Dean’s Corner: LCME Site Visit a Success
On October 22, 2025, the Liaison Committee on Medical Education (LCME) Survey Visit Team completed their three-day visit to our campus. LCME is the accrediting body for medical school programs that lead to the MD degree in the United States.
Prior to the visit, numerous teams of faculty, staff, and students collected data, reviewed our outcomes, reflected on our processes, and drafted hundreds of pages of reports. This intensive self-study resulted in identifying specific ideas for improvement and policy refinements. The LCME team then conducted a very thorough review of the School’s curriculum, student services, learning environment, facilities, research enterprise, administrative processes, finances, clinical resources, leadership, relationship to the LSU System, and relationships with our clinical partners.
Although the final report is still several weeks away, Dr. Robin English and I are pleased to report that the preliminary findings reflect our outstanding programs, faculty, students, staff and facilities. There were only a few minor findings, most of which we had identified in the self-study and were already working to improve. These include our financial aid services, our career planning program, student awareness of storage space in their clerkship hospitals, and the clinical relevance of a few courses. We will receive the LCME’s final report and findings in February, but I am confident that we will receive the maximum eight-year term of reaccreditation.
The LCME review process is extremely rigorous. I am grateful to those who embraced the process and will continue to work for our ongoing improvement. The success of this survey visit would not have been possible without the leadership of Dr. English. Her commitment to the school, the students, and our programs is truly inspirational. I am also thankful for the hard work of the faculty and staff in her office, and the hard work of the nearly 200 faculty, staff, and students who have prepared for our reaccreditation over the last two years. Finally, I remain grateful to all of you, whose work and dedication to our mission is essential to both this important milestone accreditation and our long-term success.
Richard DiCarlo, MD
Dean