LABORATORY ANIMAL MEDICINE RESIDENCY PROGRAM

The integration of the Division of Veterinary Medicine at the TNPRC into the American College of Laboratory Animal Medicine (ACLAM) accredited Laboratory Animal Medicine Residency program at the LSU School of Veterinary Medicine (SVM) provides for a full time resident position at the TNPRC that focuses on nonhuman primate medicine and surgery.  Only a few ACLAM-accredited residency programs exist that offer a similar exposure to nonhuman primate medicine. The duration of the program is two years and provides eligibility for board certification by ACLAM. Residents spend nine months of each year at the TNPRC, with the balance spent at the LSU SVM for didactic course work including pathology of laboratory animals. Residents are required to act as the principal investigator of a research project, which is mentored by senior faculty at the TNPRC. Attendance at seminar series, grand rounds, histopathology rounds, journal club, Institutional Animal Care and Use Committee, Breeding Colony Management and Tulane Resource Allocation Committee meetings are additional mandatory components of the training.

Applications for the program are accepted in the fall of the year preceding the start date. Currently, the start date for the program is in July in odd numbered years. To discuss the program and preparation of application materials please contact:

Office Manager
Division of Veterinary Medicine
Tulane National Primate Research Center
18703 Three Rivers Road
Covington, LA 70433
Telephone (985) 871-6266
Facsimile (985) 871-6328

E-mail:  TNPRC-VetMed@tulane.edu