Samuel Coster, DO

Samuel Coster, DO
Samuel Coster, DO

Chief Resident, Department of Surgical Services

Instructor, Department of Surgical Services

Biosketch

Samuel Coster, DO, is a resident physician in the General Surgery Residency Program of 汤头条app 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.

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

  • Research
    • acute care surgery
    • Trauma Surgery
    • Socioeconomic Factors
    • Polymorphism, Single Nucleotide
    • Neurodegenerative Disorders

  • Publications

    • Chaney M., Ko A., Coster S., Shebrain S., Ryan J. Carotid Body Tumor Excision with and without Carotid Artery Reconstruction: Equivalency of 30-Day Outcomes over 12 Years in the American College of Surgery National Surgical Quality Improvement Program (ACS-NSQIP) Database Surgeries (Switzerland). 2024;5:342-349.

    • Coster S., Shammout A., Chaney M., Folkert K., Grosh K., Shebrain S., Munene G. American Surgeon. 2024;90:1760-1762.

    • Shebrain S., Coster S., Alfred A., De Cecco D., Khalil S., Munene G., Elian A., Timmons J., Sawyer R.G. Journal of Surgical Research. 2022;279:285-295.

    • Li N., Joska T., Ruesch C.E., Coster S.J., Belden W.J. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America. 2015;112(14):4357-4362.

  • Presentations
    • Asymptomatic total inferior vena cava occlusion in patient with rectal adenocarcinoma. Chaney M, Welter M, Coster S, Miladore J, Shebrain S, 42nd Annual Kalamazoo Community and Health Sciences Research Day, Kalamazoo, Michigan, 04/2024
    • Morbidity of sentinel lymph node biopsy in melanoma patients better defined. Gonzales M, Grosh K, Coster S, McGoff T, Brubaker A, McCahill L, 42nd Annual Kalamazoo Community and Health Sciences Research Day, Kalamazoo, Michigan, 04/2024