A Letter From the Director
Thank you for your interest in donating your body to Washington University School of Medicine. The Body Donation Program, which is coordinated through the Department of Neuroscience at Washington University, allows individuals to provide an important and very personal gift to the School of Medicine.
Body donation serves a vital role and allows medical students, allied health professionals, and physicians in training to gain the detailed knowledge of human anatomy that is essential in order to deliver the best quality care to their patients. All donor tissue is used to teach anatomy in the classroom and surgical settings. Gifts made to the program also allow clinician-scientists, whose ultimate goal is to assist in understanding mechanisms affecting human health and disease, to conduct vital research.
On behalf of the faculty, staff, and students of the School of Medicine, as well as those who will benefit from your invaluable gift should you choose to participate, please accept my gratitude for your interest in the Body Donor Program. Please know that by making this invaluable gift, you are helping us improve the health of generations to come.
Sincerely,
Amy Bauernfeind, PhD
Assistant Professor of Anatomy
Department of Neuroscience
Director, Body Donation Program