Training Programs

In order to qualify for certification, an applicant must have completed a training or experience requirement. For the training program option, applicants must have completed an ACLAM-recognized formal laboratory animal training program of at least 2 years duration following receipt of the veterinary medical degree.

Applicant selection for laboratory animal/comparative medicine training programs for 2021 will be managed using the matching program administered by the American Association of Veterinary Clinicians (AAVC).

Applicants must submit their applications and upload required materials to the VIRMP site between November 1, 2021 and December 13, 2021. Applicants must rank the programs in which they have interest no later than February 18, 2022. Match results will be posted on March 7, 2022. Details on the matching process are described in detail on the VIRMP site (www.virmp.org). Additional details regarding the VIRMP application process can be found on the ASLAP Career Development webpage (https://www.aslap.org/career-development).

Important Note: The application deadline for laboratory animal/comparative medicine training programs is earlier than other internship and residency programs to ensure sufficient time for programs to schedule interviews with prospective candidates. Applicants should contact their references and registrar to ensure they submit their letters of support and transcripts ahead of the December 13, 2021 deadline.

California

City of Hope National Medical Center/Beckman Research Institute
Richard W. Ermel Director/Professor – Division of Comparative Medicine City of Hope National Medical Center/Beckman Research Institute 1500 East Duarte Road Duarte, CA 91010-3000 (626) 301-8270 fax: (626) 301-8804	Donald B. Casebolt Director – Department of Animal Resources University of Southern California 2011 Zonal Ave. HMR 214 Los Angeles, CA 90033 (323) 442-1689 fax: (323) 442-2768
The Salk Institute for Biological Studies Trinka Adamson Director Animal Resources Department 10010 North Torrey Pines Road La Jolla, CA, 92037 (858) 453-4100 x1436
Stanford University
Stephen A. Felt Program Director Department of Comparative Medicine Quad 7, Building 330 Stanford University School of Medicine Stanford, CA 94305-5410 (650) 723-5305 fax: (650) 725-0940

University of California—Davis
Kari Christe Senior Manager of Primate Medicine California National Primate Research Center Assistant Clinical Professor Department of Veterinary Medicine and Epidemiology University of California, Davis (530) 752-9510 fax: (530) 752-2880	Rhonda Oates Interim Associate Director Campus Veterinary Services University of California, Davis One Shields Avenue Davis, CA 95616 (530) 754-5598

University of California—San Diego
Philip J. Richter Jr. Campus Veterinarian Director, Animal Care Program Associate Clinical Professor, Pathology University of California, San Diego 9500 Gilman Drive La Jolla, California 92093-0614 858-534-3188

University of California—San Francisco
Krista Lindstrom Assistant Director, Laboratory Animal Resource Center (LARC) UCSF Public Health Officer University of California, San Francisco 415-476-1722	James Wilkerson Training Program Director Executive Director, LARC University of California, San Francisco Medical Science Building-Rm S-386 San Francisco, CA, 94143 Tel: 415-502-2729

Colorado

Colorado State University
Lon V. Kendall Director, Laboratory Animal Resources 2007 Painter Center Colorado State University Fort Collins CO 80523 Tel: (970) 980-4751 fax:(970) 491-2496

Connecticut

Yale
Peter C. Smith Associate Professor and Director of Resident Training Section of Comparative Medicine Yale University, School of Medicine PO Box 208016 New Haven, CT 06520-8016 203-785-2531 fax: 203-785-7499

Florida

University of Florida
Karl Andrutis Associate Director, University of Florida Animal Care Services P.O. Box 100006 Gainesville, FL 32610 352-2273-9246

