Center for Comparative Medicine and Surgery (CCMS)

Welcome to CCMS

Center for Comparative Medicine and Surgery
One Gustave L. Levy Place
New York, NY 10029

Contact Person
Director: Reginald W. Miller, D.V.M., DACLAM
Email: reginald.miller@mssm.edu
Tel: (212) 241-3008
Fax: (212) 860-9739

The Center for Comparative Medicine and Surgery (CCMS) is a centralized, shared resource supporting animal research via veterinary, husbandry care, and research collaboration with the faculty at MSSM. The program is fully accredited by the American Association of Laboratory Animal Care, International (AAALAC). The center also provides assistance with research protocol design, clinical and anatomic pathology, and training of research personnel in the care and use of laboratory animals.

There are two primary sites of operation, with the central administration in the Annenberg Building, 26th floor. The other major housing area is the East Building, SC level. Two outerlying small facilities make up the remainder of the animal resource. They are the 3rd floor of Basic Sciences and the Atran Basement.

Annenberg Building: All large animal species (rodent and nonrodent species) are housed in this building. Administrative offices, large animal surgical support (8 operating rooms), and veterinary diagnostic laboratory are located here.

East Building: State-of-the-art rodent transgenic barrier facility. This facility offers fully-automated rodent housing (ventilated caging and automatic watering), necropsy suite, and BSL3 biohazard capability. Also located within this animal facility is the Mouse Genetics Shared Research Facility.

Atran/Basic Sciences Buildings (BSB): These two small facilities provide overflow support for the Annenberg and East Buildings, respectively. Animals housed in these areas reflect the general health profiles of the major support area, e.g. BSB reflects East Building health status.

The faculty of the CCMS consist of three veterinarians: (Director, DVM, DACLAM; Veterinary Clinician, MS/VMD; and Veterinary Pathologists, DVM,Ph.D.). Supervisors are certified by the American Association of Laboratory Animal Science (AALAS) and conduct ongoing in-house training of husbandry and research personnel toward certification as well.