Partners MERI and Genesis push past COVID impact to continue medical training
Medical professionals practice procedures at Medical Education and Research Institute (MERI), a medical teaching, training school and bioskills lab located at 44 S. Cleveland St. in MIdtown. The cadavers on which surgeons practice procedures are acquired through Genesis Legacy Whole Body Donation Foundation. (Courtesy MERI)
COVID-19 resulted in fewer donations for Genesis Legacy Whole Body Donation Foundation, a non-transplant anatomic donation organization that shares space with the Medical Education and Research Institute.
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