Board of Directors

The UCNS Board of Directors is comprised of representatives nominated by each of the five parent organizations, subspecialty sponsoring organizations, liaisons from the American Board of Psychiatry & Neurology and Accreditation Council for Graduate Medical Education, and Executive Directors of the parent organizations who serve in an ex-officio capacity.

Voting Directors and Subspecialty Representatives
  • Salvador Cruz-Flores, MD, MPH, Chair
  • Margie Ream, MD, PhD, Vice Chair
  • Nancy Bass, MD, Secretary/Treasurer
  • Lawrence R. Wechsler, MD, Past Chair
  • Sayona John, MD
  • Siddharth Kapoor, MD, MBA
  • Tahseen Mozaffar, MD
  • Amanda Peltier, MD
  • Gustavo Rodriguez, MD
Non-Voting Subspecialty Representatives
  • Sherry Hsiang-Yi Chou, MD
  • Mohamed El-Dib, MD
  • Jerome J. Graber, MD
  • Justin T. Jordan, MD, MPH
  • Vani Rao, MD
  • Amy Sanders, MD, MS
Non-Voting Ex Officio Executive Directors
  • Katie Fernstaedt (AUPN)
  • Brenda Orffer, CAE (ANA)
  • Monique Terrell (CNS/CNEC of CNS)
  • Mary Post, MBA, CAE (AAN)
Non-Voting Board Liaisons
  • Steven L. Lewis, MD, FAAN (ABPN)
UCNS Executive Director
  • Brenda Riggott, IOM