Congratulations New and Recertified Headache Medicine Diplomates

2-26-2019 The UCNS is pleased to announce the names of the physicians who passed the 2018 UCNS Headache Medicine Certification and Recertification examinations. 

Demonstrating their expert knowledge in Headache Medicine, 92 physicians passed the Headache Medicine Initial Certification Examination. These physicians now hold the distinction of being UCNS Diplomates. A total of 42 physicians passed the Headache Medicine Recertification Examination and have demonstrated their commitment to life-long learning by meeting the continuing medical education and subspecialty knowledge requirements. There are currently 570 physician Diplomates certified in Headache Medicine.

Congratulations to the following physicians:

New Diplomates

Iryna Aberkorn, MD	Chelsea Hesterman, MD	Barbara Nye, MD
Antonia Ahern, MD	Michelle Holick, MD	Chantal O'Brien, MD
Noman Ahmed, MD	Angela Hou, MD	Yulia Orlova, MD
Zubair Ali Ahmed, MD	Samantha Lee Irwin, MB, BCh, BAO, FRCPC	Seniha Ozudogru, MD
Ashhar Ali, DO	Hongkui Jing, MD, PhD	Anna Pace, MD
Ahmad Nadim Al-Sadat, MD	Glynnis Zieman Jones, MD	Jennifer M. Padilla Martinez, MD
Cynthia Armand, MD	Gina Lyn Jones, DO	Simy Parikh, MD
Ferhad Feroze Bashir, MD	Joshua Kamins, MD	Riddhiben Patel, MD
Allyson Beth Bazarsky, DO	Jenna Kanter, MD	Roshni Patel, MD
Thomas Berk, MD	Shathabish Shimoga Kariyanna, MD	Dinesh Venkoba Raju, MD, PhD
Mark Burish, MD, PhD	Fawad Khan, MD	Rashmi Rajendra Rao, MD
Meghan Candee, MD, MS	William Kingston, MD	Sanjai Rao, DO
Madeline Chadehumbe, MD	Narayan Kissoon, MD	Reena Gogia Rastogi, MD
Diane Counce, MD	Kerry Knievel, DO	Jill Rau, MD, PhD
Anne Csere, DO	Daniel Krashin, MD	Sandhya Ravikumar, MD
Rachel S. Darken, MD, PhD	Regina Krel, MD	Eric Remster, MD
Richelle deMayo, MD, CM	Herbert Krob, MD, MSc	Courtney Schusse, MD
Lex Denysenko, MD	Ana Marissa Lagman-Bartolome, MD	Megan Shanks, MD
Michael Doerrler, DO	Clinton Lauritsen, DO	Susan Sharifi, MD
Megan Donnelly, DO	Young Ah Lee, MD	Roni Sharon, MD
Elizabeth Ekpo, MD	Andrew David Levin, MD	Saima Siddiqui, MD
Michelle Evans, DO	Seth Lichtenstein, MD	Gloria Patricia Simms, MD
Jessica Gautreaux, MD	Yitao Ma, MD	Stacy Victoria Smith, MD
Sarah Gibbons, DO	Shamin Masrour, DO	Peter Struck, MD
Harold Goforth, MD	Nikolas Mata-Machado, MD	Shweta Teckchandani, DO
Jihan Grant, MD	Santiago Mazuera Mejia, MD	Stephanie Vertrees, MD
Salil Gupta, MD	Alla Mesh, MD	Jerry Wei, MD
Manoher L. Gurru, MD	Abby Metzler, MD	Mark Whealy, MD
Katherine Hamilton, MD	Rebecca Michael, MD	Cristina Wohlgehagen, MD
Yathish Haralur Sreekantaiah, MD	Jason Shervin Nazar, DO	Pengfei Zhang, MD
Allison Hennigan, MD	Bernadette Nazario Lopez, MD

Recertified Diplomates

Wayne E. Anderson, DO, FAAN, FAHS	Thomas Freedom, MD	William J. Mullally, MD
Mitra A. Assadi-Khansari, MD	Gerard M. Gerling, MD	Natalia Murinova, MD, MHA
Kamel Ben-Othmane, MD	Brian M. Grosberg, MD	Uri Napchan, MD
Pramit Bhasin, MD	Faizan Hafeez, MD	Jeffrey P. Nelson, MD
Andrew M. Blumenfeld, MD	Audrey L. Halpern, MD	George R. Nissan, DO
Deborah L. Carver Hodges, MD	Mark Alan Kachadurian, DO	Aurora K. Pajeau, MD
Wade M. Cooper, DO	Eugene K. Kaplan, MD	Sonja Potrebic, MD, PhD
Robert P. Cowan, MD	Lance Y. Kim, DO	Angie L. Rakes, MD
Rima M. Dafer, MD, MPH	Brad C. Klein, MD, MBA	Deborah E. Reed, MD
Debra G. Davis, MD	Hubert A. Leonard, MD, PhD	Jeffrey S. Royce, MD, FAHS, FAAFP
Merle L. Diamond, MD	Charisse D. Litchman, MD	Sara E. Sacco, MD
Kathleen B. Digre, MD	Michael J. Marmura, MD	David B. Sudderth, MD
Caren C. Douenias, MD	Laszlo L. Mechtler, MD	David B. Watson, MD
Damon Fellman, MD	Edmund J. Messina, MD

Physicians in the United States and Canada who meet the eligibility requirements may apply for certification in Headache Medicine. The next initial certification examination will take place in 2020. For a complete list of all Headache Medicine Diplomates, UCNS accredited training programs, and information about Headache Medicine Certification, visit www.ucns.org.