Good News! Duke University Ends Live Animal Lab

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-----Forwarded Message----- PCRM Research Program Coordinator Ryan Merkley Apr 16, 2007 10:45 AM margaret.morin Duke University Ends Live Animal Lab

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Dear friend of PCRM,

We have wonderful news from North Carolina: I am happy to report that Duke University School of Medicine recently confirmed that it has stopped using live pigs in its third-year surgery course. This means that only 13 medical schools (of 125) continue to use live animals in medical student courses. PCRM physicians worked hard to explain the educational and ethical advantages of non-animal alternatives to the school, and Duke deserves praise for this wise and compassionate decision.

But we still need your help. Five medical schools continue to use live animals in surgery courses. Please send a polite e-mail to these schools and ask them to follow Duke’s lead and stop using live animals to teach surgery. You can send an e-mail or write to the five medical schools that use live animals for surgery courses at the addresses below:

Stony Brook University Health Sciences Center School of Medicine Richard Fine, M.D., DeanThe Health Sciences Level 4Stony Brook, NY 11794-8430T: 631-444-1785Richard.Fine

Johns Hopkins University School of MedicineEdward D. Miller, M.D., Dean School of Medicine733 North BroadwayBaltimore, MD 21205T: 410-955-3180emiller

University of Tennessee College of MedicineSteve J. Schwab, M.D., Executive Dean62 South Dunlap St., Room 405Memphis, TN 38163T: 901-448-5529sschwab

Case Western Reserve University School of MedicinePamela B. Davis, M.D., Ph.D., Interim Dean10900 Euclid Ave, BRB 113Cleveland, OH 44106T: 216-368-2825pbd

Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences School of MedicineLarry Laughlin, M.D., Ph.D., Dean4301 Jones Bridge Rd.Bethesda, MD 20814T: 301-295-3016llaughlin

Medical faculty and practicing physicians know that students do not need to train on live animals to become successful physicians or surgeons. In fact, last year the American College of Surgeons (ACS) stopped using live animals in any of its own surgery educational and training programs. It also established a new certification program, the Accredited Education Institutes, which does not include live animal use in its surgery training guidelines. In addition, the American Medical Student Association recently took a major step toward modernizing medical education by passing a resolution strongly encouraging the replacement of live animal laboratories with non-animal alternatives in undergraduate medical education.

Learn more about the use of animals in medical education. Thank you so much for your support and for your compassion for animals. If you have any questions or comments, please feel free to contact me at rmerkley.

 

 

 

 

 

Best regards,

 

Ryan MerkleyResearch Program Coordinator

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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