A 1995 survey indicated that 75 percent of physician respondents would prefer to enroll in a human anatomy-based course, compared to one using animals. Thirty-eight percent said they would pay more for such a course, and 43 percent would travel further to take one.

Sources for Cadaveric Specimens

By State:
Alabama - Arkansas - California - Colorado - Connecticut - District of Columbia - Florida - Georgia - Hawaii - Illinois - Indiana - Kansas - Louisiana - Maryland - Massachusetts - Michigan - Minnesota - Missouri - Nebraska - Nevada - New Jersey - New Mexico - New York - North Carolina - Ohio - Oklahoma - Oregon - Pennsylvania - Puerto Rico - Rhode Island - South Carolina - South Dakota - Tennessee - Texas - Utah - Virginia - Washington - West Virginia - Wisconsin

Alabama

State of Alabama Anatomical Board
Department of Anatomy
University of South Alabama Medical College
Mobile, AL 36688
Contact: Dr. Glenn Wilson at 334-460-6764

Arkansas

Department of Anatomy
University of Arkansas College of Medicine
Little Rock, AR 72201
Contact: Felicia Brown at 501-686-7091

California

Department of Anatomy
University of California, Irvine–College of Medicine
252 Irvine Hall
Irvine, CA 92697-3950
Contact: Michael Godsey at 949-824-6061

Willed Body Program
University of California, Los Angeles–School of Medicine
Los Angeles, CA 90024
Contact: 310-825-9563

Office of Learning Resources/Anatomical Preparation
Body Donation Program
University of California, San Diego–School of Medicine
La Jolla, CA 92103
Contact: Rick Wilson at 858-534-4126 or 858-534-4536

Willed Body Program
University of California, San Francisco–School of Medicine
San Francisco, CA 94122
Phone: 415-476-1981

Colorado

State of Colorado Anatomical Board
University of Colorado Health Sciences Center
4200 E. Ninth Ave.
Denver, CO 80262
Contact: Dr. Michael Carry at 303-315-8560

Connecticut

Department of Anatomy
University of Connecticut Health Center
Farmington, CT 06030-1513
Contact: Jim Casso at 860-679-2821

District of Columbia

Department of Anatomy
George Washington University Medical Center
2300 I St., N.W.
Washington, DC 20037
Contact: Dr. Raymond Walsh at 202-994-3511

Department of Anatomy
School of Medicine, Department of Cell Biology
Georgetown University
Washington, DC 20007
Contact: Laurie Lincoln at 202-687-1219

Department of Anatomy
Howard University College of Medicine
520 W St., N.W.
Washington, DC 20059
Contact: Dr. Carl Terranova at 202-806-9262 or cterranova@howard.edu

Florida

Florida State Anatomical Board
University of Florida
P.O. Box 100235
Gainesville, FL 32610-0235
Contact: Dr. Lynn Romwell or Lisa Booher at 800-628-2594

Georgia

Department of Anatomy
Emory University
Atlanta, GA 30322
Contact: Jim Cooper at 404-727-6242

Morehouse School of Medicine
Department of Anatomy and Neurobiology
720 Westview Dr., S.W.
Atlanta, GA 30310-1495
Contact: Dr. Larry Wineski at 404-752-1560

Department of Anatomy
University of Hawaii
1960 East West Rd.
Honolulu, HI 96822
Contact: Willed Body Program at 808-956-5467

Illinois

Anatomical Gift Association
2240 W. Fillmore
Chicago, IL 60612
Contact: Denise at 800-734-5283 or 312-733-5283

Indiana

Department of Anatomy
Indiana University School of Medicine
MS 5035
635 Barnhill Dr.
Indianapolis, IN 46202-5120
Contact: Dr. David Burr at 317-274-7496

Kansas

Department of Anatomy
College of Health Sciences and Hospital
University of Kansas Medical Center
Rainbow Blvd. at 39th St.
Kansas City, KS 66103
Contact: Dr. Charles Thomas at 913-588-2735

Department of Anatomical Sciences and Neurobiology
University of Louisville School of Medicine
Health Science Center
Louisville, KY 40292
Contact: Steve Anderson at 502-852-5744

Louisiana

Department of Anatomy
Body Bequeathal Program
Louisiana State University School of Medicine
P.O. Box 33932
Shreveport, LA 71130
Contact: Dr. Leonard Seelig at 318-675-5312

