Medical University of South Carolina Program

Program Identity & Fit

MUSC's Neurology Residency is an academic, university-based program anchored by a high-volume tertiary/quaternary referral center serving as the regional hub for "the buckle of the American Stroke Belt," with a Comprehensive Stroke Center, pioneer Telestroke Program reaching rural South Carolina, a Level 4 Comprehensive Epilepsy Center (the only one in the state), and a Movement Disorders Program holding Parkinson's Foundation, CurePSP, and Huntington's Disease Society Center of Excellence designations. The four-year categorical program (eight positions, integrated preliminary medicine year) builds strong electrophysiology exposure through a dedicated second-year EEG month, EMU time, intraoperative monitoring, and EMG training, alongside subspecialty depth in neuroimmunology, cognitive-behavioral neurology, headache, sleep, and neuromuscular disease. Career outcomes are explicitly mixed - graduates go directly into private/community practice, MUSC fellowships, or top national fellowships - and the program frames mentorship, resident wellness, and support for "different passions and dreams" as central organizing values rather than a singular research or fellowship push. Research is present and resourced institutionally (large funding base, MSCR/MPH pathways, Brain Research Institute) but is described as an opportunity to pursue rather than a mandatory or identity-defining track.