Being accredited by the Liaison Committee on Medical Education (LCME) is key to making the School of Medicine an academic medical center.

As the UAB School of Medicine approaches re-accreditation in 2022, Veronica Catanese, M.D., MBA, senior director of Accreditation Services and LCME co-secretary at Association of American Medical Colleges, talks with Dr. Vickers about the rigors of the accreditation process and why LCME accreditation is an important benchmark for MD granting programs across the country.

Learn more about LCME accreditation at go.uab.edu/lcme.