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”.