BMS 202 - Anatomy/Physiology Laboratory
BMS 208 - Human Anatomy
BMS 309 - Human Cadaver Lab
BMS 450/550 - Human Histology
BMS 460L - Regional Human Anatomy

Research Associate, City University of New York
Postdoctoral Fellow, National Eye Institute, NIH
Ph.D., Wayne State University School of Medicine
B.S., Oakland University, Biology

I am the current director of the GVSU Plastination Lab. We produce plastinated anatomical specimens (both human and animal) for use in Biomedical Sciences and Biology laboratory courses. Each specimen needs to be meticulously dissected before the process of plastination begins. Most of these dissections are performed by GVSU students. After the specimens have been plastinated, they require positioning to best demonstrate their various structures. Finally, the ‘plastic’ in the specimens needs to be hardened. When all is complete, we have created a marvelous teaching resource that, with gentle handling, can be used for many years.

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