Photo Gallery: Health Science Center Medical Students Get Hands-On Experience In Anatomy Lab

Arlington TX

28 March, 2022

5:57 PM

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By Cristian ArguetaSoto, Fort Worth Report March 27, 2022 The University of North Texas Health Science Center has one of the largest anatomy labs in Texas. John Peter Smith Hospital trauma surgeon Dr. Rajesh R. Gandhi helped guide 12 medical school students March 23 through multiple surgical procedures in an anatomy lab. The students' subjects were donated cadavers. In a cadaver-based anatomy course their first year, Health Science Center students study previously dissected cadavers. In their fourth year, they practice the dissections on the cadavers. "We usually don't do a lot of fresh cadaver work, but we have in the past. It's not too different for us," Tommy Wright, a graduating student, said. To read the full article, click here. Fort Worth Report is a nonpartisan, nonprofit news organization that produces factual, in-depth journalism about city and county government, schools, healthcare, business, and arts and culture in Tarrant County. Always free to read; subscribe to newsletters, read coverage or support our newsroom at fortworthreport.org.