ABOUT THE PROGRAM

The Transitional Year Residency offers an orderly, progressive, academic and clinically oriented program designed to provide residents with a broad scope of training. The program presents an opportunity for clinical applications of various specialized principles under the supervision and direction of board-certified physicians.

The program offers both inpatient and outpatient rotations and is flexible in design to allow for individual resident needs to be considered within the basic framework of the required services.

Residents accepted into the Transitional Year Residency program at SampsonRMC will participate in didactic sessions, clinic sessions (if applicable) and rotations that SampsonRMC provides. The primary method of education is for the trainee to experience hands-on patient care management.


SPONSORSHIPS & AFFILIATIONS

Campbell University Jerry M. Wallace School of Osteopathic Medicine

Anna Cui, M.D.

Home State:  Fayetteville, NC
Undergraduate:  Boston University​​​​​​​
Medical School: Boston University School of Medicine

Hobbies:  Travel, cooking, trying new restaurants, and crocheting

Why SampsonRMC: I chose SampsonRMC for its community and patient-centered care. I'm excited to grow as a physician in an environment that values meaningful patient relationships, teamwork, and service.

Savannah Griffin, D.O.

Home State:  Bridgewater, VA
Undergraduate:  University of Virginia​​​​​​​
Medical School: Campbell University School of Osteopathic Medicine

Hobbies: Running, Peloton, gardening, sourdough, pickleball and coffee

Why SampsonRMC:  I chose SampsonRMC because of the people. Everyone here is genuinely happy and supportive, which creates a sense of community unlike any other.

Marvin Meza Jarquin, M.D.

Home State:  Matagalpa, Nicaragua
Undergraduate: University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
Medical School:  University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill School of Medicine 

Hobbies: Lifting, cycling, cooking, sewing, foreign languages, and poetry

Why SampsonRMC: I am a Nicaraguan immigrant who grew up in Salemburg, North Carolina. Sampson County has always held a special place in my heart, and after completing my medical education, I felt an imperative to return to the community that helped shape me. It is an honor to begin my residency training at Sampson Regional Medical Center, serving the county that nourished me, and being surrounded by the people I care about most.

Robert Stagnitta, D.O.

Home State: Bethlehem, NY
Undergraduate: Binghamton University
Medical School: New York Institute of Technology College of Osteopathic Medicine

Hobbies: Hiking, traveling, golfing, baking

Why SampsonRMC: I chose Sampson because of our shared commitment to providing excellent care for patients of all backgrounds, sense of community, and welcoming faculty and staff.

 


SALARY & BENEFIT INFORMATION

TY - $62,923

Effective July 1, 2026

$500 in July / $500 in January

Health Insurance & Wellness Benefits

 

SampsonRMC offers residents full health insurance benefits. Residents have the choice between a traditional PPO Plan and HDHP plan. All benefit plans are effective upon hire date, thus there is no waiting period for benefit coverage. To review our current benefits package, click here.

The Traditional Rotating Internship is structured to provide clinical experience throughout the course of training. The internship is characterized by a broad range of supervised inpatient and outpatient clinical experiences. Each trainee will be exposed to a wide variety of patients throughout their training.

Interns are assigned rotations in general internal medicine, general surgery, family practice, anesthesia, obstetrics and gynecology (ambulatory gynecology), and emergency medicine. Interns are assigned two months of elective rotations which may include dermatology, neurology, endocrinology, pulmonary, hem/oncology, infectious diseases, nephrology, cardiology, radiology, GI, or a surgical sub-specialty.

Inpatient rotations consist of daily rounds with bedside teaching on inpatient rotations such as surgery and internal medicine.

Interns are exposed to pathology and radiology throughout their rotations and in didactic sessions. Anesthesiology is taught during the surgery rotation. Each intern is taught the components of airway stabilization, pre-anesthesia clearance, local anesthetic use, and monitoring of patients under anesthesia.

Osteopathic principles and practice are taught through monthly didactic instruction as well through the OPP/OMM practice in the teaching clinic.

Sample Curriculum
Internal Medicine Inpatient Service - 3 months
Night Float/Internal Medicine - 2 months
Family Medicine Outpatient Clinic - 1 month
Emergency Medicine - 1 month
Obstetrics - 1 month
Surgery - 1 month
Anesthesia - 1 month
Elective Rotations - 2 months
Electives Include: Cardiology, Dermatology, Endocrinology, GI, Hem/Oncology, Infectious Disease, Nephrology, Neurology, Pathology, Pulmonary and Radiology
 
Transitional Year residents are a vital part of our Medical Education community. Even though it is a one-year program, residents have access to all resources offered in our other residency programs. Residents are encouraged to participate in research with our Dermatology and Family Medicine programs and work closely with other programs to gain a broad base of knowledge.

A unique and important feature our Transitional Year residency program offers is two pre-matched positions to our Dermatology program. All students interested in applying to our Dermatology residency must also apply to our Transitional Year program.