All Posts: anatomical donor program
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Honoring the Gifts Shared by Anatomical Donors
Students from Georgetown's Berkley School of Nursing Doctor of Nurse Anesthesia Practice program and the School of Medicine’s MD program honored the profound gifts they…
November 21, 2025
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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…
March 27, 2025
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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…
March 20, 2024
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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…
January 26, 2024
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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…
March 31, 2023
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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…
March 26, 2022
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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.…
December 17, 2021
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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.…
November 24, 2020
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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…
March 29, 2019