Prisma Health-University of South Carolina SOM Columbia Columbia Program

Program Identity & Fit

This is a small (four positions/year), university- and community-affiliated orthopedic surgery program based at Prisma Health Richland Hospital, a Level I Trauma Center, combined with outpatient surgery centers, SEC collegiate athletics coverage, and a community-based hospital/practice, giving residents exposure to both academic and private practice models. Research is structurally embedded via a dedicated research director, protected "research weeks" each quarter, and a mandatory PI/co-PI-level project with expected regional/national presentation, alongside a formal QI requirement. The program emphasizes early operative autonomy, a two-year subspecialty rotation cycle across all eight major areas, a required six-week tumor rotation in Greenville, and a distinctive global health track through the SCOA Foundation's Haiti exchange initiative. Its stated core values center on producing well-rounded, socially-conscious surgeons prepared for varied career paths rather than funneling residents toward a single track, with a self-described tight-knit, family-oriented resident culture.