The Southern Medical Association (SMA) is pleased to announce the appointment of Gabriel Patrautanu, BS, to SMA’s Physician-in-Training (PIT) Committee. 

Gabriel, who will serve on the PIT Committee's Personal Development Subcommittee, is a medical student at University of South Carolina School of Medicine, Class of 2025. He is a graduate of University of South Carolina and is excited to pursue a residency in Internal Medicine. Gabriel is interested in primary care, rural health care, and hospital medicine.

Becoming a part of the PIT Committee aligns with Gabriel's passion for medical education and physician/student collaboration. "I am a student that has greatly benefited from the mentoring of residents and attending physicians who have taken a similar journey in their training as I have," he said. "I want to continue to be a resource for future generations of medical students."

The duties of the Physicians-in-Training Committee are to participate in the development and evaluation of educational activities and programming of the Association aimed at pre‐medical students, medical students, interns, residents, and fellows. The Physicians‐in‐Training Committee will assist the Association in building the Association’s Foundational Pillar that recognizes that physicians in training have importance, special needs, and concerns, and will support their growth and development in their future healthcare careers.