General: Pediatric Neurology; Concussion
Education:
- Medical School: Bowman Gray School of Medicine at Wake Forest University
- Residency: Keesler Air Force Base
Dr. Wooten, a Garner native, graduated from Duke University in 1980 with a BS in chemistry, and earned an MD from the Bowman Gray School of Medicine at Wake Forest University in 1984. He completed a pediatric residency at Keesler Air Force Base from 1984 to 1987, following which he completed a neurology residency with special qualifications in child neurology at Bowman Gray. From 1992 to 1997, Dr. Wooten practiced child neurology in the United States Air Force, and practiced as a child neurologist at the Sacred Heart Children’s Hospital in Pensacola, Florida, from 1997 to 2000. From 1992 to 2000 he served as part of the faculty for pediatric residency programs at Keesler Medical Center (United States Air Force) and for Sacred Heart Children’s Hospital.
Dr. Wooten started the child neurology division at Raleigh Neurology in January of 2000. He is currently a Clinical Associate Professor in the Department of Pediatrics at the UNC School of Medicine and is active in teaching, training, and instructing nurses, medical students, residents, and other physicians. Dr. Wooten has received the “Teacher of the Year Award” on three separate occasions over the past fifteen years. He is board-certified in neurology with special qualifications in child neurology. He currently practices all aspects of child neurology, and he started the Sports Concussion Clinic for adolescents at Wake Medical Center in 2009.
Dr. Wooten has retired from practice as of November of 2018 and is no longer seeing or accepting patients.