Medical University of South Carolina Program

Program Identity & Fit

MUSC's integrated plastic surgery program is a university-based academic training model combining an ACGME-accredited six-year residency with an accompanying three-year fellowship, together forming a 12-trainee division. Residents rotate across five hospitals spanning academic (MUSC, VA) and private-practice community sites, with a substantial operative volume (600+ inpatient, 1,400+ outpatient cases annually) and named service assignments reflecting subspecialty concentrations in hand, microsurgery, craniomaxillofacial, breast, and aesthetic reconstruction. Research is a structured expectation rather than optional, with residents required to submit at least one peer-reviewed manuscript annually, situated within a broader College of Medicine research infrastructure (NIH-ranked departments, dedicated research cores, and translational funding programs). Graduate outcomes split between fellowship subspecialization (hand, aesthetic) and direct entry into private and academic plastic surgery practice, suggesting the program values broad-based technical competence across reconstructive and aesthetic domains alongside sustained scholarly output.