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

Updated: Oct. 17, 2023

Programs Using Animals (8)

Programs Using Only Nonanimal Methods (284)

UNITED STATES

Alabama (2)

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

Arizona (5)

  • Abrazo Health Network – Glendale
  • Creighton University School of Medicine/Maricopa Medical Center – Phoenix
  • Midwestern University GME Consortium/Kingman Regional Medical Center – Kingman
  • University of Arizona College of Medicine at South Campus – Tucson
  • University of Arizona College of Medicine – Tucson

Arkansas (2)

  • Unity Health-White County Medical Center – Searcy
  • University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences (UAMS) College of Medicine – Little Rock

California (22)

  • Alameda Health System-Highland Hospital – Oakland
  • Arrowhead Regional Medical Center  – Colton
  • Desert Regional Medical Center – Palm Springs 
  • Eisenhower Medical Center – Rancho Mirage
  • Kaiser Permanente Northern California – Modesto
  • Kaiser Permanente Southern California – San Diego
  • Kaweah Delta Health Care District – Visalia
  • Kern Medical Center – Bakersfield
  • Loma Linda University Health Education Consortium – Loma Linda
  • Los Angeles County-Harbor-UCLA Medical Center – Torrance
  • Naval Medical Center (San Diego) – San Diego
  • Riverside Community Hospital/University of California Riverside School of Medicine – Riverside
  • Stanford Health Care-Sponsored Stanford University – Stanford
  • St. Joseph’s Medical Center – Stockton
  • UHS Southern California Medical Education Consortium – Temecula
  • University of California Davis Health – Sacramento
  • University of California (Irvine) – Orange
  • University of California Los Angeles David Geffen School of Medicine/UCLA Medical Center/Olive View – 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 General Hospital – San Francisco
  • University of Southern California/LAC+USC Medical Center – Los Angeles

Colorado (1)

  • Denver Health Medical Center – Denver

Connecticut (2)

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

Delaware (2)

  • Bayhealth Medical Center – Dover
  • Christiana Care Health System – Newark

District of Columbia (2)

  • George Washington University – Washington
  • MedStar Health/Georgetown University Hospital/Washington Hospital Center – Washington

Florida (19)

  • AdventHealth Orlando – Orlando

  • Broward Health – Fort Lauderdale
  • Florida Atlantic University Charles E. Schmidt College of Medicine – Boynton Beach

  • Florida State University College of Medicine – Sarasota
  • HCA Healthcare/East Florida Division GME/Aventura Hospital and Medical Center – Aventura
  • HCA Healthcare/East Florida Division GME/Kendall Regional Medical Center – Miami
  • HCA Healthcare/East Florida Division GME/St. Lucie Medical Center – Port St. Lucie
  • HCA Healthcare/Mercer University School of Medicine/Orange Park Medical Center – Orange Park
  • HCA Healthcare/University of South Florida (USF) Morsani College of Medicine GME/Brandon Regional Hospital – Brandon
  • HCA Healthcare/University of South Florida (USF) Morsani College of Medicine GME/Oak Hill Hospital – Brooksville
  • Mount Sinai Medical Center of Florida – Miami Beach
  • Orlando Health – Orlando
  • University of Central Florida/HCA GME Consortium (Gainesville) – Gainesville
  • University of Central Florida/HCA GME Consortium (Greater Orlando) – Orlando
  • University of Central Florida/HCA GME Consortium (Ocala) – Ocala
  • University of Florida College of Medicine Jacksonville – Jacksonville
  • University of Florida – Gainesville
  • University of Miami/Jackson Health System – Miami
  • University of South Florida Morsani – Tampa

Georgia (5)

  • Emory University School of Medicine – Atlanta
  • Medical College of Georgia – Augusta
  • Northeast Georgia Medical Center – Gainesville
  • Piedmont Macon Medical Center – Macon
  • WellStar Health System/WellStar Kennestone Regional Medical Center – Marietta

Illinois (12)

  • Advocate Health Care (Advocate Christ Medical Center) – Oak Lawn
  • AMITA Health/Resurrection Medical Center – Chicago
  • Cook County Health and Hospitals System – Chicago
  • Franciscan Health Olympia Fields – Olympia Fields
  • Loyola University Medical Center – Maywood
  • McGaw Medical Center of Northwestern University – Chicago
  • Rush University Medical Center – Chicago
  • Southern Illinois University School of Medicine – Springfield
  • Swedish Hospital – Chicago
  • University of Chicago – Chicago
  • University of Illinois College of Medicine at Chicago – Chicago
  • University of Illinois College of Medicine at Peoria – Peoria