Georgia

Centers for Disease Control and Prevention Laboratory Animal Medicine Residency Program
Nathaniel Powell, Jr. Chief, Animal Resources Branch Division of Scientific Resources National Center for Prevention, Detection, and Control of Infectious Diseases Centers for Disease Control and Prevention Clifton Road, M/S G28 Atlanta, Georgia 30333 404-639-3442 fax: 404-639-1388
Emory University
Vanessa Lee Douglas K. Taylor Clinical Veterinarian, DAR Asst. Professor, Pathology and Laboratory Medicine Emory University 615 Michael Street Whitehead Biomedical Research Building, Suite G02 Atlanta, GA 30322 (404) 712-9658 http://www.dar.emory.edu/vetcare/residency.php
University of Georgia
Lois A. Zitzow Director, University Research Animal Resources University of Georgia 501 D.W.Brooks Drive, Rm H384 Athens, GA 30602 (706) 542-9710 Fax: (706) 542-3897

Illinois

University of Illinois-Chicago
Jeffrey Fortman Biologic Resources Laboratory University Mail Service M/C 533 University of Illinois at Chicago 1840 West Taylor Street Chicago, IL 60612-8065 (312) 996-1220 fax: (312) 996-8065

University of Chicago
Dr. Kerith R. Luchins Training Program Director The University of Chicago Research Animal Resource Center 5841 S. Maryland Ave. MC 1030 Chicago, IL 60637 773-702-6675 Fax- 773-702-9152

Indiana

The Indiana MS-Graduate Training/Residency Program in Laboratory Animal Medicine at Purdue
Dr. Debra Hickman Purdue ACLAM Residency Program Director Purdue University School of Veterinary Medicine Department of Veterinary Pathobiology, 725 Harrison Street West Lafayette , IN 47907-2027 317-274-8649 fax: 317-274-1969
Indiana University School of Medicine
Robin Crisler IUSM ACLAM Residency Program Director 975 W. Walnut St., IB-008 Indianapolis, IN 46202 317-274-8649 fax: 317-274-1969

Louisiana

Louisiana State University
Rhett Stout Division of Laboratory Animal Medicine School of Veterinary Medicine Louisiana State University Baton Rouge, LA 70803-8434 (504) 346-3145 fax: (504) 346-5705
Tulane University
Rudolf P. Bohm, Jr. Tulane National Primate Research Center 18703 Three Rivers Road Covington, LA 70433 985 - 871-6362 fax: 985 - 871-6388
LSU Health Sciences Center
Program Director: Leslie Birke, D.V.M, DACLAM Associate Director LSUHSC Division of Animal Care 533 Bolivar St. New Orleans, LA 70112 Cell (504) 234-4430 Office (504) 568-6092

Maryland

United States Army
Patty Chen Deputy Director, Animal Care & Use Review Office Excutive Director US Army Laboratory Animal Medicine Residency Program Office of Research Protections Medical Research and Materiel Command 1452 Campus Drive Fort Detrick, Maryland 21702-5012 301-619-1220 Fax: 301-619-4165
University of Maryland
Louis DeTolla Chairman, Department of Comparative Medicine University of Maryland School of Medicine MSTF Building, Room G-100 10 South Pine Street Baltimore, MD 21201-1192 (410) 706-8536 fax: (410) 706-8538
Johns Hopkins University
Jessica Izzi Kelly Pate The Dept of Molecular and Comparative Pathobiology Johns Hopkins School of Medicine 733 N Broadway Baltimore, MD 21205 (410) 955-9770 fax: (443) 287-5628

Massachusetts

MIT
James G. Fox Professor and Director Division of Comparative Medicine Massachusetts Institute of Technology 77 Massachusetts Avenue, 16-825C Cambridge, Mass 02139 (617) 253-1757 fax: (617) 258-5708
Massachusetts General Hospital Post-Doctoral Training Program in Laboratory Animal Medicine and Management
Denise Molk, VMD, MS, DACLAM Senior Clinical Veterinarian, Center for Comparative Medicine (CCM) Center for Comparative Medicine (CCM) Massachusetts General Hospital (MGH) 149 Thirteenth Street, Room 5246.F Charlestown, MA 02129-2000 (617) 939-8669

