Who We Are

Dr. Patrick J. Cawley is the Chief Executive Officer of MUSC Health and Vice President for Health Affairs of the Medical University of South Carolina.  Prior to being appointed as CEO, Dr. Cawley served as the chief medical officer of the MUSC Medical Center where he led MUSC's improvement transformation in quality and patient safety.  Under Dr. Cawley's leadership, MUSC has received a number of awards across all domains of quality: safety, effectiveness, efficiency, equity, timeliness, and patient centeredness.  Dr. Cawley is a certified physician executive through the American College of Physician Executives and a fellow of the American College of Healthcare Executives.  He is a Past-President of the Society of Hospital Medicine and is actively involved in leadership roles in the American Hospital Association, the South Carolina Hospital Association, America’s Essential Hospitals, Vizient, and the health care collaborative, Initiant.  Dr. Cawley is a graduate of the University of Scranton.  He earned his medical degree from Georgetown University before completing an internal medicine residency at Duke University.  He holds a Master of Business Administration from the University of Massachusetts-Amherst.  He is board certified in internal medicine with focused recognition in hospital medicine.