Susan Christina Potter (born Witschel; 25 December 1927 – 16 February 2015[1]) was a cancer survivor, a disability rights activist and a body donor for the Visible Human Project.

[1] For nearly two decades,[2] National Geographic documented the story of Susan Potter and Dr. Victor M. Spitzer, the director of the Center for Human Simulation at the University of Colorado Anschutz Medical Campus who led the NIH-funded project, releasing a video documentary in 2018.

[3] By the time Potter met Spitzer in 2000, she had gone through 26 surgeries and had been diagnosed with melanoma, breast cancer and diabetes:[4] her participation in the Visible Human Project marked a significant departure from the original goals of the project, which up until then had only focused on the dissection and imaging of healthy bodies.

[1] When in the early 2000s, the National Geographic magazine started covering her story, Potter had been in a major car accident, used a wheelchair, and was expected to die within a year.

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