Indiana (1)

  • Indiana University School of Medicine – Indianapolis

Iowa (2)

  • Iowa Methodist Medical Center – Des Moines
  • University of Iowa Hospitals and Clinics – Iowa City

Kansas (1)

  • University of Kansas School of Medicine – Kansas City

Kentucky (2)

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

Louisiana (4)

  • Louisiana State University (Baton Rouge) – Baton Rouge
  • Louisiana State University – New Orleans
  • Louisiana State University (Shreveport) – Shreveport
  • ​Ochsner Clinic Foundation – New Orleans

Maine (1)

  • Maine Medical Center – Portland

Maryland (2)

  • Johns Hopkins University – Baltimore
  • University of Maryland – Baltimore

Massachusetts (5)

  • Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center/Harvard Medical School – Boston
  • Boston University Medical Center – Boston
  • Massachusetts General Hospital/Brigham and Women’s Hospital/Harvard Medical School – Boston
  • University of Massachusetts Medical School (UMMS)/Baystate Medical Center – Springfield
  • University of Massachusetts – Worcester

Michigan (24)

  • Ascension Genesys Hospital – Grand Blanc
  • Ascension Macomb-Oakland Hospital – Warren
  • Ascension St. John Hospital – Detroit
  • Beaumont Health (Farmington Hills) – Farmington Hills
  • Beaumont Health (Royal Oak) – Royal Oak
  • Beaumont Health (Trenton and Dearborn) – Trenton
  • Central Michigan University College of Medicine – Saginaw
  • Detroit Medical Center/Wayne State University (Detroit Receiving Hospital) – Detroit
  • Detroit Medical Center/Wayne State University (Sinai-Grace Hospital) – Detroit
  • Garden City Hospital – Garden City
  • Henry Ford Allegiance Health – Jackson
  • Henry Ford Hospital/Wayne State University – Detroit
  • Henry Ford Macomb Hospital – Clinton Township
  • Henry Ford Wyandotte Hospital – Wyandotte
  • McLaren Health Care/Macomb/Michigan State University (MSU) – Mount Clemens
  • McLaren Health Care/Oakland/Michigan State University (MSU) – Pontiac
  • Mercy Health – Muskegon 
  • Metro Health-University of Michigan Health – Wyoming
  • ProMedica Monroe Regional Hospital – Monroe
  • Sparrow Hospital/Michigan State University – Lansing
  • Spectrum Health Lakeland – St. Joseph
  • Spectrum Health/Michigan State University – Grand Rapids
  • St. Mary Mercy Hospital – Livonia
  • University of Michigan Health System – Ann Arbor

Minnesota (3)

  • HealthPartners Institute/Regions Hospital – St. Paul
  • Hennepin Healthcare – Minneapolis
  • Mayo Clinic College of Medicine and Science – Rochester

Mississippi (3)

  • Health Education Services/Merit Health Wesley – Hattiesburg 
  • Magnolia Regional Health Center – Corinth 
  • University of Mississippi Medical Center – Jackson

Missouri (4)

  • Kansas City University GME Consortium (KCU-GME Consortium)/Freeman – Joplin
  • St. Louis University School of Medicine – St. Louis
  • University of Missouri Kansas City School of Medicine – Kansas City
  • Washington University/Barnes-Jewish Hospital/St. Louis Children’s Hospital Consortium – St. Louis

Nebraska (1)

  • University of Nebraska Medical Center – Omaha

Nevada (3)

  • HCA Healthcare Sunrise Health Graduate Medical Education – Las Vegas
  • University of Nevada Las Vegas (UNLV) School of Medicine – Las Vegas
  • Valley Health System – Las Vegas

New Hampshire (1)

  • Dartmouth-Hitchcock Medical Center/Mary Hitchcock Memorial Hospital – Lebanon

New Jersey (11)

  • Atlantic Health System/Morristown Medical Center – Morristown
  • Capital Health Regional Medical Center – Pennington
  • Cooper Medical School of Rowan University/Cooper University Hospital – Camden
  • Hackensack University Medical Center – Hackensack
  • Inspira Health Network/Inspira Medical Center Vineland – Vineland
  • Jefferson Health New Jersey – Stratford
  • Rutgers Health/Community Medical Center – Toms River
  • Rutgers Health/Newark Beth Israel Medical Center – Newark
  • Rutgers Health/New Jersey Medical School – Newark
  • Rutgers Health/Robert Wood Johnson Medical School – New Brunswick
  • St. Joseph’s University Medical Center – Paterson

