Cats and other animals are often used to practice medical procedures.
The Medical College of Wisconsin and the University of Virginia School of Medicine have announced they will end the use of laboratory animals in training medical students. With the advent of sophisticated technology, no student preparing for a career in human medicine ought ever to be training on live nonhuman animals.
However, there are still five schools in the United States that use laboratory animals to train medical students.
Send notes of thanks to the Medical College of Wisconsin and the University of Virginia School of Medicine thanking them for joining with the majority of medical schools in disbanding the use of laboratory animals in training medical students.
Take a moment too to write to the five schools where laboratory animals are still being used.
Schools Not Using Laboratory Animals
John R. Raymond, Sr., MD
President and CEO
Medical College of Wisconsin
8701 Watertown Plank Road
Milwaukee, WI 53226
414-955-8296
Steven T. DeKosky, M.D.,
Vice President and Dean of the School of Medicine
University of Virginia School of Medicine
PO Box 800793
Charlottesville, VA 22908
434-924-5118
Schools Using Laboratory Animals
Edward D. Miller, M.D.
Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine
733 North Broadway
Baltimore, MD 21205
Tele. No.: 410-955-3180
Larry Laughlin, M.D., Ph.D., Dean
Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences School of Medicine
4301 Jones Bridge Road
Bethesda, MD 20814
Tele. No.: 301-295-3016
James E. Keeton, M.D.
Vice Chancellor for Health Affairs and Dean of the School of Medicine
University of Mississippi Medical Center
2500 North State St.
Jackson, MS 39216
Mark A. Richardson, M.D., M.Sc.B., M.B.A.
Dean, OHSU School of Medicine
Oregon Health & Science University School of Medicine
Office of the Dean, Mail Code: L102
3181 SW Sam Jackson Park Road
Portland, OR 97239
Tele. No.: 503-494-8220
Steve Schwab, M.D.
Executive Dean
University of Tennessee Health Science Center College of Medicine (Chattanooga campus only)
920 Madison Avenue
Memphis, TN 38103
Tele. No.: 901-448-5529
