Ethics in Medical Education

Medical School Curricula with Live Animal Laboratories

Below is a list of U.S. medical schools that still use live animals to teach basic concepts in human physiology, pharmacology, and/or surgery. More than 90 percent of all U.S. medical schools, including Harvard, Stanford and Yale, have eliminated these old-fashioned laboratories in favor of modern, cost-effective and humane alternatives. Please write to your local universities and alma mater to express your concerns about these crude exercises.

Please note that this list includes only schools that use live animal laboratories to train medical students, and does not refer to basic research that may be conducted at medical schools and universities.

MARYLAND

Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine
Edward D. Miller, M.D.
733 North Broadway
Baltimore, MD, 21205
T: 410-955-3180
emiller@jhmi.edu

Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences School of Medicine
Larry Laughlin, M.D., Ph.D., Dean
4301 Jones Bridge Rd.
Bethesda, MD 20814
T: 301-295-3016
llaughlin@usuhs.mil

 

MINNESOTA

University of Minnesota Medical School
Deborah E. Powell, M.D.
Dean and Assistant Vice President for Clinical Affairs
420 Delaware St. SE
6th Floor Mayo, Mayo Mail Code 293
Minneapolis, MN 55455
T: 612-626-4949
dpowell@umn.edu

MISSISSIPPI

University of Mississippi School of Medicine
Daniel W. Jones, M.D., Ph.D.
2500 N. State St.
Jackson, MS 39216-4505
T: 601-984-1010
djones@ovc.umsmed.edu

NORTH CAROLINA

The Brody School of Medicine at East Carolina University
David Musick, M.D.
Associate Dean for Medical Education
Greenville, NC 27834
T: 252-744-2149 
musickd@ecu.edu

OHIO

Case Western Reserve University School of Medicine
Pamela B. Davis, M.D., Ph.D., Interim Dean
10900 Euclid Ave, BRB 113
Cleveland, OH 44106
T: 216-368-2825
pbd@case.edu

OREGON

Oregon Health & Science University School of Medicine
Mark A. Richardson, M.D., M.Sc.B., M.B.A.
Dean, OHSU School of Medicine
Office of the Dean, Mail code: L102
3181 SW Sam Jackson Park Rd.
Portland, OR 97239
T: 503-494-8220
richardma@ohsu.edu

TENNESSEE

University of Tennessee College of Medicine
Steve J. Schwab, M.D., Executive Dean
62 South Dunlap St., Room 405
Memphis, TN 38163
T: 901-448-5529
sschwab@utmem.edu

WISCONSIN

Medical College of Wisconsin
Allen Cowley, Jr., Ph.D., Chair
Department of Physiology
8701 Watertown Plank Rd.
Milwaukee, WI 53226
T: 414-456-8277
cowley@mcw.edu

University of Wisconsin School of Medicine and Public Health
Robert N. Golden, M.D.
Dean and Vice Chancellor for Medical Affairs
Madison, WI 53706
T: 608-263-4900
rngolden@wisc.edu

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