Training Programs Achieve UCNS Accreditation

06-01-2024 The United Council for Neurologic Subspecialties (UCNS) is pleased to announce the names of seven 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  248 UCNS-accredited training programs in UCNS-recognized subspecialties. UCNS congratulates the following programs and their program directors in achieving UCNS accreditation effective June 1, 2024.

Program	Program Director
Headache Medicine
Northwestern University	Bianca Barcelo, MD
Wright State University	Richard Kim, MD
Interventional Neurology
University of Texas, Austin	Jefferson Miley, MD
SSM Health/St. Louis University	Guillermo Linares, MD
Neurocritical Care
University of Illinois at Chicago	Ciro Ramos Estebanez, MD, PhD, MBA
Barrow Neurologic Institute	Fiona Lynch, MD, MPH
Neuro-oncology
University of Pennsylvania	Richard Phillips, MD, PhD

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 July 31, 2024,  will be reviewed in the fall of 2024.