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 United States 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 Road
Bethesda, MD 20814
T: 301-295-3016
llaughlin@usuhs.mil

MISSISSIPPI

University of Mississippi Medical Center
James E. Keeton, M.D.
Vice Chancellor for Health Affairs and Dean of the School of Medicine
2500 North State St.
Jackson, MS 39216
E-mail: jkeeton@umc.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 Road
Portland, OR 97239
T: 503-494-8220
richardma@ohsu.edu

TENNESSEE

University of Tennessee Health Science Center College of Medicine (Chattanooga campus only)
Steve Schwab, M.D.
Executive Dean
T: 901-448-5529

VIRGINIA

University of Virginia School of Medicine
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WISCONSIN

Medical College of Wisconsin
Joseph E. Kerschner, M.D., Dean
8701 Watertown Plank Road
Milwaukee, WI 53226
jkerschner@mcw.edu