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Article: Matthew's miracle.(brain surgery by top surgeon saved Matthew Anderson)(Cover Story)
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- U.S. News & World Report
- Article date:
- July 24, 1995
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Start with fate, coincidence, serendipity--the force that brings together people who otherwise might have lived out their lives without ever crossing paths. Add the tenacity of parents who happen to hear about a world-renowned brain surgeon at an equally esteemed hospital nearly 600 miles away and become convinced only he can save their son.
If not for that combination, 7-year-old Matthew Anderson of Redford, Mich., might never have met Ben Carson, chief of pediatric neurosurgery at Johns Hopkins Hospital in Baltimore. Carson has operated twice on Matthew's brain tumor, first in 1993 and again just two weeks ago, on July 3. Matthew's road to Johns Hopkins illustrates ...