Michigan

University of Michigan

Gerry Hish
Unit for Laboratory Animal Medicine
NCRC Building 10 Suite G90
2800 Plymouth Rd
Ann Arbor, Michigan 48109

(734) 615-2943
fax: (734) 936-3235
ULAM Training Program

Minnesota

Minnesota Laboratory Animal Medicine Consortium
Jodi Scholz, DVM DACLAM Residency Program Co-Director, Mayo Clinic site Mayo Clinic 200 First Street SW Rochester, MN 55905 (507) 284-0544 Fax: 507-284-1059	Nate Koewler, DVM DACLAM Residency Program Co-Director, University of Minnesota site Clinical Veterinarian University of Minnesota RAR/Vet Services MMC 351, 420 Delaware St. SE Minneapolis, MN 55455 (612) 624-9924

Missouri

University of Missouri
Craig Franklin Associate Professor Department of Veterinary Pathobiology College of Veterinary Medicine University of Missouri Columbia, MO 65211 (573) 882-6623 fax: (573) 884-7521 https://cmp.missouri.edu/

New Jersey

Rutgers University

Sumanth Putta
Training Program Director
Veterinary Sciences & AV
Rutgers University
Piscataway, NJ 08854
(732) 266-0822

New York

State University of Buffalo
Lisa Martin Dept. Comparative Medicine, Laboratory Animal Facility 116 Biomedical Education Bldg. State University of Buffalo 3435 Main St. Buffalo, NY 14214-3013 (716) 829-2919 fax: (716) 829-3249
Tri-Institutional Training Program in Laboratory Animal Medicine and Science Sponsoring institutions: Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center (MSK), The Rockefeller University (RU), and the Weill Cornell Medicine (WCM).
Neil S. Lipman, VMD Professor and Executive Director Center of Comparative Medicine and Pathology Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center and Weill Cornell Medicine 1275 York Avenue, Box 270 New York, NY 10021 (646) 888-2400 fax: (646) 422-0139
Columbia University
Brian Karolewski Director Institute of Comparative Medicine Columbia University 650 W. 168th St., BB-1810 New York, NY 10032-3795 TEL: (212) 305-6613 FAX: (212) 305-3458
Cornell University
Glenn Jackson Assistant Director Center for Animal Resources and Education (CARE) Cornell University CVM Box 14 / Ithaca, NY 14853 TEL: (607) 253-3058
New York University - Regeneron
Skye Rasmussen DVM, DACLAM Associate Director, Division of Comparative Medicine Assistant Clinical Professor, Department of Pathology NYU School of Medicine 430 East 29th Street, #236 New York, NY 10016 Office: 646-501-4620 Cell: 646-574-4606	Balu Reddyjarugu, B.V.Sc., MS, DACLAM Senior Manager, B9 Vivarium REGENERON Pharmaceuticals, Inc. 795 Old Saw Mill River Road Tarrytown, NY 10591 Office: 914.847.3905 Cell: 914.598.3470

North Carolina

Duke Laboratory Animal Medicine Training Program
John N. Norton, DVM, DACLAM Training Program Director Duke University DUMC Box 3180 Durham, NC 27710

Research Triangle Laboratory Animal Medicine Training Program
Craig Fletcher Associate Vice Chancellor, Director, RTLATP College of Veterinary Medicine- NCSU 1060 William Moore Dr. Raleigh, NC 27607 919-513-6480 fax: 919-513-2825
University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
Morika D. Williams, DVM, PhD, DACLAM Assistant Professor, Department of Pathology & Laboratory Medicine Clinical Veterinarian, Division of Comparative Medicine Director, Comparative Medicine Training Program 1104 Bioinformatics Bldg, CB #7115 University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill Chapel Hill, NC 27599-7115 Phone: 919 966-9133 Fax: 919 962-9741
Wake Forest University Health Sciences, Wake Forest University
Melaney K Gee Animal Resources Program Wake Forest School of Medicine Medical Center Boulevard Winston-Salem, NC 27157 (336) 713-1535

