Learn about the Anatomical Gift Program at Elon University

Founding Director of Elon University's Anatomical Gift Program will be joining us for a talk about details of the history and current practice of body donation.

Dianne Person is the public relations expert on anatomical donation that advances the institutional interests and acts in the best interest of the donor(s) and their family.  She has been directly involved in the field of anatomical donation for close to 25 years. Dianne's graduate work focused on Death, Dying, Palliative Care, Grief, and the Healing Arts. She has been a member of the American Association of Clinical Anatomists' Anatomical Services Special Interest Group since 2005, a member of the Anatomical Services Committee, a member of the American Association for Anatomy and the Bioethics Committee since 2019, and a member of the Association for Death Education and Counseling since 2018. Dianne contributed to 'Best Practices for Willed Body Programs' and created a 'Checklist for Institutional Self-Review of an Anatomical Gift Program.' Dianne and her Elon colleagues are published in the Anatomical Sciences Journal entitled, Regarding the Dead: A Model for Anatomical Gifting Outside the Traditional Medical School Setting and more recently, Anatomical Gift Programs Continue to Meet Donor Demands of Anatomy Educators During the COVID‐19 Pandemic: Here's How published in the Federation of American Societies for Experimental Biology journal.

She is recognized nationally among Willed Body Program Directors for several years of dedication to the field. Dianne's commitment positions Elon University's Anatomical Gift Program as beyond reproach for its sensitivity, caring, humanity, and respect. She is primarily responsible for the program's development. She considers its gold-standard reputation derived from the strong ethics and commitment of the ENTIRE Anatomical Gift Program Team in the School of Health Sciences, Drs Cope, Bennett, Balilionis, Zimmerman, and she.