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Survey of Pediatrics Residencies

Animal Use in Pediatrics Residency Programs in the United States and Canada: An Ongoing Survey

Updated: April 9, 2020

Programs Using Animals (None)

*Currently, there are no known live animal labs as part of pediatrics resident training.

​Programs Using Only Nonanimal Methods* (225)

UNITED STATES

Alabama (2)

  • University of Alabama Medical Center – Birmingham
  • University of South Alabama – Mobile

Arizona (2)

  • Phoenix Children's Hospital – Phoenix
  • University of Arizona College of Medicine – Tucson

Arkansas (1)

  • University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences – Little Rock

California (16)

  • Children’s Hospital-Oakland – Oakland
  • Children’s Hospital of Los Angeles – Los Angeles
  • Kaiser Permanente Northern California – Oakland
  • Kaiser Permanente Southern California (Los Angeles) – Los Angeles
  • Loma Linda University Health Education Consortium – Loma Linda
  • Los Angeles County-Harbor-UCLA Medical Center – Torrance
  • Naval Medical Center (San Diego) – San Diego
  • Stanford Health Care-Sponsored Stanford University – Palo Alto
  • University of California Davis Health – Sacramento
  • University of California (Irvine)/Children’s Hospital of Orange County –  Orange
  • University of California Los Angeles David Geffen School of Medicine/UCLA Medical Center – Los Angeles
  • University of California (San Diego) Medical Center – San Diego
  • University of California (San Francisco)/Fresno – Fresno
  • University of California (San Francisco) – San Francisco
  • University of Southern California/LAC+USC Medical Center – Los Angeles
  • Valley Children’s Healthcare – Madera

Colorado (1)

  • University of Colorado – Aurora

Connecticut (2)

  • University of Connecticut – Hartford
  • Yale-New Haven Medical Center – New Haven

Delaware (1)

  • Sidney Kimmel Medical College at Thomas Jefferson University/DuPont Hospital for Children – Wilmington

District of Columbia (2)

  • Children’s National Medical Center – Washington
  • MedStar Health/Georgetown University Hospital – Washington

Florida (12)

  • AdventHealth Orlando – Orlando
  • Broward Health Medical Center – Ft. Lauderdale
  • HCA Healthcare/East Florida Division GME/Palms West Hospital – Loxahatchee
  • Johns Hopkins All Children’s Hospital – St. Petersburg
  • Memorial Healthcare System (Hollywood, Florida) – Hollywood
  • Nicklaus Children’s Hospital – Miami
  • University of Florida College of Medicine Jacksonville – Jacksonville
  • University of Florida – Gainesville
  • University of Florida (Orlando)/Orlando Health – Orlando
  • University of Florida (Pensacola)  – Pensacola
  • University of Miami/Jackson Health System – Miami
  • University of South Florida Morsani – Tampa

Georgia (5)

  • Emory University School of Medicine – Atlanta
  • HCA Healthcare/Mercer University School of Medicine/Memorial Health University Medical Center – Savannah
  • Medical Center of Central Georgia/Mercer University School of Medicine – Macon
  • Medical College of Georgia – Augusta
  • Morehouse School of Medicine – Atlanta

Hawaii (2)

  • Tripler Army Medical Center – Honolulu
  • University of Hawaii – Honolulu

Illinois (10)

  • Advocate Health Care (Advocate Children’s Hospital/Oak Lawn) – Oak Lawn
  • Advocate Health Care (Advocate Children’s Hospital/Park Ridge) – Park Ridge
  • Cook County Health and Hospitals System – Chicago
  • Loyola University Medical Center – Maywood
  • McGaw Medical Center of Northwestern University – Chicago
  • Rush University Medical Center – Chicago
  • Southern Illinois University – Springfield
  • University of Chicago – Chicago
  • University of Illinois College of Medicine at Chicago – Chicago
  • University of Illinois College of Medicine at Peoria – Peoria

Indiana (2)

  • Indiana University School of Medicine – Indianapolis
  • St. Vincent Hospital and Health Care Center – Indianapolis

Iowa (2)

  • Central Iowa Health System (Iowa Methodist Medical Center) – Des Moines
  • University of Iowa Hospitals and Clinics – Iowa City

Kansas (2)

  • University of Kansas School of Medicine – Kansas City
  • University of Kansas (Wichita) – Wichita

Kentucky (2)

  • University of Kentucky College of Medicine – Lexington
  • University of Louisville School of Medicine – Louisville

Louisiana (4)

  • Louisiana State University – New Orleans
  • Louisiana State University (Shreveport) – Shreveport
  • Our Lady of the Lake – Baton Rouge
  • Tulane University – New Orleans

Maine (1)

  • Maine Medical Center – Portland

Maryland (4)

  • Johns Hopkins University – Baltimore
  • National Capital Consortium – Bethesda
  • Sinai Hospital of Baltimore – Baltimore
  • University of Maryland – Baltimore

Massachusetts (5)

