For immediate release: April 30, 2008
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Students hold memorial service for anatomical donors

Donors' friends and family invited to attend May 9 service

RENO, Nev.— First year students from the University of Nevada School of Medicine will honor individuals who participated in the anatomical donation program with a memorial service on Friday, May 9. Family and friends of those who donated their bodies to medical research and education are invited to attend the service which will be held at 2:30 p.m. at Mountain View Mortuary in Reno.

          The memorial service follows the medical students’ completion of the year-long anatomy program and provides them the opportunity to show their appreciation and thanks for individuals who donated their bodies to anatomical research. Family and friends of donors will attend the service to learn more about the anatomical donation program and to gain a sense of closure for the loss of their loved one.

          The anatomical donation program memorial service will be held on Friday, May 9 at 2:30 p.m. at Mountain View Mortuary located at 425 Stoker Avenue, Reno, NV, 89503. For further information, please contact Joyce King, anatomical donation program administrator, at 775-784-4569.

          The anatomical donation program accepts donations from individuals for anatomical research conducted at the University of Nevada School of Medicine. The program has been in operation since 1987 and offers medical students and faculty the opportunity to further research of the human body. To learn more about the program, please visit www.medicine.nevada.edu/dept/adp/.

As the state’s only public medical school, the University of Nevada School of Medicine has been a leader in healthcare, medical education and research in Nevada since 1969. The School of Medicine includes 16 clinical departments including family medicine, pediatrics, obstetrics and gynecology, internal medicine, surgery, and psychiatry and behavioral sciences, and five nationally recognized departments in basic science including microbiology and biomedical engineering. The more than 185 doctors of University Health System, the school’s clinical practice, offer care in more than 40 medical specialties and subspecialties with eight physician offices in the Reno/Sparks area and seven in Las Vegas. The school is committed to a best practices approach to medicine and is dedicated to exceptional healthcare for Nevada now and in the future. For more information visit www.medicine.nevada.edu.