In late August, construction crews completed the long-anticipated overhaul of Daemen’s Gross Anatomy lab in Schenck Hall. The new facility, funded in part through generous donors, will offer an exceptional learning environment for students in the health sciences. The renovation was completed on schedule for the new semester. The first Physician Assistant and Physical Therapy students who entered the lab expressed enthusiasm for the dramatic transformation of the space and how it will advance their knowledge of human anatomy.
The lab features fourteen new cadaver dissection tables, each equipped with an operatory surgical light for dissection and structure viewing. An operating room epoxy floor supports a new autopsy sink. Real-time streaming technology allows for live dissection video or 3D anatomy software to be projected to seven large TVs in the lab for ease of viewing.
An adjacent annex with swipe card access will serve as a study room for graduate PA and PT students and features comfortable seating, anatomical models, two large white boards, and an 85” LED monitor for projecting 3D anatomy software.
“I am extremely proud of the collaborative team effort that resulted in this state-of-the-art renovation to the gross anatomy lab,” said Greg Ford, dean of the Scott Bieler College of Health Professions, “All that the lab and study room offers our health professions students will transform vital foundational human anatomy knowledge into healing for our students’ future patients.”
Anyone interested in supporting the gross anatomy lab project can donate by visiting Daemen’s website.
