Prisma Health-University of South Carolina SOM Greenville Greenville Program

Program Identity & Fit

This is a university-affiliated categorical psychiatry program embedded within Prisma Health's tertiary/quaternary academic medical center in Greenville, SC, drawing on a diverse set of clinical sites spanning acute inpatient psychiatry, a state psychiatric hospital for chronic and treatment-resistant illness, correctional psychiatry at the county detention center, community mental health centers, and a dedicated substance use treatment site. The curriculum is structurally distinctive: PGY-1 interleaves primary care/neurology with psychiatry rather than front-loading off-service months, PGY-2 introduces subspecialty exposure (C-L, geriatric, child/adolescent, neuromodulation, toxicology) alongside protected research/academic time, and PGY-4 offers a heavily elective-driven (70%) year with named tracks such as sports psychiatry, correctional psychiatry, reproductive psychiatry, and ECT/TMS/ketamine certification. Research is built into training via an individual project plus group QI work but is not positioned as the program's central identity; instead the program emphasizes resident autonomy balanced with early supervision, a strong resident-as-teacher ethos, and a self-described close-knit "family" culture. Graduate outcomes split between subspecialty fellowship (notably child/adolescent and C-L), academic faculty positions, and community practice, indicating the program values broad clinical versatility and educator identity over a singular fellowship or research pipeline.