Gratitude ceremonies give students and faculty members a chance to recognize the sacrifice of those who gave their bodies for medical research and education, and the loved ones they left behind.
Honoring the Body Donors Who Are a Medical Student’s ‘First Patient’ (Links to an external site)
![Nivedita Ravi and Ryan Cohen, students at Columbia University’s medical school, performed in April at a gratitude ceremony honoring people who had donated their bodies to be studied in the school’s anatomy lab.](https://neuroscience.wustl.edu/wp-content/uploads/2023/05/body-donor-header-300x200.png)