MUSC is a strong clinical program. Not much research though if that is your thing. But good overall caseload including CV, transplant except lung, peds, level I trauma, and reasonable lifestyle as well. Faculty are good, most easy to work with. Maybe one or two that are a little rough around the edges, but I think that's everywhere you'll go. The chairman is Dr. Waller the former chairman at Emory, who is a really nice guy. The med school dean is JG Reves, former chairman of anes at Duke, and he still does a cv case or two a week. Stephen Dierdorf, the coauthor of Anesthesia and Coexisting dz, and Scott Reeves, author of the major TEE anesthesia book are both also on faculty. MUSC hasn't been accepting any ca-1 applicants, you pretty much have to do their clinical base. It is a good year though, with 3 months of IM wards at VA, 3 months of SICU, 2 months IM consults, 1 ENT, 1 CT Surg at VA (no-call), and 1 Peds ER. Charleston is a fun town on the water, with a good night life. For the south it isn't cheap, but still very affordable compared to the ne or west. PM me with any questions.
