Samuel Coster, DO

Samuel Coster, DO
  • Chief Resident, General Surgery, Department of Surgical Sciences
  • Instructor, General Surgery, Department of Surgical Sciences
    • Primary Address
    • Office
    • Western Michigan University Homer Stryker M.D. School of Medicine
    • General Surgery Residency Program
    • 1000 Oakland Drive
    • Kalamazoo, MI, United States 49008

Biography

Biography

Samuel Coster, DO, is a resident physician in the General Surgery Residency Program of Western Michigan University Homer Stryker M.D. School of Medicine in Kalamazoo, Michigan. He attended Edward Via College of Osteopathic Medicine in Blacksburg, Virginia, and earned his medical degree in May 2020. He spent his intern year of general surgery training at the MedStar Georgetown-Washington Hospital Center general surgery program and joined the Western Michigan University general surgery program in July of 2021. Prior to attending medical school, he was a postbaccalaureate researcher at the National Institutes of Health in the Laboratory of Neurogenetics studying single nucleotide polymorphisms contributing to the development of neurodegenerative diseases. His clinical and research interests include trauma and acute care surgery and health care discrepancies between different socioeconomic groups.

Education

  • Preliminary Residency 2021, General Surgery, Washington Hospital Center, Georgetown University
  • DO 2020, Virginia Campus, Edward Via College of Osteopathic Medicine
  • DO 2020, Virginia Campus, Edward Via College of Osteopathic Medicine
  • BS 2013, Biology, George Mason University
  • BS 2013, Biology, George Mason University