Dr. Corso was born on January 5, 1962 in Fort
Hood, Texas. He grew up as an “Army Brat” living throughout
the US and overseas. He graduated high school in Columbia, SC at Spring
Valley and went on
to receive his B.S. in Biology at The University of South Carolina and
M.D. at The USC School of Medicine. He graduated with Honors from both
schools. He performed his residency in Internal Medicine and Fellowship
in Hematology/Oncology at Brooke Army Medical Center at Fort Sam, Houston,
Texas. He completed a military obligation at Fort Bragg, N,C. and joined
Palmetto Hematology Oncology in 1997.
Dr. Corso is board certified in Internal Medicine, Hematology and
Medical Oncology. He serves on the staff of Spartanburg Regional Medical
Center, Mary Black Memorial Hospital, Spartanburg Hospital of Restorative
Care, Laurens County Hopsital, Upstate Medical Center and Wallace Thomson
Hospital. He is a member of several national medical societies and
organizations. He serves on multiple hospital committees and is chairman
of The Breast Cancer Committee. He also volunteers as a Medical Director
for Interim Hospice.
Dr. Corso has a number of things he wants his patients to know about
him besides the academic facts listed above.
He believes his role as your physician is to empower you with knowledge
and control over your disease.
His inspiration and motivation comes from his faith and love of God.
His favorite prayer is the Prayer of Jabez and favorite song is Chris
Rice’s Life Means So Much.
His strength and guidance come from his love and devotion for his wife
Mary Alice and his three boys, Michael, David and Matthew.
His favorite books are The Left Behind Series and The Chronicles of
Narnia.
His favorite advice to give to his patient’s is “Every
day is a Gift, That is why it is called the present”, however,
to his boys, it is a line from the movie The Gladiator “Strength
and Honor”.
The best advice he ever received was from his mother, “stop and
listen to your patients”.