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Office
Strada Patient Care Center
1601 Center St
Mobile, AL 36604Phone+1 251-660-5118
Summary
- Dr. Dean Naritoku is a neurologist in Mobile, AL and is affiliated with multiple hospitals in the area, including USA Health University Hospital, Mobile Infirmary Medical Center, and USA Health Children's & Women's Hospital. He received his medical degree from Chicago Medical School/Rosalind Franklin University of Medicine Science and has been in practice 36 years. He specializes in epilepsy, neurophysiology, and sleep medicine and is experienced in electromyography, electroencephalography, movement disorders, epilepsy, and neurology.
Education & Training
Washington University/B-JH/SLCH ConsortiumFellowship, Epilepsy, 2011- Washington University/B-JH/SLCH ConsortiumResidency, Neurology, 1982 - 1987
- Washington University/B-JH/SLCH ConsortiumResidency, Neurology, 1981 - 1985
University of Illinois College of Medicine at ChicagoInternship, Internal Medicine, 1981 - 1982
Chicago Medical School at Rosalind Franklin University of Medicine and ScienceClass of 1981
Certifications & Licensure
AL State Medical License 2008 - 2024
IL State Medical License 1981 - 2011- American Board of Psychiatry and Neurology Neurology
- American Board of Psychiatry and Neurology Clinical Neurophysiology
- American Board of Psychiatry and Neurology Epilepsy
Awards, Honors, & Recognition
- Regional Top Doctor Castle Connolly, 2014
Publications & Presentations
PubMed
- 700 citationsVagus nerve stimulation therapy for partial-onset seizures A randomized active-control trialAdrian Handforth, Christopher M. DeGiorgio, Steven C. Schachter, Basim M. Uthman, Dean K. Naritoku
Neurology. 1998-07-01 - 181 citationsVagus nerve stimulation for treatment of partial seizures: 2. Safety, side effects, and tolerability. First International Vagus Nerve Stimulation Study Group.R. E. Ramsay, Basim M. Uthman, L. E. Augustinsson, Adrian R.M. Upton, Dean K. Naritoku
Epilepsia. 1994-05-01 - 335 citationsProspective Long-Term Study of Vagus Nerve Stimulation for the Treatment of Refractory SeizuresChristopher M. DeGiorgio, Steven C. Schachter, Adrian Handforth, Martin C. Salinsky, J. Thompson
Epilepsia. 2000-09-01
Press Mentions
- Highlights from the Annual Meeting of the American Epilepsy Society 2018May 3rd, 2019
Grant Support
- Antiepileptic Mechanisms Of Vagus Nerve StimulationNational Institute Of Neurological Disorders And Stroke1995
Professional Memberships
- American Society for Clinical Pharmacology and TherapeuticsMember
- Member
- Fellow
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