Medical Students
Welcome, 2024-2025 base students!
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, a regional campus of Western Michigan University Homer Stryker M.D. School of Medicine and Central Michigan University College 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 student may select from the following elective rotations:
- Allergy
- Anesthesiology
- Bariatrics
- Cardiology
- Dermatology
- Emergency medicine/ultrasound
- ENT
- Endocrinology
- Gastroenterology
- Hand surgery
- Hematology
- Hematology/oncology
- Hospice/palliative care
- ICU
- Infectious disease
- Neurosurgery
- Pathology
- Pediatrics
- Plastics
- PM&R
- Pulmonary medicine
- Radiology
- Radiology oncology
- Research
- Rheumatology
- Sports medicine
- Urgent care
- Urology
- Wound care
Matthew Hysell, MD
Research director and emergency medicine core faculty
Hometown: Midland, Michigan
Undergraduate education: University of Notre Dame
Medical school: University of Michigan
Residency: University of Michigan - St. Joseph Mercy Hospital
Hobbies/interests: Birding, photography.
Why I chose Lakeland: It is a hospital that functions in many respects like a tertiary care center but is located in a small community with great access to the outdoors and excellent school systems.
Do you have program specific questions?
Contact Tonya Parish, senior medical student program coordinator.