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Former Military Medical Personnel Call for Change

A Purple Heart recipient who risked his life to save fallen Marines is speaking out against the military’s use of animals in trauma training—and so are 16 other former military physicians, medics, and nurses. The following former military medical personnel have signed PCRM’s legal petition requesting that Department of Defense officials require that existing alternative methods replace the use of live vervet monkeys in chemical casualty care training courses, as well as the use of live goats, pigs, and any other animals in combat trauma training courses.

Thomas J. Poulton, M.D., F.A.A.P.,
F.A.C.P., F.C.C.M., F.C.C.P.
LCDR, Medical Corps, USNR (Ret.)
Professor of Pediatrics and Surgery
Marshall University School of Medicine
Huntington, W.Va.

Charles J. Rosciam, M.H.A.
CAPT, Medical Service Corps, USN (Ret.)
Jacksonville, Fla.

Marion Balsam, M.D.
RADM, Medical Corps, USN (Ret.)
Bethesda, Md.

Douglas Bell, M.D.
CPT, Medical Corps, USA (Ret.)
Honolulu, Hawaii

Wendy Bernstein, M.D.
COL, Medical Corps, USA (Ret.)
Rockville, Md.

Drew Brodsky, M.D.
Former MAJ, Medical Corps, USA
Osterville, Mass.

Ronald Burmeister, M.D.
LCDR, Medical Corps, USN (Ret.)
Rockford, Ill.

Yvonne A. Carson, R.N.
Former MAJ, Nurse Corps, USAR
Columbia, S.C.

 

Paul Corrao, M.D.
LCDR, Medical Corps, USNR (Ret.)
Lewiston, Maine

Ralph Charles Fenwick
Former Combat Corpsman, USN
Former Medic, USAF
Director, Medical Corps
Lowell, Ohio

John P. Gluck, Ph.D.
Former CPT, Medical Service Corp., USAR
Albuquerque, N.M.

Maureen Hackett, M.D.
Maj, Medical Service, USAF (Ret.)
Minnetonka, Minn.

Joel Mack, M.D., F.A.C.S.
LT, Medical Corps, USNR (Ret.)
Bakersfield, Calif.

George Mayo, M.D.
LCDR, Medical Corps, USNR (Ret.)
Huntington Beach, Calif.

Rich McLellan, M.D.
Former Private, USAR
Los Angeles, Calif.

Kimberly J. Stone, M.D.
LCDR, Medical Corps, USN (Ret.)
Chesapeake, Va.

Jonathan Vordermark, M.D.
COL, Medical Corps, USA (Ret.)
Lubbock, Texas

 

 


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