Our school has emerged as a national leader in primary care medical education, pioneering research and innovative patient care in South Carolina and beyond.

We offer both an M.D. program as well as a number of research-focused and clinicalgraduate programs. Our students enjoy the benefits of small class sizes with all of the resources of a major research university and partnerships withcomprehensive health care systems.

Our programs take full advantage of the University of South Carolina's status as a Tier 1 research university. Our students have access to state-of-the-art technology both on the medical school campus and on the larger university campus. Students also have access to faculty mentors who are eager to collaborate with students.

Thanks to our partnership with Palmetto Health and our community partners, we're able to have a big impact on the health of South Carolinians.ThePalmetto Health USC Medical Group has nearly 700 providers, whopractice in over 100 locations to give you the best options available.

We're home to the Research Center for Transforming Health, an innovative research center that is committed to making it easier for faculty members to do research that will have practical outcomes for patients. We also understand the unique needs of our state. That's why we've created a special focus on rural health that will positivelyimpact the 1.2 million people in South Carolinawho live in a primary care shortage area.

the USC School of Medicine - Columbia in conjunction with Palmetto Health Richland once again will offer the Finding Your Future shadowing program to prospective medical students in South Carolina.

In an effort to connect University of South Carolina researchers interested in cardiovascular research, the School of Medicine's Department of Cell Biology and Anatomy and the Instrumentation Resource Facility are hosting the Carolina Cardiovascular Retreat on Dec. 18.

A study led by Souvik Sen, M.D., Ph.D., chair of clinical neurology, indicates that individuals who experience migraines with a visual aura may have an increased risk of an irregular heartbeat called atrial fibrillation, and subsequently an increased risk of stroke. The study findings were recently published in Neurology.

Allison Manuel and Professor Frizzell are working to understand how protein modifications function. Hopefully, that knowledge can be used to develop a treatment.

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