SYRACUSE -- Upstate Medical University's medical school has been placed on probation.

Last fall, an accrediting organization, the Liaison Committee on Medical Education, or LCME recommended putting the school on probation. The school, has formally appealed that recommendation, but the LCME went ahead with the probation.

The action only impacts the undergraduate medical education program. The college itself, is still accredited.

Interim dean, Dr. David Duggan, told students in a letter that the school is making progress to fix the issues that lead to the probation. In October, the LCME made the original probation recommendation because of concerns in three main areas, including the governance of the curriculum, the management of the clinical clerkships, and communication regarding specific policies.

Dr. Steven Scheinman, the former dean of the College of Medicine, resigned after the LCME made the recommendation.