UCNS releases 2025 annual reports, seeks articles for 2027 C-cert reading list
June 18, 2026
The (UCNS) is an independent nonprofit established by the Â鶹´«Ã½Ó³» and four other leading neurology organizations. As the accrediting and certifying body for emerging neurological subspecialties, the UCNS provides a means of formal recognition and improved training standards for subspecialties.
The UCNS has released its 2025 annual reports, offering an in-depth look at certification and accreditation trends and continued growth across its recognized neurological subspecialties.
2025 Neurological Subspecialty Updates
provides an overview of the accreditation and certification status of the following subspecialties as of December 31, 2025:
- Autonomic Disorders
- Behavioral Neurology & Neuropsychiatry
- Clinical Neuromuscular Pathology
- Geriatric Neurology
- Headache Medicine
- Interventional Neurology
- Neonatal Neurocritical Care
- Neurocritical Care
- Neuroimaging
- Neuro-oncology
At the end of 2025, there were 259 UCNS-accredited fellowship training programs and 3,362 UCNS-certified diplomates. View a full listing of training programs and diplomates in the online
2024-2025 Accreditation Annual Report
highlights data through the June 1, 2025, spring accreditation cycle for the following subspecialties:
- Autonomic Disorders
- Behavioral Neurology & Neuropsychiatry
- Clinical Neuromuscular Pathology
- Geriatric Neurology
- Headache Medicine
- Interventional Neurology
- Neurocritical Care
- Neonatal Neurocritical Care
- Neuroimaging
- Neuro-oncology
- Neural Repair and Rehabilitation
As of December 1, 2025, 259 programs were accredited in ten subspecialties representing 38 states, the District of Columbia, and three Canadian provinces. UCNS-accredited programs are present at a majority of medical institutions with Accreditation Council for Graduate Medical Â鶹´«Ã½Ó³» (ACGME)-accredited neurology residencies, and 207 of the 248 programs are located within neurology departments.
Continuous certification reading list submissions due June 30
In an effort to engage each of its neurologic subspecialties in the process of identifying the most important developments in their subspecialty field, the UCNS invites its certified diplomates and the subspecialty sponsoring organizations to that meet the following C-cert submission criteria for consideration for inclusion in the 2027 reading list:
- Reflects recent advances within the past four years or current clinical knowledge in the subspecialty field
- Clinically relevant articles
- Drawn from peer-reviewed journals relevant to the subspecialty and/or the related primary specialty field
- New or updated practice guidelines published in print or electronic form
- Available to and easily accessible by UCNS diplomates
Submissions must include title/volume/issue/date of journal article or resource, article author(s), and a hyperlink to the online article or resource.