Thousands of doctors train in Memphis each year on human cadavers
Medical Education & Research Institute Executive Director Jason Owens leads a unique lab here in Memphis where researchers can test their biomedical innovations and devices on donated human cadavers. (Jim Weber/Daily Memphian)
Memphis has become a mecca for medical training and medical device development partially due to the number of readily available human cadavers in the Medical District.
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Michelle Corbet covers business for The Daily Memphian. Prior to, she was a reporter at the Memphis Business Journal. A native Memphian and University of Memphis graduate, Michelle covered business in Conway, Arkansas after college. Michelle got her start covering business as an intern at The Commercial Appeal.
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