Department of Cell Biology and Anatomy
Louisiana State University
Health Science Center
1901 Perdido St.
New Orleans, LA 70112
Contact: Dr. Richard Whitworth at 504-568-4032 or rwhitw@lsuhsc.edu

Maryland

Anatomy Board of Maryland
University of Maryland
655 W. Baltimore St.
Baltimore, MD 21201
Contact: Ron Wade at 410-547-1222

Anatomy Gifts Registry
7522 Connelley Drive, Suite P
Hanover, MD 21076
Tel: 410-553-0525
Fax: 410-553-0502
info@anatomicgift.com

Massachusetts

Department of Anatomy
University of Massachusetts Medical School
Anatomical Gift Department
55 Lake Ave., N.
Worcester, MA 01655
Contact: Dr. Tristan McKenna at 508-856-2668

Michigan

Department of Anatomy
Michigan State University
E206 Fee Hall
E. Lansing, MI 48824
Contact: Kris Liles at 517-353-5398

Department of Anatomy and Cell Biology
University of Michigan Medical School
Ann Arbor, MI 48109-0616
Contact: Dean Mueller at 734-764-4359

Minnesota

Department of Anatomy
Stabile Building 9-38
Mayo Clinic
Rochester, MN 55905
Contact: Dean Fisher at 507-284-2201

Body Bequest Program
University of Minnesota Medical School
3005 BSBE
312 Church St.
Minneapolis, MN 55455
Contact: Dave Lee at 612-624-0616 or david@mail.ach.umn.edu

Missouri

Department of Anatomy
St. Louis University School of Medicine
3839 Lindell Blvd.
St. Louis, MO 63108
Contact: Tamini Mooshegian at 314-535-4000

Department of Pathology and Anatomical Sciences
University of Missouri
Columbia School of Medicine
Columbia, MO 65212
Contact: Dr. Tom Scanlon at 573-882-2288

Nebraska

State Anatomical Facility
42nd and Dewey Aves.
Omaha, NE 68105
Phone: 402-280-2914

Nevada

Department of Physiology and Cell Biology
Anderson Medical Science Building, #352
University of Nevada
Reno, NV 89557-0046
Contact: Bob Hammann at 775-784-6169 or bcur@physio.unr.edu

New Jersey

Department of Anatomy and Cell Biology
University of Medicine and Dentistry of New Jersey
New Jersey Medical School
185 S. Orange Ave.
Newark, NJ 07103-2714
Contact: Dr. John Siegel at 973-972-4414 and Roger Faison at 973-972-4647

Department of Anatomy
Body Donation Program
University of Medicine and Dentistry of New Jersey
Robert Wood Johnson Medical School
Piscataway, NJ 08854
Contact: Susan Cole at 800-443-8211 or 732-235-5600

Department of Anatomy
School of Medicine
Basic Science Medical Building
University of New Mexico
Albuquerque, NM 87131
Phone: 505-272-5555

New York

Department of Anatomy
Anatomical Gift Program
Albany Medical College
47 New Scotland Ave.
Albany, NY 12208
Contact: Department of Continuing Education at 518-262-5828 or Anatomical Gift Program at 518-262-5379

Department of Anatomy
Cornell University Medical College
1300 York Ave.
New York, NY 10021
Contact: Body Donation Program at 212-746-5677

Department of Anatomy
New York Medical College
Basic Science Building
Valhalla, NY 10595
Contact: Dr. Matthew Pravetz at 914-594-4631 or the Department of Anatomy at 914-594-4025

Department of Anatomy and Cell Biology
State University of New York Health Science Center at Brooklyn
450 Clarkson Ave.
Brooklyn, NY 11203
Contact: Dr. Martin Levine at 718-270-7427

Department of Pathology and Anatomical Sciences
State University of New York–Buffalo School of Medicine and Biomedical Sciences
317 Farber Hall
Buffalo, NY 14214-3000
Contact: Dr. Ray Dannenhoffer at 716-829-2540 or rpd@buffalo.edu

Department of Anatomy
State University of New York Health Science Center at Syracuse
766 Irving Ave.
Syracuse, NY 13210
Contact: Richard Cherry at 315-464-6223

Department of Anatomy
Anatomical Gift Program
University of Rochester School of Medicine and Dentistry
601 Elmwood Ave.
Rochester, NY 14642
Contact: Edwin Sulewski at 716-275-2589

North Carolina

Department of Biological Anthropology and Anatomy
Duke University Medical Center
Box 3170 DUMC
Durham, NC 27710
Contact: Irene Lofstom at 919-684-4250