  • Children's Hospital/Boston Medical Center – Boston
  • Massachusetts General Hospital – Boston
  • Tufts Medical Center – Boston
  • University of Massachusetts Medical School (UMMS)/Baystate Medical Center – Springfield
  • University of Massachusetts – Worcester

Michigan (9)

  • Ascension St. John Hospital – Detroit

  • Beaumont Health (Royal Oak) – Royal Oak

  • Children’s Hospital of Michigan – Detroit
  • Detroit Wayne County Health Authority (Authority Health) Graduate Medical Education Consortium – Detroit
  • Hurley Medical Center/Michigan State University – Flint
  • Michigan State University/Sparrow Health – Lansing
  • Spectrum Health/Michigan State University/Helen DeVos Children's Hospital – Grand Rapids
  • University of Michigan Health System – Ann Arbor
  • Western Michigan University Homer Stryker M.D. School of Medicine – Kalamazoo

Minnesota (2)

  • Mayo Clinic College of Medicine and Science (Rochester) – Rochester
  • University of Minnesota – Minneapolis

Mississippi (1)

  • University of Mississippi Medical Center – Jackson

Missouri (4)

  • Children’s Mercy Hospital – Kansas City
  • St. Louis University School of Medicine – St. Louis
  • University of Missouri-Columbia – Columbia
  • Washington University/Barnes-Jewish Hospital/St. Louis Children’s Hospital Consortium – St. Louis

Nebraska (1)

  • University of Nebraska Medical Center College of Medicine – Omaha

Nevada (1)

  • University of Nevada Las Vegas (UNLV) School of Medicine – Las Vegas

New Hampshire (1)

  • Dartmouth-Hitchcock/Mary Hitchcock Memorial Hospital – Lebanon

New Jersey (10)

  • Atlantic Health/Goryeb Children’s Hospital – Morristown
  • Cooper Medical School of Rowan University/Cooper University Hospital - Camden
  • Hackensack University Medical Center – Hackensack
  • Jersey Shore University Medical Center – Neptune
  • Monmouth Medical Center – Long Branch
  • Newark Beth Israel Medical Center – Newark
  • Rutgers New Jersey Medical School – Newark
  • Rutgers Robert Wood Johnson Medical School – New Brunswick
  • Saint Peter’s University Hospital – New Brunswick
  • St. Joseph’s University Medical Center – Paterson

New Mexico (1)

  • University of New Mexico School of Medicine – Albuquerque

New York (31)

  •  Albany Medical Center – Albany
  • BronxCare Health System – Bronx
  • Brookdale University Hospital and Medical Center – Brooklyn
  • Brooklyn Hospital Center – Brooklyn
  • Flushing Hospital Medical Center – Flushing
  • Good Samaritan Hospital Medical Center – West Islip
  • Harlem Hospital Center – New York
  • Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai (Kravis Children’s) – New York
  •  Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai (NYC Health and Hospitals: Elmhurst) – Elmhurst
  • Jacobi Medical Center/Albert Einstein College of Medicine – Bronx
  • Lincoln Medical and Mental Health Center – Bronx
  • Maimonides Medical Center/Infants and Children’s Hospital of Brooklyn – Brooklyn
  • Montefiore Medical Center/Albert Einstein College of Medicine – Bronx
  • Nassau University Medical Center –  East Meadow
  • New York Medical College (Metropolitan) – New York
  • New York-Presbyterian Brooklyn Methodist Hospital – Brooklyn
  • New York Presbyterian Hospital (Columbia Campus) – New York
  • New York Presbyterian Hospital (Cornell Campus) – New York
  • New York University (NYU) Grossman School of Medicine – New York
  • New York University (NYU) Winthrop Hospital – Mineola
  • Richmond University Medical Center – Staten Island
  • St. Barnabas Hospital – Bronx
  • Stony Brook Medicine/University Hospital – Stony Brook
  • SUNY Health Science Center at Brooklyn – Brooklyn
  • SUNY Upstate Medical University – Syracuse
  • University at Buffalo – Buffalo
  • University of Rochester – Rochester
  • Westchester Medical Center – Valhalla
  • Woodhull Medical and Mental Health Center – Brooklyn
  • Zucker School of Medicine at Hofstra/Northwell at Cohen Children’s Medical Center – New Hyde Park
  • Zucker School of Medicine at Hofstra/Northwell at Staten Island University Hospital – Staten Island

North Carolina (5)

  • Carolinas Medical Center – Charlotte
  • Duke University Hospital – Durham
  • University of North Carolina Hospitals – Chapel Hill
  • Vidant Medical Center/East Carolina University – Greenville
  • Wake Forest University School of Medicine – Winston-Salem

Ohio (9)

  • Case Western Reserve University (MetroHealth) – Cleveland
  • Case Western Reserve University/University Hospitals Cleveland Medical Center/Rainbow Babies and Children’s Hospital – Cleveland
  • Children’s Hospital Medical Center of Akron/Northeast Ohio Medical University (NEOMED) – Akron
  • Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center – Cincinnati
  • Cleveland Clinic Foundation – Cleveland
  • Mercy St. Vincent Medical Center – Toledo
  • Nationwide Children's Hospital/Ohio State University – Columbus
  • University of Toledo – Toledo
  • Wright State University – Dayton

