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University of South Carolina SOM Columbia (Columbia) Psychiatry

Residency · Columbia, SC

Sponsored by Prisma Health · Director Frank Peters

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Class size
8
PGY-1 salary
$65k2027 to 2028

Green flags

  • Fills every seat. Every seat filled in each of the last 5 Matches.
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Getting in

How it chooses

  • International medical graduates must hold a valid ECFMG certificate and South Carolina licensure before training starts on July 1, and must pass USMLE Parts I and II and the clinical skills test.
  • Interview invitations are based on USMLE scores, letters of recommendation, the medical school transcript, the personal statement, and the MSPE or dean's letter.
  • Applicants are not ranked if USMLE or COMLEX Steps 1 and 2 are not all complete and passing by the end of the interview season.

Who started, by class

Started 20269 on record of 8 seats · 4 published before starting
  • Jai Ahuja6 papers · 6 first author · 2 case reports · 1 review
  • Jakob Alden3 papers
  • Johnny Helmy3 papers · 2 reviews
  • Alexandra She1 paper · 1 first author
  • Akshata Sastry
  • Irene Kuriakose
  • Isabel Gupton
  • Kylie TruongFloyd School of Medicine
  • Spencer Prematta
Started 20259 on record of 8 seats · 1 published before starting
  • Molly Riehs5 papers
  • Ashley Snyder
  • Cayla Ivey
  • Ethan Ouzts
  • Mackenzie Yi
  • Matthew Hopkins
  • Natalie Nicholson
  • Sara Embry
  • Thomas Embry
Started 20247 on record of 8 seats · 1 published before starting
  • Joseph Humphries3 papers
  • Agnieszka Mynarska
  • Alexis Clark
  • Alvina EmranUofSC School of Medicine
  • Kirtan Kumar
  • Michelle Qiu
  • Ryan Atwell

Training

11 training sites. Most graduates on record went on to child and adolescent psychiatry.

Months at each site

  • Prisma Health Baptist Hospital21 mo
  • Prisma Health Richland Hospital16 mo
  • Wm. Jennings Bryan Dorn Department of Veterans Affairs Medical Center4 mo
  • G. Werber Bryan Psychiatric Hospital3 mo
  • South Carolina Department of Mental Health (SCDMH)2 mo
  • Earle E. Morris Jr. Alcohol & Drug Addiction Treatment Cent2 mo

Where graduates went next

  • Child And Adolescent Psychiatry Fellowship10
  • Addiction Psychiatry Fellowship1
  • Consultation-Liaison Psychiatry Fellowship1
  • Surgery Residency1

Where graduates work now

  • University of South Carolina-Columbia3
  • PH Allergy2
  • South Carolina Department of Mental Health2
  • AllHealth Network1
  • Finney Zimmerman Psychiatric Associates, Plc1
  • HCA Healthcare LewisGale Hospital-Montgomery/VCOM1

Research

17% of current residents have a paper since 2023

5 of 30, 15 papers between them

  • Schizophrenia research and treatment
  • Healthcare Decision-Making and Restraints
  • Treatment of Major Depression
  • Psychopathy, Forensic Psychiatry, Sexual Offending
  • Aging and Gerontology Research

People

Leadership

  • Frank PetersProgram Director
  • Sien RiveraAssociate Program Director

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  • Child and Adolescent PsychiatryPositions: 8
  • Child and Adolescent PsychiatryPositions: 8
  • Forensic PsychiatryPositions: 2
  • Geriatric PsychiatryPositions: 2

Place

Summers reach 96°, winters fall to 37°.

Weather by month

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Commute

379k people live within 20 minutes of Prisma Health Baptist Hospital by car with no traffic.

Cost of living

A one bedroom rents for about $1,240 a month within 10 miles of Prisma Health Baptist Hospital.

Hazards

  • Ice storms
  • Lightning
  • Strong wind
  • Tornadoes