Department of Anatomy
East Carolina University School of Medicine
Greenville, NC 27834
Contact: John Lee Powers at 252-816-2843

Wake Forest University School of Medicine
Department of Neurobiology and Anatomy
1 Medical Center Blvd.
Winston-Salem, NC 27157-1010
Contact: Dr. Walter Bo at 336-716-4475

Ohio

Department of Anatomy
Case Western Reserve University
2119 Abington Rd.
Cleveland, OH 44106
Contact: Brian Kelly at 216-368-2255

Department of Anatomy and Neurobiology
Medical College of Ohio at Toledo
3035 Arlington Ave.
Toledo, OH 43614
Contact: Dr. Richard Lane at 419-383-4126

Human Anatomy Program
Northeastern Ohio Universities College of Medicine
Route 44
P.O. Box 95
Rootstown, OH 44272
Contact: Dr. Steve Ward at 330-325-2511, ext. 6294

Department of Anatomy
Ohio State University
333 W. Tenth Ave., Room 3184
Columbus, OH 43210
Contact: Don Kincaid at 614-292-4764

Department of Anatomy
University of Cincinnati College of Medicine
Bethesda Ave.
Cincinnati, OH 45267
Contact: Dr. Bob Drake at 513-558-5612

Donated Body Program
Department of Anatomy
Wright State University School of Medicine
Dayton, OH 45435
Contact: Dr. Nagy at 937-775-3066

Oklahoma

Department of Anatomy
Office of Willed Body Program
Basic Science Building, Room 100
University of Oklahoma College of Medicine
P.O. Box 26901
Oklahoma City, OK 73190
Contact: Pam Lawson at 405-271-2424, ext. 46283

Oregon

Body Donation Program
Oregon Health and Sciences University
3181 S.W. Sam Jackson Park Rd.
Portland, OR 97201
Contact: Margil Flores at 503-494-8302

Pennsylvania

Humanity Gifts Registry
130 S. Ninth St.
Philadelphia, PA 19107
Phone: 215-922-4440

Puerto Rico

Anatomical Board
University of Puerto Rico School of Medicine
Medical Sciences Campus
P.O. Box 365067
San Juan, PR 00936-5067
Contact: Petrona Benitez at 787-758-2525, ext. 1510, (fax) 787-282-6259, or pbenitez@rcm.upr.edu

Rhode Island

Department of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology
Brown University School of Medicine
97 Waterman St.
Providence, RI 02912
Contact: Dr. Ted Goslow at 401-863-1369 or 401-863-1077

South Carolina

Department of Developmental Biology and Anatomy
University of South Carolina School of Medicine
6439 Garnes Ferry S.
Columbia, SC 29208
Contact: Lance Paulman at 803-733-1563

Department of Anatomy and Structural Biology
University of South Dakota School of Medicine
1400 W. 22nd
Sioux Falls, SD 57105-1570
Contact: Paul Bliss at 605-677-5141

Tennessee

Department of Anatomy and Neurobiology
University of Tennessee, Memphis, College of Medicine
875 Monroe Ave.
Memphis, TN 38163
Contact: Dr. Randall Nelson at 901-448-5979

Texas State Anatomical Board
Department of Anatomy and Neurosciences
University of Texas Medical Branch
Galveston, TX 77550
Contact: Dr. Andrew Payer at 409-772-6433

Utah

Department of Neurobiology and Anatomy
Willed Body Program
University of Utah School of Medicine
50 N. Medical Dr., Room 401
Salt Lake City, UT 84132
Contact: Kerry Peterson at 801-581-6728

Virginia

State Anatomy Department
Contact: Sam Kerry at 804-786-2479

Department of Anatomy and Physiology
University of Washington School of Medicine
Box 356340
Seattle, WA 98195
Contact: Dr. Dan Graney at 206-543-1861

West Virginia

Department of Anatomy
West Virginia University School of Medicine
Box 9128
Morgantown, WV 26506
Contact: Susie Martin at 304-293-2212 or (fax) 304-293-8159

Wisconsin

Department of Cellular Biology, Neurobiology and Anatomy
Medical College of Wisconsin
8701 Watertown Plank Rd.
Milwaukee, WI 53226
Contact: Dr. David Bolender at 414-456-8261

Department of Anatomy
University of Wisconsin Medical School
1300 University Ave.
Madison, WI 53706
Contact: Ed Schultz at 608-263-2894

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