Department of Surgery
Clerkship Program
Our clerkship program provides exposure and opportunity for medical students in their path to success.
About Our Clerkship Program
Michigan State University - College of Human Medicine - Department of Surgery’s courses provide a unique combination of learning how to be an integral part of the surgical team while absorbing an in-depth knowledge of the patient's disease process and correlating basic science with the pathophysiology and treatment of the patient's disease. Students will be introduced to preoperative, operative and post-operative care of patients with elective and emergent – related illness, psychosocial issues and as well as operating room procedures. Students will perform basic procedures under the guide of preceptors while on this rotation. The department oversees the medical student surgical curriculum on CHM’s eight-clinical campuses (Detroit, Flint, Grand Rapids, Lansing, Midland, SEMich, Traverse City & Upper Peninsula) across the state of Michigan with approximately 200 students per graduation class.
Required core surgical courses (Shared Discovery Curriculum - 641, 642 & 643) are open only to MD students in the College of Human Medicine. The Department of Surgery also offers 22 surgical electives (campus-dependent) in various subspeciality surgical topics including hand surgery, surgical oncology, colorectal surgery, vascular surgery, as well as others.
All visiting students elective offering information for all CHM campuses can be found by clicking here.
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Departmental Surgery Clerkship Team
Clerkship Director
- Lead Surgery I & II Clerkship Director
- Lead Surgical Electives Director
David Scherees, MD, FACS - Lead Surgical Crtical Care Clerkship Director
Kris Wong, DO Clerkship Admin
- Surgery Department Clerkship Administrator
Ashley O'Bryant, MA -
Detroit Campus Surgery Clerkship Team
Clerkship Director
- Detroit Surgery I Clerkship Director
- Detroit Surgery II Clerkship Director
Lindsay Petersen, MD - Detroit Surgery I Clerkship Director
- Detroit Surgery Critical Care Director
Nadia Obeid, MD Clerkship Administrator
- Detroit Surgery I & II Clerkship
Administrator
Bobbi Samuel - Detroit Surgical Critical Care Clerkship
Administrator
Stephen Toy -
Flint Campus Surgery Clerkship Team
Clerkship Director
- Flint Surgery I Clerkship Director
Robert Molnar, MD, FACS - Flint Surgery II Clerkship Director
- Flint Surgical Critical Care Clerkship Director
Kristoffer Wong, DO
Clerkship Admin
- Flint
Surgery I & II & Surgical Critical Care Clerkship Administrator
Sarah Kilbreath -
Grand Rapids Campus Surgery Clerkship Team
Clerkship Director
- Grand Rapids Surgery I Clerkship Director
David Scheeres, MD, FACS - Grand Rapids Surgery II Clerkship Director
Michael DeJong, MD - Grand Rapids Surgical Critical Care Clerkship Director
Jess Spradling, MD Clerkship Administrators
- Grand Rapids Surgery I & II Clerkship
Administrator
Mona Palladino - Grand Rapids Surgical Critical Clerkship
Administrator
Mindy Nienhouse -
Lansing Campus Surgery Clerkship Team
Clerkship Directors
- Lansing Surgery I Clerkship Director
Linda Qu, MD - Lansing Surgery II Clerkship Director
Darci Foote, MD - Lansing Surgical Critical Care Clerkship Director
Paul Schneider, MD Assistant Clerkship Directors
- Lansing Assistant Surgery I Clerkship Director
Jordan Knepper, MD, MSc - Lansing Assistant Surgery II Clerkship Director
Judith Lin, MD, MBA, DFSVS Clerkship Administrators
- MSU CHM Surgery Simulation Lab Coordinator
Deb Collier, RN, BSN, MPA
- Lansing Surgery I & II & Surgical Critical Care Clerkship
Administrator
Ashley O'Bryant, MA -
Midland Campus Surgery Clerkship Team
Clerkship Director
- Midland Surgery I Clerkship Director
- Midland Surgery II Clerkship Director
Kristin Busch, MD
Clerkship Administrator- Midland Surgery I & II Clerkship
Administrator
Jeff Beck -
SE Michigan Campus Surgery Clerkship Team
Clerkship Director
- SE Michigan Surgery I Clerkship Director
Amir Damadi, MD - SE Michigan Surgery II Clerkship Director
Pritham Reddy, MD, FACS Clerkship Administrator
- SE Michigan Surgery I & II Clerkship
Administrator
Dawn Pobocik -
Traverse City Campus Surgery Clerkship Team
Clerkship Director
- Traverse City Surgery I Clerkship Director
Ashley Sachtleben, MD - Traverse City Surgery II Clerkship Director
Trevor O’Brien, MD
Clerkship Administrator
- Traverse City Surgery I & II Clerkship
Administrator
Miranda Johnson -
Upper Peninsula Campus Surgery Clerkship Team
Clerkship Director
- Upper Peninsula Surgery I & II Clerkship Director
Laura Lozier, MD Clerkship Administrator
- Upper Peninsula Surgery I & II Clerkship
Administrator
Connie Piasecki