Committees
CAST Members serve 2 year terms, renewable once for a total of 4 years of service
The Committee on Advanced Subspecialty Training (CAST)
 Vincent Traynelis, MD CAST Chair Rush University Chicago, IL |  William Mack, MD CAST Chair Elect University of Southern California Los Angeles, CA |  Patricia Raksin, MD Chair Neurosurgery Cook County Chicago, IL |  Ansaar Rai, MD NESAC Chair West Virginia University Morgantown, WV |
 John Golfinos, MD Skull Base NYU Langone New York City, NY |  Jonathan Miller, MD Stereotactic/Functional SUNY/Upstate Syracuse, NY |  Jeffrey Weinberg, MD Neurosurgical Oncology MD Anderson Houston, TX |  David Limbrick MD, Pediatrics Virginia Commonwealth Richmond, VA |
 Mike Steinmetz MD Spine Peripheral Nerve Cleveland Clinic Cleveland, OH |  Brian Hoh, MD Cerebrovascular University of Florida Gainesville, FL |  Howard Riina, MD ABNS Secretary Ad Hoc NYU Langone New York City, NY |  Richard Ellenbogen, MD ACGME RRC Ad Hoc University of Washington Seattle, WA |
Neuroendovascular Surgery Advisory Committee (NESAC)
Ansaar Rai, MD (Chair) Radiology West Virginia University Morgantown, WV |  Ameer Hassan, MD Neurology Valley Baptist Health System Harlingen, TX |  Brian Howard, MD Neurosurgery Emory University Atlanta, GA |  Jeremy Heit, MD, Radiology Stanford University Stanford, CA |
 Eytan Raz, MD Radiology NYU Langone New York City, NY |  Stavropoula Tjoumakaris, MD Neurosurgery Sidney Kimmel TJU Philadelphia, PA |  Raul Nogueira, MD Neurology UPMC Pittsburgh, PA |  Justin Mascitelli, MD Neurosurgery University of Texas San Antonio, TX |
 Gabor Toth, MD Neurology Cleveland Clinic Cleveland, OH | William Mack, MD CAST Chair Elect University of Southern California Los Angeles, CA | Vincent Traynelis, MD CAST Chair Rush University Chicago, IL |
Neurocritical Care Trauma Advisory Committee (NCTAC)
Patricia Raksin, MD (Chair) Neurosurgery Cook County Chicago, IL |  Jack Jallo, MD Sidney Kimmel TJU Philadelphia, PA |  Ryan Kitagawa, MD Neurosurgery UT Health, Houston Houston, TX |  Andrew Carlson, MD University of Virginia Charlottesville, VA |
 Emily Sieg, MD Neurosurgery University of Louisville Louisville, KY |  Jordan Bonomo, MD Neurology University of Cincinnati Cincinnati, OH |  David Greer, MD Neurology Boston University Boston, MA |  S. Will Hazard, MD Anesthesiology Penn State Hershey, PA |
 Angela Shapshak, MD Neurology University of Alabama Birmingham, AL | Vincent Traynelis, MD CAST Chair Rush University Chicago, IL | William Mack, MD CAST Chair Elect University of So. California Los Angeles, CA |
Neurocritical Care Fellowship Accreditation
Neurocritical Care Fellowship accreditation will be done by the NCTAC (Neurocritical Care Trauma Advisory Committee) under the authority of the Society of Neurological Surgeons through CAST. This committee will establish fellowship requirements based on agreed-upon criteria, which will include NICU patient management experience, faculty expertise, facilities, learning and academic environment, and institutional/departmental support. The NCTAC committee will use these criteria to approve fellowship applications.
Neuroendovascular Fellowship Accreditation
Neuroendovascular accreditation will be done by NESAC (Neuroendovascular Surgery Advisory Committee) under the authority of the Society of Neurological Surgeons through CAST. This committee will establish educational and training requirements for fellowship programs based on agreed-upon criteria, which will include patient management information for training fellows, faculty experience, facilities, academic environment, and institutional/departmental support.