Thank you Governor Maura Healey for proclaiming May 7 as Brain Donor Awareness Day in the great Commonwealth of Massachusetts!
Brain donation is the most generous gift a patient and their family can give to research. Being able to examine brain tissue from a post-mortem donor helps scientists discover new ways to treat and cure many neurological conditions. The results of a brain autopsy can provide families with the knowledge of their loved one’s condition since many diseases that affect the brain can only be diagnosed with certainty by the examination of brain tissue after death.
If you or your loved one is a patient at the MGH FTD Unit and are interested in learning more about brain donation, contact us at [email protected].
If you are not connected with the MGH FTD Unit, you can learn more at https://www.madrc.org/brain-autopsy-and-donation-information/.