Survey of Emergency Medicine Residencies
Animal Use in Emergency Medicine Residency Programs in the United States and Canada: An Ongoing Survey
Updated: Oct. 17, 2023
Programs Using Animals (8)
- Brooke Army Medical Center/San Antonio Uniformed Services Health Education Consortium (SAUSHEC) – San Antonio, Texas
- Brown University/Rhode Island Hospital – Providence, R.I.
- Darnall Army Medical Center – Fort Hood, Texas
- Madigan Army Medical Center – Tacoma, Wash.
- Naval Medical Center (Portsmouth) – Portsmouth, Va.
- University of Missouri Columbia School of Medicine – Columbia, Mo.
- University of Tennessee College of Medicine at Memphis – Memphis, Tenn.
- Western Michigan University Homer Stryker MD School of Medicine – Kalamazoo, Mich.
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)
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AdventHealth Orlando – Orlando
- Broward Health – Fort Lauderdale
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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
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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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