Dr. Eric S. Rovner

Eric Wallen is Professor and Chair of the Urology Department at MUSC. His clinical work is focused on patient-centered delivery of care to patients with urologic malignancies such as prostate, kidney, bladder, and testicular cancer. He is an expert in robotic surgery with over 20 years of experience. Prior to assuming the chair position at MUSC he was Professor, Vice-Chair of Education, Program Director, and Medical Director of System Supply Chain at UNC Chapel Hill. He graduated from Yale College with a degree in political science and received his MD from the University of California, Los Angeles. His urologic training was completed at Stanford University. Dr. Wallen is highly rated in 18 conditions, according to our data. His clinical expertise encompasses Renal Cell Carcinoma (RCC), Bladder Cancer, Prostate Cancer, Cystectomy, and Nephrectomy.

Dr. Stephen Savage graduated from Dartmouth College in 1989, completed medical school at the Columbia University College of Physicians and Surgeons in 1993 and received his urology training at the Mount Sinai Medical Center in New York City in 1999. He went on to receive fellowship training in minimally invasive urology at the Cleveland Clinic Foundation. Following completion of his fellowship, he was the director of minimally invasive urology at Mount Sinai Medical Center from 2000 through 2002 when he joined the staff at Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center to help develop their minimally invasive urologic oncology program. He joined the staff at the Medical University of South Carolina and Hollings Cancer Center in 2004 as an associate professor of urology and director of minimally invasive urology.Dr. Savage has interest and expertise in the minimally invasive treatment of urologic cancers including prostate, kidney, bladder and testicular. He has performed complex minimally invasive surgeries since 1999 and continues to utilize these techniques to benefit patients in the approach to urologic cancer. He has published numerous articles related to urologic cancers and participates in many multidisciplinary clinical trials. He is the vice chairman of the Department of Urology and is the director of the urologic oncology fellowship at MUSC. Dr. Savage is highly rated in 34 conditions, according to our data. His clinical expertise encompasses Prostate Cancer, Familial Prostate Cancer, Ureterocele, Nephrectomy, and Reconstructive Urology Surgery. Dr. Savage is currently accepting new patients.

Nelson Ploch is a Urologist practicing medicine in North Charleston, South Carolina. Dr. Ploch is highly rated in 49 conditions, according to our data. His clinical expertise encompasses Bacterial Prostatitis, Nonbacterial Prostatitis, Urethritis, Ureteroscopy, and Prostatectomy. Dr. Ploch is currently accepting new patients.