The USD Sanford School of Medicine, with its award-winning curriculum and outstanding reputation in family medicine and rural medicine, prepares medical students for practice in all fields of medicine.
An unwavering commitment to kindness is both an ordinary and bold declaration. Our medical school is unique in making kindness an overarching expectation of how patients, students and colleagues are to be treated. A culture of kindness places our medical school on the threshold of making an enduring impact on medical education.
Jerome W. Freeman
M.D., F.A.C.P., Professor and Chair, Department of Neurosciences
We often fail to understand the importance of wearing helmets while riding bikes, skateboards or rollerblades, or engaging in any other activity where a fall could lead to a mild traumatic brain injury. University of South Dakota’s Jamie Scholl hopes to change that by educating communities on the importance of brain safety.
Vance Thompson ’82, ’86, M.D., founder of Vance Thompson Vision and director of refractive surgery and University of South Dakota alumnus, will deliver the commencement address at the 137th Commencement Ceremonies to be held on Saturday, May 4, in the Sanford Coyote Sports Center.
University of South Dakota Sanford School of Medicine Pillar 3 students received their post-graduate assignments on Match Day, held on March 15.
