Organ Donations:
How death saves
lives
A death of a loved one is a time
of tragedy for a family. Decisions can be traumatic and require immediate
attention. However, from this loss, renewed life can emerge.
After death, many organs can be
donated to improve the life of another human being. Cadaver skin can save
the life of a severely burned victim utilizing the skin as a temporary
covering until their own skin grows back. A heart, kidney or pancreas can
literally mean the difference between life and death. Corneas will let
another see again.
In short, anyone who is inclined
to donate any or all of his or her body after death should not hesitate
to do so. Life is a precious gift. We can take comfort knowing that we
may offer life to someone else even when our own lives have ended.
Body Donation Programs in the U.S.
Each program differs in its qualifications
ALABAMA
Alabama Anatomical Board
Dept. of Anatomy
2042 Medical Sciences Bldg.
University of So. Alabama
Mobile, AL 36688
(205) 460-6764
ARIZONA
The University of Arizona
Dept. of Cell Biology & Anatomy
1501 N. Campbell Avenue
Tucson, AZ 85724
520-626-6083 or 626-1801
(520) 694-6000 - mortician
ARKANSAS
The University of Arkansas
Dept. of Anatomy, Ed. III Bldg.
4301 W. Markham St., Slot 510
Little Rock, AR 72205
501-686-5180
501-686-5000 (after hours)
CALIFORNIA
University of CA - Davis
Dept. of Cell Biology &
Human Anatomy
Davis, CA 95616-8643
916-752-2100
University of CA - Irvine
Dept. of Anatomy & Neurobiology
364 Medical Surgical II
Irvine, CA 92697-1275
714-824-6061
University of Southern California
Anatomical Gift Program
Sept. of Cell & Neurobiology
1333 San Pablo Street
Los Angeles, CA 90033
213-222-0231
University of CA - Los Angeles
Willed Body Office
UCLA Medical Center
Dept. of Anatomy & Cell Biology
10833 Le Conte Avenue
Los Angeles, CA 90024-1763
310-825-9563
Loma Linda University
Dept. of Anatomy
Loma Linda, CA 92350
909-824-4301 or 909-787-9955
University of CA - San Francisco
State Curator For Northern CA
School of Medicine AC-14
San Francisco, CA 94143-0902
415-476-1981
University of CA - San Diego
Curator, Body Donation Program
Office of Learning Resources, 0611
9500 Gillman Drive
La Jolla, CA 92093-0611
619-534-4536
Stanford University
Division of Human Anatomy
1215 Welch Road, Mod. 2
Stanford, CA 94305
415-723-2404
Los Angeles College of Chiropractic
Dept. of Anatomy
16200 East Amber Valley Drive
P.O. Box 1166
Whittier, CA 90609-1166
310-947-8755 or 213-424-1204
Western University of Health Sciences
Anatomical Gift Program
309 E. Second Street
Pomona, CA 91766
909-469-5431 or 213-690-0739 (beeper)
COLORADO
University of Colorado
Anatomical Board of Colorado
Campus Box B-111
4200 E. Ninth Avenue
Denver, CO 80262
303-315-8554 or 303-399-1211
CONNECTICUT
University of Connecticut
Dept. of Anatomy MC-3405
263 Farmington Avenue
Farmington, CT 06030-3405
860-679-2117 or 860-223-4340
Yale University
Section of Gross Anatomy
Dept. of Surgery
333 Cedar Street, P.O. Box 3333
New Haven, CT 06510
203-785-2814 or 785-2813
DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA
George Washington University
Dept. of Anatomy & Cell Biology
2300 I Street NW
Washington, DC 20037
202-994-3511
Howard University
Human Anatomical Donor Program
Washington, DC 20059
202-806-6555 or 202-726-1089
Georgetown University
Dept. of Anatomy
3900 Reservoir Road, NW
Washington, DC 20007
202-687-1219 or 202-625-0100
FLORIDA
Anatomical Board of the State of FL
University of Florida
P.O. Box 100235
Gainesville, FL 32610-0235
1-800-628-2594 or 352-392-3588
305-547-6691
GEORGIA
Life College School of Chiropractic
Dept. of Anatomy
1269 Barclay Circle
Marietta, GA 30060
770-426-2718 or 770-805-9777
Medical College of Georgia
Dept. of Cellular Biology & Anatomy
Augusta, GA 30912-9974
706-721-3731 or 706-721-0211
Mercer University
Basic Science Department
1550 College Street
Macon, GA 31207
912-752-4013 or 912-752-2970
HAWAII
University of Hawaii at Manoa
Dept. of Anatomy/Reproductive Biol.
