LCME Leadership Team
Jed Gonzalo, MD, MSc
Senior Associate Dean for Medical Education
540-526-2518
jgonzalo@vt.edu
Riverside 2 M121
Dr. David Musick
Senior Dean, Faculty Affairs
Experts @ VT Profile
540-526-2566
dwmusick@vt.edu
Riverside 2 M131
Dr. Lee Rakes
Senior Director of Educational Affairs
540-526-2513
elrakes@vt.edu
2 Riverside Circle, M123
Dani Backus
Senior Director, Institutional Effectiveness and Accreditation
Experts @ VT profile
540-597-7480
dbackus@vt.edu
Message from Dr. Gonzalo
The LCME leadership team and I look forward to working with you in the months ahead as we prepare for LCME's reaccreditation survey visit. Behind the scenes, we have planned and developed a timeline that includes various activities, and we have charged accreditation teams to begin their work. Our planning started as early as January 2023 through our Accreditation-Alignment initiative and has now transitioned into preparedness for our upcoming survey visit.
As the faculty accreditation lead (FAL), I will engage the members of the administration, faculty, and student body. My responsibilities include ensuring the accurate, complete, and timely preparation of the Data Collection Instrument (DCI); coordinating the activities of the self-study task force and ensuring the summary report is completed on schedule; and serving as the primary point of contact between the educational program and the survey team.
As we progress through the timeline, we will share important milestones and next steps. We will work with LCME consultants to review our work and, more importantly, provide feedback on areas to strengthen, including any potential gaps or inconsistencies in data, as well as preparations for our mock visit.
Thank you in advance for your participation in this process —it will undoubtedly need to be a collective effort.