MAGNIFY | Our Top 9 Moments of 2023

Remember that Instagram trend from a couple years ago? An app would calculate your nine most liked posts from your feed, and then put them together in a collage as an end-of-the-year recap. Join us as we take a stroll down memory lane and highlight our top nine moments of 2023.

1. The MD Class of 2023 celebrated their Match Day on March 17 and a 100% match rate. Click here to relive the excitement from the day.

2. Our Famously Hot Alumni Reunion Weekend was a huge success in May, and we welcomed back more than 75 alumni from all over the country. Click here to scroll through the photo gallery from the weekend.

3. The Physician Assistant Class of 2023 experienced a 100% national board certification exam pass rate. Click here to read the full story.

4. Genetic Counseling alumni and friends gathered in Columbia this past summer to celebrate 10 years of the program's endowment, as well as the retirement of longstanding director, Janice Edwards, MS, CGC. Click here to read the full story.

5. The USC SOMC welcomed Gerald Harmon, MD, officially on August 1 as interim dean. Click here to read the full story.

6. Our generous alumni donors fully funded the MD White Coat and Stethoscope Sponsorship campaign, raising $19,210, that directly benefitted our first-year medical students. Click here to see the impact they made.

7. We launched our 2023 Alumni Happy Hour Tour this fall in Columbia, which included scheduled visits to three cities around the state. Click here to watch highlights from our first event.

8. The SOMC Alumni Association awarded eight individuals with its prestigious alumni awards at the 2023 Alumni and Dean's Distinguished Service Awards Dinner, including the Honorary Life Membership Award to outgoing dean, Les Hall, MD, who recently retired after eight years of service to the school. Click here to watch highlights from this event.

9. The Alumni Engagement team hosted the inaugural SOMC SN❅WLYMPICS event, which encouraged teams of students, faculty and staff to compete in silly holiday games right before the winter break. Click here to see who SLEIGHED the competition.

FOCUS | Alumni Board Winter Election Results

The Alumni Association Board held a special election to fill the remaining four At-Large Member vacancies. Please join us in congratulating the alumni in the graphic above.

We are also pleased to share that with the addition of these two new At-Large Members from Genetic Counseling, all six academic programs are now represented on the Alumni Association Board. We're excited about this achievement as we continue to equally serve all programs at the USC School of Medicine Columbia.

BREAKTHROUGH | Health Sciences Campus Update

The University of South Carolina is making necessary investments to its physical campus to ensure a world-class academic experience with one of those key pieces being a new School of Medicine Columbia and research building planned for the BullStreet district.

The university released its first official renderings Tuesday (Dec. 19) of the state-of-the art building designed to anchor future health research.

USC’s Board of Trustees approved the design of the new School of Medicine Columbia building and reviewed new renderings of the outside of the building.

Construction on the project is slated to begin in 2025 and is expected to be complete by 2027. Click here to read more about the Health Sciences Campus.

INVEST | Year-End Giving

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Every gift, regardless of size, plays a crucial role in our success. Thank you for considering this opportunity to give back and make a lasting impact.

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ILLUMINATE | Class Kudos

Renee Y. Carter, MD, MPH, FACP ('91) was elected as the next Virginia Chapter Governor for the American College of Physicians (ACP). After one year of training as their governor-elect, her four-year term will begin in spring 2024. The official announcement can be read here. Congratulations, Dr. Carter!

Sonal Patel, MD ('21) recently matched into a Pediatric Rheumatology Fellowship at the Medical University of South Carolina (MUSC). She'll begin this summer after finishing up her Pediatric Residency at Prisma Health Richland in Columbia, S.C. Congratulations, Dr. Patel!

Devin Potter, MD ('21) and Hannah Puckett, MD ('21) were married on September 30, 2023, in Mooresville, N.C. Devin is currently completing his Orthopedic Surgery Residency at Kennestone Hospital in Marietta, Ga. while Hannah is completing her OBGYN residency at Prisma Health Richland in Columbia, S.C. She'll join him in Marietta next year when she finishes in Columbia. Congratulations to the Drs. Potter!

Brannon Traxler, MD, MPH ('08) along with her husband Tony Roach and daughter Lucy, welcomed their second daughter, Elizabeth Byrd ("Bettie") Traxler on November 6. Congratulations to the new family of four!

CONTACT HOLLY JEFFERSON

Deadline to submit Class Kudos is January 15.

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