1960 East-West Road
Honolulu, HI 96822
808-956-7131 or 808-941-4734
IDAHO
Washington State University
WAMI Med. Ed. Program, Rm. 108
Morrell Hall
Pullman, WA 99164-3510
509-335-2602 - 208-885-6696
ILLINOIS
Anatomical Gift Association of IL
2240 West Fillmore Street
Chicago, IL
312-733-5283
INDIANA
Anatomical Education Program
IN University School of Medicine
635 Barnhill Drive, Med SCI 259
Indianapolis, IN 46202-5120
317-274-7450
IOWA
University of Iowa
Dept. of Anatomy
The Deeded Body Program
Bowen Science Building
Iowa City, IA 52242
319-335-7762 or 319-356-1616
Palmer College of Chiropractic
Dept. of Anatomy
The Deed Body Program
1000 Brady Street
Davenport, IA 52803
319-326-9712 - 319-355-4433
University of Osteopathic
Medicine and Health Sciences
Department of Anatomy
Body Donor Program
3200 Grand Avenue
Des Moines, IA 50312-4198
515-271-1481
KANSAS
University of Kansas Medical Center
Dept. of Anatomy & Cell Biology
3901 Rainbow Blvd.
Kansas City, KS 66160-7400
913-588-7000/2735
913-588-5000
KENTUCKY
University of Louisville
Dept. of Anatomical Sciences & Neurobiology
Louisville, KY 40292
502-852-5744 or 502-368-3396
University of Kentucky
Col. of Med./Dentistry/Allied Health
Body Bequeathal Program
MN224 Chandler Medical Center
Lexington, KY 40536-0084
606-323-5160
LOUISIANA
Dept. of Health & Hospitals
Bureau of Anatomical Services
1901 Perdid Street
New Orleans, LA 70112-1393
504-568-4012 or 504-821-8411
MAINE
University of NE College of Osteopathic Medicine
Anatomical Donor Program
11 Hills Beach Road
Biddeford, ME 04005
207-283-0171 ext. 2202 or 207-282-6300
MARYLAND
University of Maryland
State Anatomy Board
Dept. of Health & Mental Hygiene
655 W. Baltimore St. RM - B-026
Baltimore, MD 21201-1559
410-547-1222 or 800-879-2728
MASSACHUSETTS
Boston University
School of Medicine
80 East Concord Street
Boston, MA 02118-2394
617-638-4245 or 617-638-4144
Harvard Medical School
260 Longwood Avenue
Boston, MA 02115
617-432-1735 or 617-432-1379
University of Massachusetts
Dept. of Cell Biology
Anatomical Gifts Program
55 Lake Avenue North
Worcester, MA 01655
508-856-2460
Tufts University School of Medicine
136 Harrison Avenue
Boston, MA 02111
617-636-0837 or 617-636-6610
MICHIGAN
Michigan State University
Willed Body Program
E206 Fee Hall
East Lansing, MI 48824-1316
517-353-5398 or 517-355-1855
University of Michigan MS
Dept. of Anatomy & Cell Biology
3626 Medical Science II Bldg.
Ann Arbor, MI 48109-0616
313-764-4359 or 313-764-1817
Wayne State University
Dept. of Anatomy & Cell Biology
540 E. Canfield
Detroit, MI 48201
313-577-1188 or 313-533-6523
MINNESOTA
Mayo Medical Center
Medical Science Bldg. #3-121
Rochester, MN 55905
507-284-2693 or 507-284-2511
University of Minnesota
Dept. of Cell Biology & Neuroanatomy
4-144 Jackson Hall
321 Church Street SE
Minneapolis, MN 55455
612-625-1111
MISSISSIPPI
University of Mississippi
Dept. of Anatomy
2500 North State Street
Jackson, MS 39216-4505
601-984-1000
MISSOURI
St. Louis University Medical Center
Dept. of Anatomy & Neurobiology
1402 South Grand Blvd.
St. Louis, MO 63104
314-577-8271 or 314-577-8078
