled channel's...

Baltimore's biggest philanthropists reveal what motivates them

2013-01-11 16:06:00

Baltimore is home to some generous souls. There are those who give time, others who share their ideas and plenty of people willing to open their wallets. Over the years, a number of people have built reputations as philanthropists. Yet however...

Orioles left fielder Nolan Reimold's MRI reveals more questions than answers

2012-06-15 16:46:00

The Orioles received good and bad news on the ever-puzzling health of left fielder Nolan Reimold, who has been out of all baseball activites for nearly seven weeks with a bulging disk in his neck. An MRI showed that the disk has shrunen and the...

Chris Davis makes his first major league start in right field

2012-06-15 19:11:00

ATLANTA — Chris Davis couldn't pinpoint the last time he made a start in right field — a statement in itself how long and infrequent it's been. But with the Orioles losing the designated hitter Friday in Atlanta, manager Buck Showalter's...

Ben Carson and the evolution-morality debate

2012-05-13 05:00:00

Almost 500 Emory University faculty and students have expressed their dismay that their commencement speaker on Monday does not toe the ideological line when it comes to evolutionary biology. Yes — gasp — the renowned Johns Hopkins...

Joseph B. Kelly, UM medical researcher, dies

2011-06-16 14:50:00

Joseph B. Kelly, a retired University of Maryland School of Medicine researcher who enjoyed fine dining and listening to vintage jazz, died June 5 of renal failure at Northwest Hospital. He was 81. The son of a chauffeur and a homemaker, Mr. Kelly was...

Dr. Christopher Loftus has been named chairman of the Department of Neurosurgery at Loyola University Chicago Stritch School of Medicine effective Aug. 1.

2012-04-20 00:00:00

Dr. Robert Bray, the first California neurosurgeon to devote his practice to minimally invasive spine surgery.

2012-03-15 12:59:43

could possibly become our country's next Surgeon General in the Obama administration.

2009-02-03 00:00:00