Western Michigan University Homer Stryker M.D. School of Medicine

Corewell Health Lakeland is a base hospital for Western Michigan University Homer Stryker M.D. School of Medicine. Physicians at Lakeland are eager to share their knowledge and skills with students. The abundance of resources provided by our residency programs, on-site lectures, and educational facilities, including an on-site accredited simulation training center, create an excellent clinical learning environment. The low student-to-faculty ratio provide students with a quality learning experience.

Corewell Health Lakeland program highlights

  • Direct access to program director and student coordinator
  • Supported with one-on-one time with preceptors – majority of rotation do not have residents on service with students
  • 3 community-based hospitals – St. Joseph, Niles and Watervliet
  • Student housing with views of Lake Michigan, two miles to downtown St. Jospeh and Lakeland Hospital
  • SSH Accredited simulation training center
  • Highly diverse patient population
  • Flexible scheduling
  • Research opportunities
  • Meal allowance
  • Free parking

Post-graduate residency training

  • ACGME accredited three-year programs in emergency, family and internal medicine
  • Focused tracks in administration, EMS, lifestyle medicine, medical education, osteopathic, pediatrics, sports medicine, ultrasound, and wilderness medicine

Base medical student rotation selection

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

Matthew Hysell, MD

Matthew Hysell MD

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