Medical University of South Carolina Program

Program Identity & Fit

MUSC's urology program is the sole categorical urology residency in South Carolina, combining a high-acuity academic tertiary/quaternary center (962-bed University Hospital, NCI-designated Hollings Cancer Center) with the adjacent Ralph H. Johnson VA Medical Center, one of the busiest VA hospitals nationally, giving residents a blended academic-and-veteran patient population. The five-year, three-resident-per-year structure exposes trainees to all urologic subspecialties through fellowship-trained faculty and in-house fellowships in urogynecology/pelvic reconstruction and urologic oncology, with progressive autonomy culminating in dual chief roles at both University Hospital and the VA. The program explicitly states it prepares residents for either community/private practice or fellowship training and board certification, rather than signaling a research-mandatory or academic-only trajectory, though robust institutional research infrastructure (MSCR, MPH, NIH-funded cores) is available to residents who want it. Structured teaching responsibility for medical students and sub-interns, twice-cycled AUA core curriculum, and a home-call culture emphasizing early clinical ownership suggest the program values clinical maturity, procedural readiness, and collaborative teaching engagement over pure academic productivity.