New Mexico (1)

  • University of New Mexico School of Medicine – Albuquerque

New York (29)

  • Albany Medical Center – Albany
  • Arnot Ogden Medical Center – Elmira 
  • Brooklyn Hospital Center – Brooklyn
  • Coney Island Hospital – Brooklyn
  • Garnet Health Medical Center – Middletown
  • Good Samaritan Hospital Medical Center – West Islip
  • Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai (Morningside/West) – New York

  • Lincoln Medical and Mental Health Center – Bronx
  • Maimonides Medical Center – Brooklyn
  • Montefiore Medical Center/Albert Einstein College of Medicine (Jacobi/Montefiore) – Bronx
  • Nassau University Medical Center – East Meadow
  • New York Medical College (Metropolitan/Harlem) – New York
  • New York -Presbyterian Brooklyn Methodist Hospital – Brooklyn
  • New York Presbyterian Hospital – New York
  • New York–Presbyterian/Queens – Flushing
  • New York University (NYU) Grossman School of Medicine/Bellevue Hospital Center – New York
  • Nuvance Health – Poughkeepsie
  • One Brooklyn Health System/Brookdale University Hospital and Medical Center – Brooklyn
  • St. Barnabas Hospital – Bronx
  • St. John’s Riverside Hospital – Yonkers
  • Stony Brook Medicine/University Hospital (SUNY) – Stony Brook
  • SUNY Downstate Health Sciences University – Brooklyn
  • SUNY Upstate Medical University – Syracuse
  • University at Buffalo – Buffalo
  • University of Rochester – Rochester
  • Wyckoff Heights Medical Center – Brooklyn
  • Zucker School of Medicine at Hofstra/Northwell at South Shore University Hospital – Bayshore
  • Zucker School of Medicine at Hofstra/Northwell – Manhasset
  • Zucker School of Medicine at Hofstra/Northwell at Staten Island University Hospital – Staten Island

North Carolina (7)

  • Campbell University/Cape Fear Valley Medical Center – Fayetteville 
  • Campbell University/Southeastern Regional Medical Center – Lumberton 
  • 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 (17)

  • Akron General Medical Center/Northeast Ohio Medical University (NEOMED) – Akron
  • Aultman Hospital/Northeast Ohio Medical University (NEOMED) – Canton

  • Case Western Reserve University/University Hospitals Cleveland Medical Center – Cleveland
  • Kettering Health Network – Dayton
  • Memorial Health System – Marietta 
  • Mercy Health-St. Rita’s Medical Center – Lima
  • Mercy St. Vincent Medical Center/Mercy Health Partners – Toledo
  • Mountain State Osteopathic Postdoctoral Training Institutes (MSOPTI)/Trinity Health System West – Steubenville
  • OhioHealth/Doctors Hospital – Columbus
  • Ohio State University Hospital – Columbus
  • St. Elizabeth Boardman Hospital – Youngstown
  • Summa Health System – Akron
  • The MetroHealth System/Case Western Reserve University – Cleveland
  • University Hospitals Osteopathic Consortium (UHOC) – Westlake
  • University of Cincinnati Medical Center/College of Medicine – Cincinnati
  • University of Toledo College of Medicine and Life Sciences – Toledo
  • Wright State University – Kettering

Oklahoma (5)

  • Integris Health – Oklahoma City
  • Oklahoma State University Center for Health Sciences (Lawton) – Lawton
  • Oklahoma State University Center for Health Sciences (Norman) – Norman
  • Oklahoma State University Center for Health Sciences (Tulsa) – Tulsa
  • University of Oklahoma School of Community Medicine (Tulsa) – Tulsa

Oregon (1)

  • Oregon Health& Science University – Portland

Pennsylvania (19)

