For immediate release: April 25, 2007

Contact:  Emily Wofford Cobb
Public Relations Manager
775-784-6006
ecobb@medicine.nevada.edu

Students to hold memorial service for anatomical donors

Donors’ family and friends invited to attend May 5 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 Saturday, May 5.  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 Walton’s Funeral Home 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 Saturday, May 5 at 2:30 p.m. at Walton’s Funeral Home located at 875 West Second Street in Reno.  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 meeting statewide healthcare, educational, and clinical needs since 1969.  The School of Medicine encompasses 16 clinical medical education departments, including Family Medicine, Pediatrics, Obstetrics/Gynecology, Internal Medicine, Surgery, and Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, as well as ten nationally-recognized departments within basic science including microbiology and biomedical engineering.  As the largest multi-specialty healthcare focus within the state, the School of Medicine employs more than 185 doctors who both teach and practice medicine throughout Nevada.  The school’s statewide faculty physician practice group has a combined 25 different medical specialties with seven physician practice offices located in the Reno-Sparks area and five physician offices located in Las Vegas.

The University of Nevada School of Medicine utilizes a best-practice approach to medicine and is committed to addressing the health needs of Nevada now and in the future. For more information, please visit www.medicine.nevada.edu .

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