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Enrolling in the OHSU Body Donation Program

" ...For how can I thank you now that you're gone? The question has troubled me for ever so long. I'll make the most of your choice and your passive teaching style. To learn all I can in our short while. Then I'll be ready, when my elder time comes. To share what I've learned with more of the young..." "

Excerpt from a poem written by an OHSU medical student

An increasing number of people are making arrangements to donate their bodies to medical science after death. They are performing a valuable service by contributing to the advancement of medical knowledge through hands-on education.

To become a body donor, please download the form:
Body Donation Form

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Mail the completed body donation form to:

Body Donation Program
Oregon Health & Science University
3181 SW Sam Jackson Park Road
School of Medicine, L341
Portland, Oregon 97239-3098

If you prefer to receive the form by mail, please request it by contacting:

Body Donation Program
email: donation@ohsu.edu
phone: (503)494-8302