  • Albert Einstein Healthcare Network – Philadelphia
  • Allegheny Health Network Medical Education Consortium/Allegheny General Hospital – Pittsburgh
  • Allegheny Health Network Medical Education Consortium/St. Vincent Hospital – Erie
  • Conemaugh Memorial Medical Center – Johnstown
  • Crozer-Chester Medical Center – Upland
  • Geisinger Health System – Danville
  • Jefferson Health Northeast – Philadelphia
  • Lehigh Valley Health Network/University of South Florida College of Medicine – Bethlehem
  • Nazareth Hospital – Philadelphia
  • Penn State Milton S. Hershey Medical Center – Hershey
  • Sidney Kimmel Medical College at Thomas Jefferson Hospital (TJUH) – Philadelphia
  • St. Luke’s University Hospital – Bethlehem
  • Temple University Hospital – Philadelphia
  • Tower Health/Reading Hospital – West Reading
  • University of Pennsylvania Health System – Philadelphia
  • University of Pittsburgh Medical Center (UPMC) Medical Education (Erie) – Erie
  • University of Pittsburgh Medical Center (UPMC) Medical Education (Pittsburgh) – Pittsburgh
  • University of Pittsburgh Medical Center (UPMC) Pinnacle Hospital – Harrisburg
  • Wellspan Health/York Hospital – York

Puerto Rico (2)

  • Hospital Episcopal San Lucas/Ponce School of Medicine – Ponce
  • University of Puerto Rico – San Juan

Rhode Island (1)

  • Kent Hospital – Warwick

South Carolina (4)

  • HCA Healthcare Grand Strand Regional Medical Center – Myrtle Beach
  • 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

Tennessee (3)

  • University of Tennessee College of Medicine at Chattanooga – Chattanooga
  • University of Tennessee College of Medicine at Murfreesboro – Murfreesboro
  • Vanderbilt University Medical Center – Nashville

Texas (10)

  • Baylor College of Medicine – Houston
  • CHRISTUS Health/Texas A&M College of Medicine/Spohn Hospital – Corpus Christi 
  • John Peter Smith Hospital (Tarrant County Hospital District) – Fort Worth
  • Texas A&M College of Medicine-Scott and White Medical Center – Temple
  • 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 R. and Teresa Lozano Long School of Medicine – San Antonio
  • University of Texas Southwestern Medical School – Dallas

Utah (1)

  • University of Utah Health – Salt Lake City

Vermont (1)

  • University of Vermont Medical Center – Burlington

Virginia (5)

  • Carilion Clinic-Virginia Tech Carilion School of Medicine – Roanoke 
  • Eastern Virginia Medical School – Norfolk
  • Riverside Regional Medical Center – Newport News
  • University of Virginia Medical Center – Charlottesville
  • Virginia Commonwealth University Health System – Richmond

Washington (1)

  • University of Washington – Seattle

West Virginia (2)

  • Charleston Area Medical Center – Charleston
  • West Virginia University – Morgantown

Wisconsin (2)

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

CANADA

Alberta (4)

  • University of Alberta – Edmonton (CFPC)*
  • University of Alberta – Edmonton (RCPSC)**
  • University of Calgary – Calgary (CFPC)
  • University of Calgary – Calgary (RCPSC)

British Columbia (2)

  • University of British Columbia – Vancouver (CFPC)
  • University of British Columbia – Vancouver (RCPSC)

Manitoba (2)

  • University of Manitoba – Winnipeg (CFPC)
  • University of Manitoba – Winnipeg (RCPSC)

Newfoundland and Labrador (1)

  • Memorial University – St. John’s (CFPC)

Nova Scotia (2)

  • Dalhousie University – Halifax (CFPC)
  •  Dalhousie University – Halifax (RCPSC)

Ontario (11)

  • McMaster University – Hamilton (CFPC)
  • McMaster University – Hamilton (RCPSC)
  • Northern Ontario School of Medicine – Sudbury (CFPC)
  • Queen’s University – Kingston (CFPC)
  • Queen’s University – Kingston (RCPSC)
  • University of Ottawa – Ottawa (CFPC)
  • University of Ottawa – Ottawa (RCPSC)
  • University of Toronto – Toronto (CFPC)
  • University of Toronto – Toronto (RCPSC)
  • Western University – London (CFPC)
  • Western University – London (RCPSC)

Québec (7)

  • McGill University – Montréal (CFPC)
  • McGill University – Montréal (RCPSC)
  • Université de Montréal (CFPC)
  • Université de Montréal (RCPSC)
  • Université de Sherbrooke – Sherbrooke (CFPC)
  • Université Laval – Québec (CFPC)
  • Université Laval – Québec (RCPSC)

Saskatchewan (2)

  • University of Saskatchewan – Regina (CFPC)
  • University of Saskatchewan – Regina (RCPSC)

*College of Family Physicians of Canada
**Royal College of Physicians and Surgeons of Canada

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