Prisma Health-University of South Carolina SOM Greenville Seneca Program

Family Medicine Analyst Verified · Oct 16, 2026

Prisma Health-University of South Carolina SOM Greenville Seneca Program

Prisma Health-University of South Carolina SOM Greenville Seneca Program is a residency program specializing in Family Medicine, located in Seneca, South Carolina, directed by Katherine E. Beben, MD and coordinated by Lagena Rupe. The program accepts applications through December 31, 2026 and holds an accreditation status of Initial. International Medical Graduates interested in this program may contact the program coordinator directly at [email protected] or (864) 482-3491. IMGPrep analysts have verified and compiled this program’s IMG acceptance rate, USMLE Step 1 and Step 2 score requirements, Visa Sponsorship Policy, graduation year cutoff, and ECFMG certificate requirements — available to IMGPrep subscribers.

Program Identity & Fit

Seneca is a stand-alone, unopposed rural family medicine residency in Oconee County, South Carolina, dually accredited with ACGME Osteopathic Recognition and affiliated with Prisma Health and the University of South Carolina School of Medicine Greenville. The program replaces traditional four-week blocks with a fully longitudinal, one-to-two-week rotational structure designed to build continuity between hospital and continuity clinic while training full-spectrum rural physicians who deliver babies, staff an open ICU, and manage newborns through geriatrics. Its patient population extends beyond the county's demographics through prenatal/newborn care for a large Hispanic community, refugee care, and partnership with Clemson University graduate programs, requiring comfort with interpreter services and embedded social work support. Scholarship centers on team-based quality improvement and conference presentation rather than bench research, and elective tracks in Academic Medicine, Sports Medicine, and Women's Health (with Global Medicine/POCUS tracks emerging) reflect a career orientation toward rural full-scope practice, with some graduates pursuing OB or Sports Medicine fellowships or returning as core faculty.

Who it fits

An applicant committed to full-spectrum rural primary care—comfortable with obstetrics, inpatient medicine, and procedural breadth—who values a small, close-knit unopposed program and has demonstrated interest in underserved, immigrant, or refugee populations through prior clinical or community work.

Research intensity

Low - scholarly activity is encouraged through quality improvement projects and conference presentations rather than a research-driven identity.

Career orientation

Mixed - Primary Care, Community Practice, Fellowship

Important

The program states that interview selection weighs alignment with its mission and values of serving rural communities, and that ACGME Osteopathic Recognition supports DO applicants pursuing osteopathic board certification tracking.

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