Training Programs Achieve UCNS Accreditation

5-28-2026 The United Council for Neurologic Subspecialties (UCNS) is pleased to announce the names of 10 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 268 UCNS-accredited training programs in UCNS-recognized subspecialties. UCNS congratulates the following programs and their program directors in achieving UCNS accreditation effective June 1, 2026.


Program  Program Director 
Autonomic Disorders
University Hospitals Cleveland Medical Center - Case Western Reserve University Kamal Chémali, MD
Headache Medicine
Charleston Area Medical Center Catherine Ham, MD
Emory University Simy Parikh, MD
Jesse Brown VA/University of Illinois-Chicago
 Bianca Barcelo, MD
University of California, Irvine  Nan Cheng, MD 
University of Cincinnati Brinder Vij, MD 
Interventional Neurology  
Willis Knighton Health System Anish Sonig, MD
Neurocritical Care  
SSM Health/Saint Louis University Hospital Fajun Wang, MD
Staten Island University Hospital - Northwell Health System David LeDoux, MD
University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center at Dallas Ranier Reyes, 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 July 31, 2026, deadline will be reviewed for accreditation in the fall of 2026.