Kirksville College of Osteopathic Medicine
Dept. of Anatomy
800 West Jefferson St.
Kirksville, MO 63501
816-626-2468
Logan College of Chiropractic
Basic Science Division
1851 Schoettler Road
P.O. Box 1065
Chesterfield, MO 63006-1065
314-227-2100 ext. 335 or 135
314-851-5195
Washington University
Dept. of Anatomy & Neurobiology
Box 8108
St. Louis, MO 63110
314-362-3597 or 314-362-3531
314-362-2698
MONTANA
Montana State University
WAMI Medical Education Program
Leon Johnson Hall, MSU
Bozeman, MT 59717
406-994-6516 or 406-994-3230
NEBRASKA
Nebraska Anatomical Board
Medical Center
600 S. 42nd Street
Omaha, NE 68198-2914
402-559-6249 or 402-559-4030
402-280-2914
NEVADA
University of Nevada Medical School
Manville Medical Bldg. #3389
Reno, NV 89557-0046
702-784-6113
NEW HAMPSHIRE
Dartmouth Medical School
Hanover, NH 03755-3832
603-650-1636 or 603-650-5000
NEW JERSEY
UMDNJ-Robert Wood Johnson Med. School
675 Hoes Lane
Piscataway, NJ 08854-5635
1-800-Gift-211
UMDNJ-New Jersey Med. School
185 S. Orange Avenue
Neward, NJ 07103
973-982-4648
NEW MEXICO
University of New Mexico
Dept. of Anatomy
Basic Medical Sciences Bldg. #149
Albuquerque, NM 87131-5211
505-272-5555 or 505-272-3053
NEW YORK
Columbia University
Dept. of Anatomy & Cell Biology
630 West 168th Street
New York, NY 1--32-3795
212-305-3451
Mt. Sinai School of Medicine
Dept. of Medical Education
Box 1108
One Gustave L. Levy Place
New York, NY 10029-6574
212-241-7057 or 212-241-6500
University of Rochester, M.C.
Dept of MDL
Anatomical Gift Program
601 Elmwood Avenue, Box 709
Rochester, NY 14642
716-275-2592 or 716-275-2270
State University of New York
Health Science Center - Syracuse
750 East Adams Street
Syracuse, NY 13210-2339
315-464-5120/8582 or 315-464-5280
New York Medical College
Basic Sciences Bldg.
Valhalla, NY 10595
914-594-4025 or 914-735-4849
State University of New York
Health Sciences Center
Dept. of Anatomical Sciences
Stony Brook, NY 11794-8081
516-444-3111
State University of New York
Anatomical Gift Program
450 Clarkson Avenue, Box #5
Brooklyn, NY 11203-2098
718-270-1014/1027 or 718-277-1402 or 235-0505
New York University
Anatomical Donation Program
Dept. of Cell Biology
550 First Avenue
New York, NY 10016-602
212-263-5378
State University of New York
Dept. of Anatomical Sciences
317 Farber Hall
Buffalo, NY 14214
716-829-2912 or 716-834-8128
Yeshiva University
Albert Einstein College of Medicine
1300 Morris Park Avenue
Forch Bldg. Room 652
Bronx, NY 10461
718-430-2836
Cornell University
Medical College
Dept. of Cell Biology & Anatomy
1300 York Avenue
New York, NY 10021
212-746-6140 or 212-674-3630
The Albany Medical Center
Anatomical Gift Program
P-1001, A-1
47 New Scotland Avenue
Albany, NY 12208-3479
518-262-5379
NORTH CAROLINA
University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
Body Donation Program
CB #7520, 314 Berryhill Hall
Chapel Hill, NC 27599
919-966-1134 or 919-966-4131
Wake Forest University
Bowman-Gray School of Medicine
Medical Center Blvd.
Winston-Salem, NC 27157-1010
910-716-4476 or 910-716-4369
East Carolina University
Dept. of Anatomy & Cell Biology
Brody Medical Sciences Bldg.
