 Carson has received numerous honors for his neurosurgery work, including more than 60 honorary doctorate degrees and numerous national merit citations.In 2001, he was named by CNN and "TIME" magazine as one of the nation's 20 foremost physicians and scientists, and was selected by the Library of Congress as one of 89 "Living Legends" on its 200th anniversary.In 2008, Carson was bestowed the Presidential Medal of Freedom, the highest civilian award in the United States.