ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (AP) — The University of New Mexico School of Medicine's neurosurgery residency program is going to lose its accreditation next summer.
The Albuquerque Journal reports the Accreditation Council for Graduate Medical Education recently announced it is withdrawing the school's accreditation for the program effective June 30. The council says the University of New Mexico is the only neurosurgery residency program in the country to lose its credentials this school year.
The loss of accreditation means eight resident physicians in the program will have to leave the university to complete their training at an accredited program.
University of New Mexico Health System vice chancellor for clinical affairs Michael Richards says the school will have to pay the resident doctors' salaries even after they leave to finish their training.