Ohio

Ohio State University
Stacey Meeker Assistant Professor, Clinical Veterinary Preventive Medicine Director, Laboratory Animal Training Program University Laboratory Animal Resources The Ohio State University 400 W 12th Ave, Rm 111 Columbus, OH 43210 (614) 292-0148 fax: (614) 292-9282

Oklahoma

University of Oklahoma Health Sciences Center
Madeline Budda Training Program Director Director, Office of Animal Welfare Assurance 940 Stanton Young Blvd. Rm 125 Oklahoma City, OK 73104 (405) 271-8001

Oregon

Oregon State Laboratory Animal Medicine Residency Consortium
Jeff Stanton Associate Veterinarian and Associate Professor Head-Education and Training Unit Oregon National Primate Research Center Oregon Health & Science University – West Campus 505 NW 185^th Ave Beaverton OR 97006 (503) 346-5283

Pennsylvania

Penn State College of Medicine, M.S. Hershey Medical Center
Tiffany Whitcomb Comparative Medicine Penn State College of Medicine 500 University Drive, HS65 Hershey, PA 17033 (717) 531-0003, ext 287120 fax: (717) 531-3983
GlaxoSmithKline Pharmaceuticals
Lavonne Meunier Director Veterinary Medicine GlaxoSmithKline Pharmaceuticals 709 Swedeland Road King of Prussia, PA 19406 (610) 270-6389 fax: (610) 270-5630
University of Pennsylvania
Raimon Duran-Struuck Associate Director, University Laboratory Animal Resources Assistant Professor and Director of Laboratory Animal Medicine Residency Program, Department of Pathobiology School of Veterinary Medicine University of Pennsylvania 3800 Spruce Street, Suite 177E MC 6009 Philadelphia, PA 19104 (215) 898-2433/4 fax: (215) 573-9999

Tennessee


University of Tennessee—Memphis
David J. Hamilton Associate Professor Comparative Medicine Health Sciences Center University of Tennessee Health Science Center 956 Court Street, Rm B106 Colemen Bldg. Memphis, TN 38163 (901) 448-7311 fax: (901) 448-8506
Vanderbilt University Laboratory Animal Medicine Residency
Carissa Jones, MS, DVM, DACLAM Clinical Veterinarian Department of Pathology, Microbiology, and Immunology (Comparative Medicine) Division of Animal Care AA6206 Medical Center North 1161 21st Avenue South Nashville, TN 37232 Office phone #: 615-322-9104 Fax #: 615-343-7682

Texas

Baylor College of Medicine Postdoctoral Training Program in Laboratory Animal Medicine and Science
Becky Schwiebert, DVM, PhD, DACLAM Attending Veterinarian Center for Comparative Medicine (CCM), Baylor College of Medicine One Baylor Plaza, Suite 700D, MS:BCM145 Houston, TX. 77030 Phone: (713) 798-6938
Texas AM University
Tracy Vemulapalli, DVM, MS, DACLAM Clinical Associate Professor of Laboratory Animal Medicine Director, Comparative Medicine Residency Training Program Department of Veterinary Pathobiology College of Veterinary Medicine & Biomedical Sciences Texas A&M University Mailstop: 4467 TAMU College Station, TX 77843-4467 Phone: (979) 458-1774

Washington

University of Washington
Thea Brabb Assistant Professor, Department of Comparative Medicine Box 357190 University of Washington Seattle, Washington 98195 (206) 685-9346 fax: (206) 685-3006 http://depts.washington.edu/compmed/instructional/index.html

Wisconsin

University of Wisconsin—Madison
Saverio Capuano III Associate Director, Animal Services Division Wisconsin National Primate Research Center 1220 Capitol Court Madison, Wisconsin 53715 (608) 263-3571 fax: (608) 265-2067