February 22, 2019 | Glendale, AZ

Midwestern University’s Heather Smith, Ph.D., Director of Anatomical Laboratories and the Body Donation Program and Associate Professor of Anatomy, was featured as a guest expert in a new documentary, "The Secret History of Our Evolution - Part 2,” discussing her research team’s findings on the purpose of the appendix.

 Dr. Smith's segment appears at the 17:45 timestamp. View the documentary on YouTube here.