New York
Union University
Albany Medical College
47 New Scotland Ave.
Albany, NY 12208
518-262-5379
www.amc.edu/AnatomicalGift/index.html
Moderate to high need
Cost to family: transportation beyond 130 miles
Prior enrollment: not required
Over-enrollment: shared
Disposition: cremation; return of cremains by request
Body rejection: decomposition, contagious and communicable diseases, trauma, obesity, emaciation
Yeshiva University
Albert Einstein College of Medicine
1300 Morris Park Avenue
Bronx, NY 10461
718-430-3142
www.einstein.yu.edu/asb/page.aspx?id=13664
Always needed
Cost to family: transportation beyond 50 miles or out of state
Prior enrollment: not required
Over-enrollment: shared
Disposition: cremation; return of cremains by request
Body rejection: standard*
SUNY Downstate Medical Center
Depart. Cell Biology – Box 5
450 Clarkson Avenue
Brooklyn NY 11203
718-270-1419
www.downstate.edu/cellbiology/gift.html
Moderate need
Cost to family: transportation beyond five city boroughs, Long Island and adjacent counties
Prior enrollment: preferred
Over-enrollment: shared
Disposition: cremation; return of cremains by request
Body rejection: standard,* previous embalming
S.U.N.Y
Anatomical Gift Program
225 Farber Hall, Rm. 225
3435 Main Street
Buffalo, NY 14214-3000
716-829-2913
http://wings.buffalo.edu/smbs/agp/
Moderate need
Cost to family: transportation beyond 100 miles
Prior enrollment: preferred
Over-enrollment: shared
Disposition: cremation; return of cremains by request
Body rejection: standard,* previous embalming
NY Chiropractic College
Glen Head, NY 11545
Repeated requests for information have not been returned from this school.
City University of NY, Mt. Sinai
New York, NY 10029
Repeated requests for information have not been returned from this school.
Columbia University
College of Physicians and Surgeons
630 West 168th St.
New York, NY 10032
212-305-3451
Cost to family: transportation beyond 100 miles
Prior enrollment: not required
Over-enrollment: shared
Disposition: cremation; return of cremains by request and at the expense of the family
Body rejection: standard,* under 21, previous embalming
Weill Cornell Medical College
Division of Anatomy
1300 York Ave. Box 47
New York, NY 10065
212-746-5677
http://weill.cornell.edu/education/programs/ bod_don_pro.html
Moderate to high need
Cost to family: transportation beyond 60 miles
Prior enrollment: not required
Over-enrollment: not occurred
Disposition: cremation; return of cremains by request
Body rejection: standard*
New York University
School of Medicine
New York, NY 10016
212-263-5378
Always needed
Cost to family: transportation outside Manhattan, case by case
Prior enrollment: not required
Over-enrollment: not occurred
Disposition: burial or cremation; return by request
Body rejection: standard,* previous embalming
New York Institute of Technology
New York College of Osteopathic Med.
Old Westbury, NY 11568
Repeated requests for information have not been returned from this school.
University of Rochester
School of Medicine
601 Elmwood Avenue
Rochester, New York 14642
585-275-2592 eves: 585-275-2270
www.urmc.rochester.edu/smd/education/oer/forms/ anatomical_gift_program/index.cfm
Moderate need
Cost to family: transportation outside Monroe Co.
Prior enrollment: not required
Over-enrollment: not occurred
Disposition: cremation; return of cremains by request
Body rejection: standard,* obesity
S.U.N.Y
School of Medicine
Stonybrook, NY 11794
631-444-3111
www.anat.stonybrook.edu/grossanatomy/ bodydonation
Moderate need
Cost to family: transportation outside Long Island
Prior enrollment: not required
Over-enrollment: shared
Disposition: cremation; return of cremains by request
Body rejection: standard,* under 16, previous embalming, obesity
S.U.N.Y
Health Sciences Center/Syracuse
Dept. of Anatomy & Cell Biology
750 E. Adams St.
Syracuse, NY 13210
315-464-4348
Moderate need
Cost to family: transportation over 100 miles but check first
Prior enrollment: preferred
Over-enrollment: shared
Disposition: cremation; return of cremains by request
Body rejection: standard,* under 18, obesity
New York Medical College
Dept. of Cell Biology & Anatomy
Valhalla, NY 10595
914-594-4025
845-735-4849 nights/weekends
www.nymc.edu/depthome/academic/ cellbio/body_bequeathal.asp
Urgent need
Cost to family: transportation beyond 50 miles
Prior enrollment: not required
Over-enrollment: not occurred
Disposition: cremation; return of cremains by request
Body rejection: standard,* previous embalming, obesity, recent surgery
* autopsy, decomposition, mutilation, severe burn victim, meningitis, hepatitis, AIDS, and other contagious or communicable diseases
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