Training Programs Achieve UCNS Accreditation

12-01-2024 The United Council for Neurologic Subspecialties (UCNS) is pleased to announce the names of eight newly accredited UCNS fellowship training programs. Programs attaining UCNS accreditation status offer the core curriculum established by the subspecialty and meet required quality standards established by UCNS.

Accreditation is a voluntary process of evaluation and peer review based on UCNS accreditation standards. Fellows who complete a UCNS-accredited program meet the training eligibility requirements to apply for certification in the subspecialty. There are now 245 UCNS-accredited training programs in UCNS-recognized subspecialties. UCNS congratulates the following programs and their program directors in achieving UCNS accreditation effective December 1, 2024.

Program	Program Director
Autonomic Disorders
Mayo Clinic, Arizona	Karissa Arca, MD
Behavioral Neurology & Neuropsychiatry
University of Rochester Medical Center	David Gill, MD
Mayo Clinic, Arizona	Meredith Wicklund, MD
Headache Medicine
Norton Neuroscience Institute	Brian Plato, DO
Medical University of South Carolina	William Jarrard, III, MD
Neonatal Neurocritical Care
University of Washington	Niranjana Natarajan, MD
Boston Children’s Hospital	Janet Soul, MDCM
Neuro-oncology
Medical College of Wisconsin	Jennifer Connelly, MD

Training programs interested in applying for accreditation will find application and program requirement information for each subspecialty under Accreditation at UCNS.org. Applications received by the January 31, 2025, deadline will be reviewed for accreditation in the spring of 2025.