Dr. Jo Santamina was a consistent honor student. He majored in Zoology in college and proceeded to medical school, where he was in the top 10% of the graduating class. He pursued internship in Internal Medicine in Los Angeles County-University of Southern California Medical Center, the nation’s largest general hospital. He trained to become a neurologist in University of California, Davis Medical Center in Sacramento and University of California, Irvine Medical Center in Orange County. After training, he joined a large multi-specialty medical-surgical group in Northern California.

In 2004, he established his own practice in the San Diego area, where he was regarded as one of the most loved physicians, both by his colleagues and his patients. He attended several conferences and spoke in different meetings and symposia. Because of his other passion which is teaching, he later joined University of California, San Francisco, where he had a short stint as an assistant clinical professor to help train neurology residents, interns and medical students. In the latter part of 2009, he joined NeuroCare. In a short time, he made an impressive mark and was nominated as Most Valuable Physician of Simi Valley Hospital.

As a neurologist, Dr. Santamina is highly trained to treat disorders of the nervous system, which include diseases of the brain, spinal cord, nerves, and muscles. He serves as a consultant to other physicians and provides long-term care to patients with chronic neurological disorders. Dr. Santamina is an active member of American Academy of Neurology which provides him with the latest updates in the fields of neurology and medicine. He currently practices in Simi Valley and Thousand Oaks, both in Ventura County. Ventura County.