Oklahoma (4)

  • Oklahoma State University Center for Health Sciences – Tulsa

  • Osteopathic Medical Education Consortium of Oklahoma, Inc. (OMECO) – Tulsa

  • University of Oklahoma Health Sciences Center – Oklahoma City
  • University of Oklahoma School of Community Medicine (Tulsa) – Tulsa

Oregon (1)

  • Oregon Health & Science University – Portland

Pennsylvania (8)

  • Albert Einstein Healthcare Network – Philadelphia
  • Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia – Philadelphia
  • Crozer-Chester Medical Center – Upland
  • Geisinger Health System – Danville
  • Lehigh Valley Health Network/University of South Florida College of Medicine – Allentown
  • Penn State Milton S. Hershey Medical Center – Hershey
  • Tower Health/St. Christopher’s Hospital for Children – Philadelphia
  • University of Pittsburgh Medical Center (UPMC) Medical Education – Pittsburgh

Puerto Rico (4)

  • Hospital Episcopal San Lucas/Ponce School of Medicine – Ponce
  • Puerto Rico Children’s Hospital – Bayamón
  • San Juan City Hospital – San Juan
  • University of Puerto Rico – San Juan

Rhode Island (1)

  • Brown University – Providence

South Carolina (3)

  • Medical University of South Carolina – Charleston
  • Prisma Health/University of South Carolina School of Medicine (Columbia) – Columbia

  • Prisma Health/University of South Carolina School of Medicine (Greenville) – Greenville

South Dakota (1)

  • University of South Dakota – Sioux Falls

Tennessee (4)

  • East Tennessee State University/Quillen College of Medicine – Johnson City
  • University of Tennessee College of Medicine at Chattanooga – Chattanooga
  • University of Tennessee – Memphis
  • Vanderbilt University Medical Center – Nashville

Texas (13)

  • Baylor College of Medicine (Houston) – Houston
  • Baylor College of Medicine (San Antonio) – San Antonio
  • Driscoll Children’s Hospital/Texas A&M College of Medicine – Corpus Christi
  • San Antonio Uniformed Services Health Education Consortium – Fort Sam Houston
  • Texas A&M College of Medicine Scott and White Medical Center – Temple
  • Texas Tech University (Amarillo) – Amarillo
  • Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center at Lubbock – Lubbock
  • Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center (El Paso) – El Paso
  • University of Texas at Austin Dell Medical School – Austin
  • University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston – Houston
  • University of Texas Health Science Center San Antonio Joe and Teresa Lozano Long School of Medicine – San Antonio
  • University of Texas Medical Branch Hospitals – Galveston
  • University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center – Dallas

Utah (1)

  • University of Utah Health – Salt Lake City

Vermont (1)

  • University of Vermont Medical Center – Burlington

Virginia (6)

  • Carilion Clinic-Virginia Tech Carilion School of Medicine – Roanoke
  • Eastern Virginia Medical School – Norfolk
  • Inova Fairfax Medical Campus/Inova Fairfax Children’s Hospital – Falls Church
  • Naval Medical Center (Portsmouth) – Portsmouth
  • University of Virginia Medical Center – Charlottesville
  • Virginia Commonwealth University Health System – Richmond

Washington (2)

  • Madigan Healthcare System – Tacoma
  • University of Washington – Seattle

West Virginia (3)

  • Charleston Area Medical Center/West Virginia University (Charleston Division) – Charleston
  • Marshall University School of Medicine – Huntington
  • West Virginia University – Morgantown

Wisconsin (3)

  • Marshfield Clinic – Marshfield
  • Medical College of Wisconsin Affiliated Hospitals – Milwaukee
  • University of Wisconsin Hospitals and Clinics – Madison

 

CANADA

  • Alberta (2)
  • University of Alberta – Edmonton
  • University of Calgary – Calgary

British Columbia (1)

  • University of British Columbia – Vancouver

Manitoba (1)

  • University of Manitoba – Winnipeg
  • Newfoundland and Labrador (1)
  • Memorial University of Newfoundland – St. John’s

Nova Scotia (1)

  • Dalhousie University – Halifax

Ontario (6)

  • McMaster University – Hamilton
  • Northern Ontario School of Medicine – Thunder Bay
  • Queen's University – Kingston
  • University of Ottawa – Ottawa
  • University of Toronto – Toronto
  • Western University – London

Québec (4)

  • Laval University – Québec City
  • McGill University – Montréal
  • Université de Montréal – Montréal
  • Université de Sherbrooke – Sherbrooke

Saskatchewan (1)

  • University of Saskatchewan – Saskatoon

 

*The only acceptable use of animals is supervised procedural training (e.g., intubation) performed in the necessary care of animals and for the benefit of those animals.

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