Medical Students

Welcome base students!

flyer with student names and photos for 2026 and 2027

Corewell Health Lakeland is located in Southwest Michigan in Berrien County and is the primary healthcare system serving patients from five surrounding counties. Corewell Health Lakeland is a not-for-profit community health system consisting of two acute care hospitals, one in St. Joseph and one in Niles.

Nationally recognized for delivering an exceptional patient experience, Corewell Health Lakeland has received multiple awards in the areas of cardiovascular intervention, pulmonary medicine, clinical outcomes, and patient safety.  Our mission is to provide superior health and medical services to meet patients’ needs in the state and the region.

An affiliate of Michigan State University College of Osteopathic Medicine and a regional campus of Western Michigan University Homer Stryker M.D. School of Medicine. Our physicians are eager to share their knowledge and skills with students and residents. On-site lectures, educational facilities including an accredited simulation training center, combined with the connectivity to Michigan State University's vast medical education resources create an excellent clinical learning environment.

Medical students may select from the following elective rotations: 

  • Anesthesiology
  • Bariatrics
  • Cardiology
  • Dermatology
  • Emergency medicine/ultrasound
  • Endocrinology
  • ENT
  • Gastroenterology
  • Hand surgery
  • Hematology/oncology
  • Hospice/palliative care
  • ICU
  • Infectious disease
  • Neurosurgery
  • Ophthalmology
  • Orthopedics
  • Pathology
  • Plastics
  • PM&R
  • Pulmonary medicine
  • Radiation oncology
  • Research
  • Rheumatology
  • Sports medicine
  • Urgent care
  • Urology
  • Wound care

Matthew Hysell

Matthew Hysell

Medical student program director
Research director
Emergency medicine core faculty
MSUCOM Community Faculty Excellence Award - 2021

Trisha Blighton

Trisha Blighton

Senior medical student program coordinator
trisha.blighton@corewellhealth.org
269.985.4517