Dr. Norma Smith, MD, DABVLM, RVT, RPhS Dr. Norma Smith received her medical degree from the University of South Carolina School of Medicine in Columbia, South Carolina. She completed her residency at Palmetto Richland Memorial Hospital in 1993. Dr. Norma Smith is an established physician and has been in private practice since 1993, practicing in gynecology and obstetrics since 1998..