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UCNS Update 
July 28, 2022
UCNS Welcomes New Board Leadership
The UCNS is pleased to announce the election of new officers and members to the Board of Directors.
 
Lawrence Wechsler, MD was elected to serve a two-year term as Chair of the Board of the Board of Directors. Dr. Wechsler has served on the Board since 2019 as a representative of the Association of University Professors of Neurology and served as UCNS Treasurer in 2020/2021. He is the Chair of the University of Pennsylvania Health System Department of Neurology at Pennsylvania Hospital. He has been UCNS certified in Neuroimaging since 2015.

Salvador Cruz-Flores MD, MPH, was elected to serve a two-year term in the officer role of Vice Chair and Margie A. Ream, MD, PhD, was elected to serve as Secretary/Treasurer from 2022-2024.

Other new and re-elected board members include:
  • Nancy Bass, MD
  • C. Alan Anderson, MD
  • Tahseen Mozaffar, MD
  • Siddharth Kapoor, MD
  • Angela Hays Shapshak, MD
  • Justin Jordan, MD

Find out more about the new members in News at ucns.org.
Lawrence Wechsler, MD
UCNS Board of Directors, Chair
2022-2024
Interventional Neurology
Certification Examination Committee
Left to Right: Todd Bulson, UCNS Senior Manager Certification; Jefferson T. Miley, MD; Camilo R. Gomez, MD, MBA; Alberto Maud, MD; Sunil A. Sheth. MD; Nazli (Sophia) Janjua, MD
Headache Medicine
Certification Examination Committee
Left to right: Margarita Murphy, PhD (Psychometrician); Todd Bulson, Senior Manager Certification; Nina Riggins, MD; Debra Davis, MD; Hossein Ansari, MD; Christopher Oakley, MD; Stephanie Nahas, MD; Jerry Swanson, MD; Christopher Gottschalk, MD
UCNS Committees Meet for Examination Standard Setting
Members of the Interventional Neurology and Headache Medicine Certification Examination Committees recently met in Minneapolis. Under the guidance of a psychometrician, the committee members utilized the modified-Angoff method to review and evaluate all items for their respective certification examinations to determine the difficulty of each item is in an examination to determine the cut-off score.

The Interventional Neurology Certification Examination Committee met on July 8th to take this final development step for the inaugural UCNS Interventional Neurology Certification Examination that will take place September 12-16, 2022.

The Headache Medicine Certification Examination Committee met on July 25th to undergo this process to reset the pass mark for the upcoming 2022 Headache Medicine examination that takes place October 10-14.

All UCNS subspecialty certification examinations are developed by subject matter experts appointed by their respective subspecialty sponsoring organizations. Each examination has 200 multiple-choice questions. Examinations are administered remotely with live virtual proctoring. UCNS currently offers certification for eight neurologic subspecialties.
Neuroimaging Certification Examination Application Deadline Extended
Are you or a colleague considering certification in the neurologic subspecialty of Neuroimaging? The application deadline for the 2022 UCNS Neuroimaging Certification Examination has been extended to Wednesday, August 31, 2022. The examination is scheduled the week of February 6-10, 2023. Detailed certification eligibility requirements, examination content outline, and the online application are available at www.ucns.org/certification. There are currently 163 diplomates certified in Neuroimaging.
Submit Articles Now for
2023 C-cert Reading Lists

Now accepting journal article and practice guideline submissions for 2023 UCNS continuous certification (C-cert) reading list consideration for the following neurologic subspecialties:

  • Autonomic Disorders
  • Behavioral Neurology & Neuropsychiatry
  • Clinical Neuromuscular Pathology
  • Headache Medicine
  • Interventional Neurology
  • Neurocritical Care
  • Neuroimaging
  • Neuro-oncology

Submission deadline is July 31, 2022. Submissions will be considered in the selection process for inclusion in the C-cert annual reading list that will be released in early 2023.

Get the details:
Important Dates & Deadlines
July 31: Journal article submission deadline for 2023 C-cert reading list consideration
August 31: Neuroimaging certification exam extended application deadline ($500 fee applies)
December 1: Deadline for completing 2022 C-cert requirements
January 1: Neuro-oncology certification exam application period opens
January 31: Accreditation applications due for fellowship training programs (spring review)
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