Robert S. West, MD, FACS, is a native of North Dakota who was trained as a surgeon at Harvard. He is a fellow of the American College of Surgeons and served as a physician-coroner ...ver maisRobert S. West, MD, FACS, is a native of North Dakota who was trained as a surgeon at Harvard. He is a fellow of the American College of Surgeons and served as a physician-coroner in Coeur d’Alene, Idaho, from 1970 to 2011. He practiced surgery while fulfilling coroner duties in Kootenai County and raised five children with his wife, Martha.ver menos