All Posts: anatomical donor program
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Honoring Donors Whose Generosity Helped Shaped Future Doctors, Graduate Nurses
On March 18, 30 families gathered at Georgetown University’s Dahlgren Chapel for a solemn interfaith celebration and mass honoring loved ones who had contributed to medical education by donating their bodies for anatomical study.
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Nursing, Medical Students Honor the Gift of Anatomical Donors
Students from Georgetown’s School of Medicine and School of Nursing came together to honor and pay respect to those who donated their bodies to benefit their education, and to express gratitude to their families, at the annual interfaith Anatomical Donor Memorial Celebration at Dahlgren Chapel on the university’s campus.
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Interfaith Blessing Highlights the Generosity of Anatomical Donors
Before first-year medical students began their highly anticipated first day of anatomy lab, they paused for an interfaith blessing led by Father James Shea, S.J., Rabbi Daniel Schaefer and Imam Yahya Hendi.
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Medical Students Honor Anatomical Donors and Their Families at Special Mass
For medical students at Georgetown, anatomy lab is a critical and transformative experience. At the Anatomical Donor Mass, the School of Medicine Class of 2025 honored the lives of those who made that experience possible.
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Medical Students Celebrate the Contributions of Anatomical Donors
(March 26, 2022) — In the late 1400s, Renaissance genius Leonardo da Vinci began studying the human body through dissection. At first, the exercise was driven by an artistic desire to better capture on paper the visible intricacies of our anatomy. But historians say that over time, da Vinci became fascinated by his subjects and […]
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Zavoyna Honored with C.A.R.I.S. Award
(December 17, 2021) — In recognition of his service, Mark Zavoyna, operations manager of the anatomical donor program at the School of Medicine, was awarded the C.A.R.I.S. Award at the December 15 GUMC community meeting. The C.A.R.I.S. Award, which stands for “compassion, achievement, respect, inspiration and service,” is given to staff and academic and administrative […]
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Tribute Video Celebrates Anatomical Donors
(November 24, 2020) — Before starting medical gross anatomy, Zoey Maggid (M’23) spoke with the sister of the anatomical donor she and her classmates would work with in class. In their conversation, Maggid learned that their donor had been a lifelong teacher and mentor. “In the spirit of education, her brother followed their mother and […]
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Students Honor Anatomical Donors with Murals
(March 29, 2019) — Transformed from a morbid space with photos of sliced cadaver parts, the hallway of the anatomy lab at Georgetown University School of Medicine (GUSOM) now dances with bright branches of a cherry blossom tree, iconic Healy Hall and inspiring words of wisdom. On March 21, members of the Class of 2021 […]
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