UAB Synopsis, Vol. 24, No. 14, April 18, 2005
School of Medicine students paid their last respects to individuals who donated their bodies to scientific study at a recent memorial service for the Anatomical Donor program in Margaret Cameron Spain Auditorium. The service was hosted by the members of the freshman class.
"Donors are an integral part of our medical education, serving, in effect, as our first 'patients,'" says organizer James Robinson, a first-year medical student. "The Class of 2008 wished to convey our gratitude to the sacrifice that they and their families have made for the betterment of our medical education."
More than 150 family members and relatives of the donors attended the service, along with School of Medicine students and faculty.
The UAB Anatomical Donor Program receives about 100 cadavers each year for study at the medical school. For more information on the program, call 205-934-4494.