Medical University of South Carolina

The Medical University of South Carolina (MUSC) has grown from a small private medical school founded in 1824 into one of the nation’s top academic health science centers, with a 700-bed medical center (MUSC Health) and six colleges that train approximately 2600 health care professionals per year. As an academic medical center or teaching hospital, MUSC Health is at the forefront of the latest advances in medicine, with world-class physicians, groundbreaking research and technology that is often among the first of its kind in the world. Patients also benefit from a multidisciplinary team approach to care that involves the close collaboration of specialists from many different areas. MUSC Health annually records more than one million patient encounters, and consistently ranks among the top hospitals in the country in many disease areas including neurosciences, cancer care, rheumatology, digestive disorders, heart and vascular care, transplant, women’s health, pediatric medicine, musculoskeletal disorders, psychiatry, eye care, otolaryngology, and respiratory medicine. Other milestones include National Cancer Institute (NCI) designation for MUSC Hollings Cancer Center and the completion of a state-of-the-art hospital dedicated to the treatment of cardiovascular and digestive diseases.