TRIDENT MEDICAL CENTER

EMERGENCY MEDICINE RESIDENCY

QUICK FACTS

Program Name: HCA Healthcare/Mercer University School of Medicine/Trident Medical Center Emergency Medicine Residency

ACGME ID: 1104500186

NRMP ID: 2056110C0

Initial Accreditation: 2019

ACGME Status: Continuous Accreditation

Founded: 2021

First graduating class: 2024

Residents per class: 11 (starting with the Class of 2028)

Sites: Trident Medical Center, Summerville Medical Center, Centre Pointe Emergency Department, Moncks Corner Medical Center

Length of training: 3 years

The Trident EM Residency has grown significantly since its founding in 2021 and has developed into an excellent site to train for a future in community emergency medicine. Trident residents practice and learn in multiple clinical settings. The ED at Trident Medical Center is busy and known for its high-acuity patients. Residents spend most of their training in this ED. It is the busiest trauma center in the Lowcountry, a thrombectomy-capable Stroke Center, and a STEMI and Comprehensive Cardiac Center. At Trident, there is access to a broad range of specialties including cardiology, cardiothoracic surgery, gastroenterology, general surgery, infectious disease, neurology, neurosurgery, urology, vascular surgery, nephrology, ophthalmology, orthopedics, and otolaryngology. Shifts here are procedure-heavy and residents develop skills in critical care, time management, and coordination with other hospital teams. Summerville Medical Center is the other major training site. It serves a suburban population and has a dedicated Pediatric ED and the health system’s Obstetrics and Gynecology Service. The ED is higher volume but lower acuity, and residents develop skills in patient communication, efficiency, and coordination with outpatient care. Residents train in the Peds ED one block each year and then longitudinally with shifts each EM block throughout their senior years. Finally, residents work in freestanding EDs that are in low-resource areas ranging from urban to rural locations. The combination of settings optimally prepares graduates to work in the wide variety of EDs throughout the country. Trident faculty share their knowledge of EM and PEM, but many are fellowship-trained or have advanced degrees and can instruct on their areas of expertise.

Residents at Trident enjoy two additional major advantages. Our facility benefits from the significant resources of HCA Healthcare that specifically support a new simulation lab, a robust research apparatus, and future employment assistance and counseling. The program is assisted by national expertise in ACGME accreditation and a network of EM program directors that share experience and troubleshoot common problems. Next is the unrivaled allure of Charleston. Our residents delight in their proximity to the award-winning city, its outsized cultural offerings, gorgeous beaches and year-round warmth. For years, the South Carolina Lowcountry has attracted families and has grown at an enormous rate. Trident residents enjoy all that the region offers while being part of a rigorous community-centered training program.

We are delighted with what we have accomplished since the program’s inception in 2021, though this is still a new program. Students excited about taking ownership of their education, leaving their mark on the program, and training in a rigorous, community environment will excel here.

MAIN CLINICAL SITES

Trident Medical Center,
North Charleston

320-bed hospital
50k ED visits
High acuity
Level II Trauma Center
STEMI/Comprehensive Cardiovascular Care Center
Thrombectomy-capable Stroke Center

Summerville Medical Center,
Summerville

120-bed hospital
70k ED visits
Moderate acuity
Dedicated Pediatric ED
Ob/Gyn Services

RESIDENCY ADMINISTRATION

Teena Wyatt

PROGRAM ADMINISTRATOR
Ms. Teena Wyatt has over 15 years of program administration experience at multiple major academic institutions in the Southeast, where she guided residents and fellows through their training and shepherded programs through accreditation and development. She recently returned to the Charleston area and joined Trident in 2024.
Nicholas Connors, MD, FACEP, FACMT

PROGRAM DIRECTOR
Dr. Connors trained in Emergency Medicine at New York-Presbyterian, serving as Chief Resident, then completed a medical toxicology fellowship at NYU Bellevue. He received multiple teaching awards while on faculty at Medical University of South Carolina and worked to found the Trident Medical Center Emergency Medicine Residency. He is a consultant with the Palmetto Poison Center and is also board-certified in Addiction Medicine.
David French, MD, FACEP, FAAEM, FAEMS

ASSOCIATE PROGRAM DIRECTOR
Dr. French received his medical degree from the University of North Carolina – Chapel Hill and completed residency in EM at Carolinas Medical Center, where he served as a Chief Resident. He completed an EMS Fellowship at Carolinas and is board certified in emergency medicine and EMS. He spent seven years in academic and community practice in New York and Texas before moving to Charleston, where he spent seven years in academics before joining HCA full-time. He currently serves as the Associate Residency Director at Trident and as the Medical Director for multiple prehospital programs in the Charleston area.
Ibrahim Isa, MD

ASSISTANT PROGRAM DIRECTOR
Dr. Isa received his medical degree from Florida State University in 2014 and completed his residency in emergency medicine at the Medical University of South Carolina in 2017. He worked four years for a community practice group in Orlando prior to coming to Trident Medical Center. He is passionate about academic medicine and working with medical students. Ibrahim is the director of the medical student sub-internship at Trident Medical Center.
Daniel Regino, DO

ASSISTANT PROGRAM DIRECTOR
Dr. Regino completed his medical education at NYIT College of Osteopathic Medicine and EM residency at the University of Maryland/Shock Trauma Medical Center. Dr. Regino’s clinical and research interests include medical education, procedural teaching, and bedside US. He looks forward to teaching the next generation of EM doctors on providing exceptional clinical care. His personal interests include surfing, hiking, and hanging at the beach with his wife, son, daughter, and fur family.