Plastic Surgery Residency Columbia - Director's Welcome

Thank you for your interest in our training program.

The PrismaHealth/University of South Carolina Plastics Program came to life in 2016. Since this time, we have had tremendous growth in our residents, reach, and aspirations. As a program, we focus on the principles of a drive towards excellence, balance, camaraderie, and curiosity. For our division, this means a wide breadth of subspecialty skills, supporting each other, and creative solutions for complex pathologies.  For our trainees, we strive for a wide breadth of cases, graduated autonomy, and a wealth of opportunity.

We utilize a mix of educational tools: didactics, apprenticeship-modeled rotations, journal club, dedicated research months, cadaver labs, micro labs, plating courses, casting courses. Residents work one on one with attendings and I encourage feedback into our educational planning. Three months of elective time is set aside to hone individual interests. We are fortunate to incorporate adjunct faculty for experiences in the private aesthetics sphere.

I take great pride in what we have accomplished in a short time. I am especially proud of the confidence and skill levels of our graduates. Whether it be research, aesthetics, traumas, or oncologic reconstructions, our alumni have the skill sets to accomplish whatever challenge they encounter.

We look forward to having you meet and join our family.