Examination Committees

Examination committee members are subject matter experts who are appointed by the subspecialty's sponsoring organization(s). Find out how to get involved on a UCNS subspecialty certification examination committee. 

Autonomic Disorders

  • Elisabeth Golden, MD, Chair, University of Texas at Tyler
  • Melissa Cortez, DO, Vice Chair, University of Utah Health
  • Meredith Bryarly, MD, UT Southwestern Medical Center
  • Gisela Chelimsky, MD, Virginia Commonwealth University
  • Ezequiel A. Piccione, MD, University of Nebraska Medical Center
  • Nathaniel Robbins, MD, Brigham and Women's Hospital
  • Kamal Shouman, MD, Mayo Clinic Rochester
  • Forrest L. Sturgill, MD, May Clinic Rochester

Behavioral Neurology & Neuropsychiatry

  • Samantha K. Holden, MD, Chair, University of Colorado School of Medicine
  • Lealani Mae Acosta, MD, Vice Chair, Vanderbilt University Medical Center
  • Jesse Michael Adams, MD, Seattle Neuropsychiatric Treatment Center
  • Kirk R. Daffner, MD, Brigham and Women's Hospital
  • Glen R. Finney, MD, Geisinger Health System
  • Omar Ghaffar, MD, MSc, Hennick Bridgepoint Hospital, Sinai Health
  • Lindsey Gurin, MD, Vice Chair, NYU Langone
  • Aaron Haputman, MD, Boston Children's Hospital
  • Melissa Beth Jones, MD, Michael E. DeBakey VA Medical Center
  • Mandana Modirrousta, MD, PhD, Saint Boniface Hospital

Clinical Neuromuscular Pathology

  • Suur Biliciler, MD, Chair, University of Texas Health Science Center
  • Lan Zhou, MD, PhD, Vice Chair, Hospital for Specialty Surgery
  • Anthony A. Amato, MD, Brigham and Women’s Hospital
  • Robert C. Bucelli, MD, Washington University School of Medicine
  • Rocio Carolina Garcia Santibanez, MD, Emory Healthcare
  • Yessar Hussain, MD, Austin Neuromuscular Center
  • Mohamed Kazamel, MD, Mayo Clinic Arizona
  • Teerin Liewluck, MD, Mayo Clinic, Rochester
  • Georgios Manousakis, MD, M Health Fairview
  • Marcus Vinicius R. Pinto, MD, MS, May Clinic Rochester

Headache Medicine

  • Teshamae S. Monteith, MD, Chair, University of Miami
  • Carrie Robertson, MD, Vice Chair, Mayo Clinic Rochester
  • Hossein Ansari, MD, Kaizen Brain Center
  • Moises Dominguez, MD, Weill Cornell Medicine
  • Marshall C. Freeman, MD, Headache Wellness Center
  • Stephanie J. Nahas, MD, Chair, Thomas Jefferson University
  • Seniha Ozudogru, MD, University of Pennsylvania
  • Nina Riggins, MD, University of California San Diego
  • Rachel Sehgal, MD, University of Michigan
  • Marianna Yugrakh, MD, Columbia University Medical Center

Interventional Neurology

  • Osman S. Kozak, MD, Chair, Abington Memorial Hospital
  • Janhavi Modak, MD, Vice Chair, Baystate Medical Center
  • Norman Ajiboye, MD, Memorial Healthcare System
  • Steve Mario Cordina, MD, Patronus Neurology
  • Waldo Guerrero, MD, USF Health
  • Nazli (Sophia) Janjua, MD, Asia Pacific Comprehensive Stroke Institute
  • Mesha Martinez, MD, Clarity Brain & Spine
  • Thanh Nguyen, MD, Boston University Medical Center
  • Santiago Ortega Guiterrez, MD, University of Iowa Hospital and Clinics
  • Pankajavalli Ramakrishnan, MD, PhD, Westchester Medical Center
  • Faheem Sheriff, MD, Texas Tech Physicians of El Paso
  • Haralabos Zacharatos, DO, Hackensack Meridian JFK University Medical Center

Neonatal Neurocritical Care

  • Christopher D. Smyser, MD, Chair, Washington University School of Medicine
  • Alexa K. Craig, MD, MsC, MS, Vice Chair, Maine Medical Partners
  • Catherine J. Chu, MD, Harvard Medical School
  • Dawn L. Gano, MD, MAS, University of California, San Francisco
  • Sarah B. Mulkey, MD, PhD, Children's National Hospital
  • Andrea C. Pardo, MD, Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine
  • Anna A. Penn, MD, PhD, Columbia University
  • Mark S. Scher, MD, University Hospitals Case Medical Center
  • Emily Wing Yun Tam, MD, Hospital for Sick Children
  • Charu Venkatesan, MD, PhD, Cincinnati Children's Hospital
  • Zachary Andrew Vesoulis, MD MSCI, Washington University School of Medicine
  • Michael D. Weiss, MD, UF Health Shands Children's Hospital

Neurocritical Care

  • Marc-Alain Babi, MD, Chair, Cleveland Clinic Florida
  • Navaz Karanjia, Vice Chair, MD, University of California San Diego
  • Wan Tsu Wendy Chang, MD, University of Maryland School of Medicine
  • Rahul Damani, MD, Baylor College of Medicine
  • Shivani Ghoshal, MD, Columbia University Irving Medical Center
  • Hannah Louise Kirsch, MD, Stanford Health Care
  • Sarah E. Nelson, MD, MPH, Tufts Medical Center
  • Christa O'Hana San Luis Nobleza, MD, Baptist Medical Group
  • Ali Seifi, MD, University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio
  • Michel T. Torbey, MD, MPH, University of New Mexico
  • Sarah Wahlster, MD, Harborview Medical Center

Neuro-oncology

  • Ashley Parham Ghiaseddin, MD, Chair, University of Florida
  • Cynthia J. Campen, MD, Vice Chair, Stanford Medical Children's Health
  • Jerome J. Graber, MD, MPH, Alvord Brain Tumor Center
  • Emily Hanzlik, MD, St. Jude Children's Research Hospital
  • Lauryn Hemminger, MD, Wilmot Cancer Center
  • Surabhi Ranjan, MD, Cleveland Clinic Florida
  • Lauren Schaff, MD, Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center
  • Soma Sengupta, MD, PhD, Tufts Medical Center, Boston
  • Brett J. Theeler, MD, Uniformed Services University School of Medicine
  • Andrea Wasilewski, MD, Givens Brain Tumor Center

Staff Contacts

Todd Bulson, Senior Certification Manager
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(612) 928-6067

Bryan Hagerla, Continuous Certification Manager
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