Welcome to the Pulmonary and Critical Care Fellowship Program at the Medical University of South Carolina in Charleston. Thank you for your interest in our program. I hope this site gives you a clear sense of the training, people and community that make MUSC an exceptional place to learn and grow.
My path to this role began in the Chicago suburbs and brought me to MUSC in 2008 for internal medicine residency. During my chief residency, I worked alongside pulmonary and critical care faculty and fellows in the ICU, on consult services and in the procedure lab. Their commitment to outstanding patient care and teaching inspired me to pursue this specialty. I stayed at MUSC for fellowship, where exceptional mentors shaped the physician I am today and sparked my passion for education and leadership.
After fellowship, I joined a large community hospital to help build its critical care program. That experience taught me the value of teamwork, quality improvement and caring for patients in resource-limited settings. Although I loved that work, the opportunity to return to MUSC and focus on fellow education was one I couldn't pass up. A few years later, I had the privilege of leading the fellowship program that trained me.
That journey continues to shape how I lead our program. Founded in 1824, MUSC is the oldest medical school in the South and South Carolina's only integrated academic health sciences center. Our division includes more than 40 faculty members with expertise across pulmonary, critical care and sleep medicine. We also offer an NIH-funded T32 training grant that supports fellows pursuing clinical, translational and basic science research. My priority is to ensure every fellow has access to outstanding clinical training, dedicated mentorship and the opportunities needed to build the career they want.
We recognize that every fellow arrives with different goals and experiences, so our curriculum provides both a strong foundation and flexibility to grow. The first year emphasizes clinical decision-making, ambulatory pulmonary medicine and procedural training. During the second and third years, fellows develop individualized scholarly and career plans with faculty mentors whose expertise aligns with their interests, whether in academic medicine, medical education, research or community practice. As South Carolina's tertiary and quaternary referral center, MUSC also provides experience caring for patients with transplant, trauma and advanced cardiovascular disease. Our multidisciplinary critical care conferences bring together faculty and fellows from pulmonary, surgery, anesthesia and neurology to learn from one another.
I'm fortunate to work alongside an outstanding leadership team and program coordinator Sara Croft. Most of all, I'm proud of our fellows. They are talented, compassionate and deeply committed to one another and to their patients. What is harder to capture in writing is the camaraderie that defines this program. Our fellows and faculty support one another through challenging cases and demanding weeks, creating a culture built on trust, respect and shared purpose.
I encourage you to explore our website to learn more about our curriculum, training opportunities and the people who make this program unique. I hope you'll discover whether MUSC is the right place to build your skills, pursue your goals and begin the next chapter of your career.
If you have questions, please contact me at kilbiii@musc.edu or our program coordinator, Sara Croft, at frampto@musc.edu.
Sincerely,
Edward Kilb III, M.D.
Associate Professor of Medicine
Program Director, Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine Fellowship
