Sanford School of Medicine Residencies

Academic Hospitals

Sanford School of Medicine residents rotate at six different hospitals in Sioux Falls:

  • Sanford USD Medical Center
  • Avera McKennan Hospital & University Health Center
  • Royal C. Johnson Memorial VA Medical Center
  • Sanford Children's Hospital
  • Avera Behavioral Health Center 
  • North Central Heart Institute

 Among the recognized specialties:

  • Internal medicine
  • Family medicine
  • Cardiology
  • Emergency medicine
  • Neuroscience
  • Obstetrics
  • Oncology
  • Orthopedics
  • Pediatrics
  • Psychiatry
  • Surgery

Health care services include the following: 

  • Air transport
  • Burn unit
  • Bone marrow transplant
  • Family health
  • Kidney transplant
  • Neonatal intensive care
  • Sports medicine
  • Stroke 

 

Construction continues in both the Sanford and Avera health systems. A cardiovascular center is planned on the main Sanford campus, while construction of a cancer center is underway on the Avera campus.