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UPDATE: Multiple Med Schools Evolve To Animal-Free Teaching Tools
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• 11/26/07: New York Medical College Drops Live Dog Lab
• 11/26/07: Washington University Med School Ends Pig Lab
• 8/31/07: Saint Louis University Phases Out Live Pig Lab
• 11/7/06: University of Rochester Loses Its Live Pig Labs
• 7/19/06: University of Illinois & East Tennessee State University Evolve To Animal-Free Research

In many lettering-writing campaigns, Kinship Circle targets more than 20 medical schools with live animal labs in physiology, pharmacology, and/or surgery curricula. We stress that old-fashioned animal labs not only numb students to pain and suffering, but also dissuade them from learning about more applicable human-focused technologies. Schools that have ditched animal experimentation in favor of advanced non- animal systems include:

New York Medical College (NYMC) announces it will replace live dog lab for a first-year physiology course with non-animal alternatives. Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis, ranked no. 4 among U.S. med schools, terminates use of pigs in a student cardiovascular lab.

Kinship Circle's letter-writing campaign to St. Louis University School of Medicine brings thousands of comments to the dean's desk — asking for termination of a cardiovascular physiology pig lab in which students inject pharmaceuticals into anesthetized pigs who are killed after the drill. A rebuttal from the dean of the school of medicine at Saint Louis University states: "As of August 15, 2007...animals are no longer used for teaching purposes in the M.D. curriculum of our School of Medicine."

Kinship Circle letter writers ask the University of Rochester School of Medicine to discontinue a course in which students operate on pigs who are destroyed at the end of the drill. The medical school upgrades to contemporary surgical simulators and other non-animal teaching tools.

The University of Illinois and East Tennessee State University - James Quillen College Of Medicine vow to eliminate animal labs from their curricula. East Tennessee State University will no longer use live pigs in its third-year clerkship. Instead, they'll use simulation technology available on campus.

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Help End Live Animal Labs in Medical Schools

WORLD WEEK FOR ANIMALS IN LABORATORIES, APRIL 23-30

"My [animal] research had only shown an already known phenomenon... it was completely useless because the conditions under which the animals were studied didn't correspond to the human condition to which I considered applying the result..."
Dr. Roger E. Ulrich, American behaviorist psychologist, former animal experimenter
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CONTACT INFORMATION
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University of California, San Diego, School of Medicine
Edward W. Holmes, M.D., Dean
Pepper Canyon Hall Room 464; 9500 Gilman Drive; La Jolla, California 92093-0602
ph: 858-534-1501; email: lfelix@ucsd.edu

Georgetown University School of Medicine
Stephen Ray Mitchell, M.D., Dean
3900 Reservoir Rd., N.W.; Washington, DC 20057
ph: 202-687-1612; email: mitchelr@georgetown.edu

Louisiana State University at New Orleans School of Medicine
Larry H. Hollier, M.D.
533 Bolivar, Suite 362; New Orleans, LA 70112
ph: 504-568-4007; email: lhholl@lsuhsc.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
ph: 301-295-3016; email: llaughlin@usuhs.mil

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

St. Louis University School of Medicine
Patricia Monteleone, M.D., Dean
1402 S. Grand Blvd.; St. Louis, MO 63104
ph: 314-577-8201; email: montelpl@slu.edu

Sinai School of Medicine
Kenneth L. Davis, M.D., Dean
One Gustave L. Levy Pl.; New York, NY 10029-6574
ph: 212-659-9003; email: kenneth.davis@mssm.edu

New York Medical College
Ralph A. O'Connell, M.D., Dean
Administration Bldg.; Valhalla, NY 10595
ph: 914-594-4000; email: oconnell@nymc.edu

Stony Brook University Health Sciences Center School of Medicine
Richard N. Fine, M.D., Dean
Health Sciences Center, School of Medicine
Nicholls Rd.; Stony Brook, NY 11790
ph: 631-444-2080; email: Richard.fine@stonybrook.edu

University of Rochester School of Medicine
David S. Guzick, M.D., Ph.D., Dean
601 Elmwood Ave., Box 706; Rochester, NY 14642
ph: 585-275-0017; email: david_guzick@urmc.rochester.edu

Duke University School of Medicine
R. Sanders Williams, M.D., Dean
Box 2927 Med Center; Durham, NC 27710
ph: 919-684-2455; email: r.s.williams@duke.edu

East Carolina University-The Brody School of Medicine
Cynda Johnson, M.D., Dean
600 Moye Blvd.; Greenville, NC 27834
ph: 252-744-2201; email: johnsoncyn@mail.ecu.edu

Case Western Reserve University School of Medicine
Ralph I. Horwitz, M.D., Dean
10900 Euclid Ave, BRB 113; Cleveland, OH 44106-4915
ph: 216-368-2825; email: rih1@po.cwru.edu

University of Tennessee, Memphis, College of Medicine
UT Health Science Center; 62 S. Dunlap, Suite 400; Memphis, TN 38163
ph: 901-448-5543; email: hherrod@utmem.edu

Texas A&M Health Science Center College of Medicine
Christopher C. Colenda, M.D., M.P.H., Dean
159 Reynolds Medical Bldg.; College Station, TX 77843-1114
ph: 979-845-3431; email: colenda@medicine.tamhsc.edu

University of Texas Medical School at San Antonio
William L. Henrich, M.D., M.A.C.P., Dean
7703 Floyd Curl Dr.; San Antonio, TX 78229-3900
ph: 210-567-4422; email: henrich@uthscsa.edu

Medical College of Wisconsin
Michael J. Dunn, Dean
8701 Watertown Plank Rd.; Milwaukee, WI 53226
ph: 414-456-8213; email: mdunn@mcw.edu

University of Wisconsin Medical School
Philip M. Farrell, M.D., Dean
1300 University Ave.; Madison, WI 53706
ph: 608-263-4910; email: pmfarrel@facstaff.wisc.edu

ALL EMAILS IN THIS ALERT
lfelix@ucsd.edu, mitchelr@georgetown.edu, lhholl@lsuhsc.edu, llaughlin@usuhs.mil, djones@ovc.umsmed.edu, kenneth.davis@mssm.edu, oconnell@nymc.edu, Richard.fine@stonybrook.edu, r.s.williams@duke.edu, johnsoncyn@mail.ecu.edu, rih1@po.cwru.edu, hherrod@utmem.edu, colenda@medicine.tamhsc.edu, henrich@uthscsa.edu, mailto:mdunn@mcw.edu, pmfarrel@facstaff.wisc.edu

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