Greenville, NC 27858-4354
919-816-2849 or 919-816-2246
Duke University Medical Center
Anthropology & Anatomy
Box 3170
Durham, NC 27710
919-684-4250/4124 or 919-684-8111
NORTH DAKOTA
University of North Dakota
School of Medicine & Health Sciences
Box 9037
Dept. of Anatomy & Bell Biology
Grand Forks, ND 58202
701-777-2101 or 701-775-5111 or 772-8360
OHIO
Case Western Reserve University
School of Medicine W520
Dept. of Anatomy
2109 Adelbert Road
Cleveland, OH 44106-4930
216-368-3430 or 216-221-9330
University of Cincinnati
Dept. of Cell Biology & Anatomy
231 Bethesda Ave. (MI 521)
Cincinnati, OH 45267-0521
513-558-5612 or 513-221-4529
Medical College of Ohio
Dept. of Anatomy & Neurobiology
3000 Arlington Avenue
P.O. Box 10008
Toledo, OH 43699-0008
419-381-4109 or 419-381-4172
Wright State University
School of Medicine
Dept. of Anatomy
Anatomical Gift Program
Dayton, OH 45435
937-775-3066 or 937-775-2304
Ohio State University
Dept. of Cell Biology
Neurobiology & Anatomy
333 W. 10th Avenue
Columbus, OH 43210
614-292-4831
Northeastern Ohio University
College of Medicine
4209 State Route 44
Dept. of Human Anatomy
P.O. Box 95
Rootstown, OH 44272-0095
330-325-2511
Ohio University
College of Osteopathic Medicine
Willed Body Program
135 Grosvenor Hall
Athens, OH 45701-2979
614-593-2171 or 614-594-2416
OKLAHOMA
University of Oklahoma
Health Sciences Center
941 Stanton L. Young Blvd.
Room 100 - P.O. Box 26901
Oklahoma City, OK 73190-3040
405-271-2424 or 405-271-6666
Oklahoma State University
Osteopathic Medicine
111 W. Seventeenth
Tulsa, OK 74107-1898
918-582-1972 or 918-561-8446
OREGON
Oregon Health Science University
Dept. of Cell Biology L-215
3181 SW Sam Jackson Park Road
Portland, OR 97201-3098
503-494-7811 or 494-7888
1-800-452-1369
PENNSYLVANIA
Humanity Gifts Registry
P.O. Box 835
Philadelphia, PA 19105-0835
215-922-4440 or 215-924-7469
RHODE ISLAND
Brown University
Anatomical Gift Program
Box G-B 204
Providence, RI 02912
401-863-1976 or 401-863-9029
SOUTH CAROLINA
Medical University of SC
Dept. of Anatomy & Cell Biology
171 Ashley Avenue
Charleston, SC 29425-2204
803-792-3521/Ext. 211 or 803-792-2123
University of South Carolina
Dept. of Dev. Biology & Anatomy
Columbia, SC 29208
803-733-3369 or 803-777-7000
SOUTH DAKOTA
University of South Dakota
Dept. of Anatomy/Structural Biology
414 E. Clark Street
Vermillion, SD 57069
605-677-5321 or 605-624-3932
TENNESSEE
Vanderbilt University
Anatomical Donation Program
201 Light Hall
Nashville, TN 37232
615-322-7948
Meharry Medical College
Anatomical Donation Program
Dept. of Anatomy
1005 David B. Todd Blvd.
Nashville, TN 37208
615-327-6288 or 615-313-1059
615-865-2424
University of Tennessee - Memphis
Dept. of Anatomy & Neurobiology
855 Monroe Avenue
Memphis, TN 38163
901-448-5965
901-448-4000/448-5500
East Tennessee State University
James Quillen College of Medicine
Box 70582
Johnson City, TN
423-929-6241/6245 or 423-929-4480
TEXAS
TX Tech U Health Sciences Center
Anatomical Services
3601 4th Street
Lubbock, TX 79430
806-743-2700 or 806-743-3111
The University of Texas
Dept. of Cellular & Structural Biol.
7703 Floyd Curl Drive
San Antonio, TX 78284-7762
210-567-3900 or 210-567-2801
Texas A & M University
Dept. of Anatomy & Neurobiology
228 Reynolds Medical Bldg.
College Station, TX 77843-1114
409-845-4915 or 409-822-1571
University of North Texas Health
Dept. of Anatomy & Cell Biology
3500 Camp Bowie Blvd. 2-202
Fort Worth, TX 76107-2699
817-735-2045 or 817-735-2210
University of TX - Galveston
Willed Body Program
Room 905, Sealy & Smith Bldg.
Galveston, TX 77550-2779
409-772-1293 or 409-761-1011
University of Texas
Southwestern M.C. at Dallas
The Willed Body Program
5323 Harry Hines Blvd.
Dallas, TX 75235-9143
214-648-2221
Baylor College of Medicine
Dept. of Cell Biology
One Baylor Plaza
Houston, TX 77030
713-798-4930/3858 or 713-921-3000
University of Texas Medical School
P.O. Box 20708, Room #7.046
Willed Body Program
Houston, TX 77225
713-500-5603 or 713-921-3000
UTAH
U. of Utah School of Medicine
401 Medical Education Bldg.
50 North Medical Drive
Salt Lake City, UT 84132
801-581-6728 or 801-581-2121
VERMONT
University of Vermont
Dept. of Anatomy & Neurobiology
Given Building
Burlington, VT 05405-0068
802-656-2230
VIRGINIA
Commonwealth of Virginia
State Anatomy Division
Office of Chief Med. Examiner
9 N. 14th Street
Richmond, CA 23219
804-786-3174 or 804-786-2479
WASHINGTON
University of Washington
Dept. of Biological Structure
Willed Body Program, SM-20
Seattle, WA 98195
206-543-1860 or 206-548-3300
WEST VIRGINIA
West Virginia University
Dept. of Anatomy
4052 HSN, P.O. Box 9128
Morgantown, WV 26506-9128
304-293-6322 or 304-594-2001
WV School of Osteopathic Medicine
400 North Lee Street
Lewisburg, WV 24901-827
304-647-6208 or 304-645-1228
Marshall University
Human Gift Registry
1542 Spring Valley Drive
Huntington, WV 25704-9388
304-696-7382 or 304-525-8121
WISCONSIN
Medical College of Wisconsin
Dept. of Cellular Biology & Anatomy
8701 Watertown Plank Road
P.O. Box 26509
Milwaukee, WI 53226
414-456-8261
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