ARCOS Spotlight
Fran Nelson, C-TAGME
Title: Residency Program Coordinator
Program Name: GHS/University of South Carolina School of Medicine –Orthopaedic Surgery
Residency Program
Program Address: 701 Grove Road, 2nd Floor Support Tower, Greenville, SC 29605
Program Phone: (864) 455-7878 Fax: (864) 455-7082
E-mail Address: fnelson@ghs.org
Program Director: Kyle J. Jeray, MD
Sponsoring Institution: Greenville Hospital System
CURRENT EMPLOYMENT:
10/1995 – present Residency Coordinator, GHS Orthopaedic Surgery Residency Program
7/2/1973-10/1994 Administrative Assistant/Coordinator
Greenville Hospital System, Marshall I. Pickens Hospital
PROGRAM REVIEW EXPERIENCE:
1/2008 RC Site Visit – Orthopaedic Surgery Residency Program
Full Accreditation (Next review 1/2013)
10/2006 Internal Review - Orthopaedic Surgery Residency Program
8/2004 RC Site Visit –Orthopaedic Surgery Residency Program
Continued Accreditation
6/2003 Internal Review – Orthopaedic Surgery Residency Program
7/2000 Site Visit - Orthopaedic Surgery Residency Program
Full Accreditation
6/2000 Internal Review –Orthopaedic Surgery Residency Program
5/1995 Site Visit –Orthopaedic Surgery Residency Program
MEETING ATTENDANCE:
6/2008 - 121th Annual Meeting of the American Orthopaedic Association, Quebec City, QC
3/2008 - Assn of Residency Coordinators in Orthopaedic Surgery, San Francisco, CA
8/2007 - South Carolina Orthopaedic Association, Kiawah Island, South Carolina
3/2007 - Association of Residency Coordinators in Orthopaedic Surgery,
San Diego, CA
6/2006 – 119th Annual Meeting of the American Orthopaedic Association,
San Antonio, TX
3/2006 – Association of Residency Coordinators in Orthopaedic Surgery, Chicago Illinois
7/2005 – South Carolina Orthopaedic Association, Kiawah Island, South Carolina
2/2005 – Association of Residency Coordinators in Orthopaedic Surgery,
Washington, DC
3/2004 –National Board Certification – Training Administrators of Graduate Medical
Education (C-TAGME)
PROFESSIONAL GROWTH EXPERIENCE: (Publications: Referred: Peer-Reviewed: Invited)
11/2007 – Association of Residency Coordinators in Orthopaedic Surgery,
San Francisco, CA,
PRESENTATIONS AND/OR POSTERS: (Publications: Referred: Peer-Reviewed: Invited)
Ice Breaker “ Being an Effective Liaison”
Moderators: Fran Nelson, Greenville Hospital System University Medical Center
Virginia Cooper, University of Connecticut
Association of Residency Coordinator in Orthopaedic Surgery Annual Meeting
March 2007, San Diego, California
Moderator: Program Directors Panel
Association of Residency Coordinator in Orthopaedic Surgery Annual Meeting
March, 2006, Chicago, Illinois
Assn of Orthopaedic Surgery Residency Coordinators Annual Meeting; "Remind Me Why I Chose This Job!" Total Hip, MN, February 8, 2005
PROFESSIONAL ORGANIZATIONS: COMMITTEE MEMBERSHIP; LEADERSHIP ROLES;
2008-2009 Assn of Residency Coordinators in Orthopaedic Surgery, President Elect
2004-present Assn of Residency Coordinators in Orthopaedic Surgery Steering Committee
2003-present Assn of Residency Coordinators in Orthopaedic Surgery
2000-2003 National Center for Evaluation of Residency Programs’ Workshops for Surgery
and Surgical Specialities
2000-present J. Warren White Fund Foundation, Executive Assistant/Treasurer;
2000-present Stelling Society, Executive Treasurer
1994-present Greenville Hospital System, Academic Services Residency Program
Coordinators Committee