Committees

CAST Members serve 2 year terms, renewable once for a total of 4 years of service

The Committee on Advanced Subspecialty Training (CAST)

Neuroendovascular Surgery Advisory Committee (NESAC)

Neurocritical Care Trauma Advisory Committee (NCTAC)

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.

CNS Endovascular fellowships Accreditation

CNS Endovascular 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.

Charles Branch, Jr. MD Chair Atrium Health, Wake Forest Baptist Winston-Salem, NC	Vincent Traynelis, MD Chair Elect Rush University Chicago, IL	Perry Ball, MD; Neurocritical Care, and Trauma Chair Dartmouth-Hitchcock Medical Center Lebanon, NH	Brian Hoh, MD Cerebrovascular University of Florida Gainesville, FL
William Mack, MD CNS Endovascular Chair University of Southern California Los Angeles, CA	Jonathan Miller, MD Stereotactic/Functional Case Western Reserve University Cleveland, OH	Linda Liau, MD Neurosurgical Oncology & Skull Base UCLA Los Angeles, CA	Douglas Brockmeyer MD, Pediatrics University of Utah Salt Lake City, UT
Mike Steinmetz MD Cleveland Clinic Cleveland, OH	Robert Harbaugh, MD (RC Chair Ad Hoc) Penn State Hershey, PA	Russell Lonser MD (ABNS Secretary Ad Hoc) The Ohio State University Columbus, OH

William Mack, MD Neurosurgery, NESAC Chair University of Southern California Los Angeles, CA	Ameer Hassan, MD Neurology Valley Baptist Health System Harlingen, TX	Sameer Ansari, MD Radiology Northwestern Chicago, IL	Lee Pride, MD Radiology UT Southwestern Medical Center Dallas, TX
Adam Arthur, MD Neurosurgery Semmes Murphy Memphis, TN	Stavropoula Tjoumakaris, MD Neurosurgery Thomas Jefferson University Philadelphia, PA	Raul Nogueira, MD Neurology UPMC Pittsburgh, PA	Ansaar Rai, MD Radiology West Virginia University Morgantown, WV
Johanna Fifi, MD, Neurology Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai New York, NY	Charles Branch, Jr. MD CAST Chair Atrium Health, Wake Forest Baptist Winston-Salem, NC	Vincent Traynelis, MD CAST Chair Elect Rush University Chicago, IL

Perry Ball, MD Neurosurgery, NCTAC Chair Dartmouth-Hitchcock Medical Center Lebanon, NH	Richard Rogers, MD Neurosurgeon Goodman Campbell Carmel, IN	Lori Shutter, MD Neurology UPMC Pittsburgh, PA	Jamie Ullman, MD Neurosurgery Zucker School of Medicine at Hofstra/Northwell Great Neck, NY
S. Alan Hoffer, MD Neurosurgery Case Western Reserve University Cleveland, OH	Cherylee Chang, MD Neurology Duke University Durham, NC	David Okonkwo, MD Neurosurgery UPMC Pittsburgh, PA	S. Will Hazard, MD Anesthesiology Penn State Hershey, PA
Angela Shapshak, MD Neurology University of Alabama Birmingham, AL	Charles Branch, Jr. MD CAST Chair Atrium Health, Wake Forest Baptist Winston-Salem, NC	Vincent Traynelis, MD CAST Chair Elect Rush University Chicago, IL