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I am a North Carolina native that feels privileged to be able to provide care for the patients of this state. It is my goal to continue expanding care access to pediatric patients with neuromuscular disorders in the region. I believe in patient and family joint decision making and utilizing a multidisciplinary approach to provide the best care possible for patients.<\/p>\n

Clinical Interests- Pediatric neuromuscular disorders; including spinal muscular atrophy (SMA), muscular dystrophies, myasthenia gravis, and hereditary neuropathies or CMT.<\/p>\n

Procedures- Adult and pediatric electromyography (EMG), sedated pediatric EMG, and neuromuscular ultrasound<\/p>\n","protected":false},"featured_media":20510,"menu_order":0,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"layout":"","cellInformation":"","apiCallInformation":"","_links_to":"","_links_to_target":""},"ud_division":[209,310,210,360],"class_list":["post-19066","ud_entry","type-ud_entry","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","ud_division-child-neurology","ud_division-child-neurology-residency-leadership","ud_division-neuromuscular-disorders","ud_division-pediatric-neuromuscular-clinic-team","odd"],"acf":[],"ud_entry_custom_fields":{"ud_last_name":"Wooten","ud_first_name":"Nathaniel","ud_gallery_summary":"","ud_telephone":false,"ud_email":"nathaniel.wooten@unchealth.unc.edu","ud_positions":[{"ud_title":"Assistant Professor, Neurology"},{"ud_title":"Child Neurology Residency Leadership Panel"}],"ud_options":[],"ud_sort_order":""},"featured_image":"https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/neurology\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/716\/2025\/03\/Nathaniel-Wooten-Headshot-scaled.jpg","featured_image_medium":"https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/neurology\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/716\/2025\/03\/Nathaniel-Wooten-Headshot-200x300.jpg","featured_image_medium_large":"https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/neurology\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/716\/2025\/03\/Nathaniel-Wooten-Headshot-768x1152.jpg","featured_image_large":"https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/neurology\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/716\/2025\/03\/Nathaniel-Wooten-Headshot-683x1024.jpg","featured_image_thumbnail":"https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/neurology\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/716\/2025\/03\/Nathaniel-Wooten-Headshot-150x150.jpg","yoast_head":"\nNathaniel Wooten, MD | Department of Neurology<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/neurology\/people\/nathaniel-wooten-md\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Nathaniel Wooten, MD | Department of Neurology\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"I am a North Carolina native that feels privileged to be able to provide care for the patients of this state. 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