Larry A. Latson, MD - Pediatric Cardiology and Critical Care

Dr. Larry Latson reviews medical content for Healthwise, a nonprofit organization with a mission to help people make better health decisions. Dr. Latson is a pediatrician who is board-certified in both pediatric cardiology and pediatric critical care. He serves as Director of the Pediatric and Congenital Heart Diseases Cardiac Catheterization Laboratory for the Cleveland Clinic. His primary interests include pediatric cardiology, congenital heart disease, and pediatric interventional catheterization procedures.

Dr. Latson has been the recipient of the Best Doctors in America award from Woodward/White, Inc., in 1994 and 1996/97 and again by Good Housekeeping. He is the author of over 100 peer-reviewed papers related to pediatric and congenital heart disease.

Dr. Latson is actively involved in research and has published numerous articles, book chapters, and abstracts. He is the national principal investigator on the FDA trial, which has led to the approval of the Helex Septal Occluder as a transcatheter treatment of atrial septal defect. He is frequently invited to speak at international/national/regional meetings and panel discussions.

Board Certification

American Board of Pediatrics—1981

American Board of Pediatrics, Sub-Board of Pediatric Cardiology—1983

American Board of Pediatrics, Sub-Board of Pediatric Critical Care—1987, 1995, 2002

Healthwise Knowledgebase Topics Reviewed

Congenital Heart Defects

Education

MD: Baylor College of Medicine, 1976

Internship in Pediatrics: Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, TX, 1976–1977

Residency in Pediatrics: Baylor College of Medicine, 1977–1978

Fellowship in Pediatric Cardiology: Baylor College of Medicine, 1978–1981

Academic Appointments

Director, Pediatric Congenital Heart Diseases Cardiac Catheterization Laboratory, Cleveland Clinic, 1994–present

Professor, Department of Pediatrics and Internal Medicine, Ohio State University, 1995–present

Director of Pediatric Catheterization Laboratory, The Cleveland Clinic Foundation, 1993–present

Hospital Appointments

The Cleveland Clinic Foundation, Attending Staff

Mt. Sinai Medical Center, Consulting Staff

Fairview General Hospital, Consulting Staff

MetroHealth Medical Center, Consulting Staff

Meridia Hillcrest, Consulting Staff

Professional Affiliations

American Academy of Pediatrics

American College of Cardiology, Fellow

American Heart Association

International Society for Heart and Lung Transplantation

Midwest Pediatric Cardiology Society

Midwest Society for Pediatric Research

Society of Pediatric Echocardiology

Society for Cardiac Angiography and Interventions

Selected Publications

1. Latson LA (1998). The CardioSEAL device: History, techniques, results. Journal of Interventional Cardiology, 11: 501–505.
2. Latson LA (1997). Atrial septal defect. In JH Moller, JIE Hoffman, eds., Pediatric Cardiovascular Medicine. New York: Churchill Livingstone.
3. Latson LA (1998). Structural disease chapter of Coarctation of the aorta. In RL Collins-Nakia, ed., PAACCSAP CD-ROM Program, chap. 5, section 4. Bethesda, MD: American College of Cardiology.

Financial Disclosure

Grant support received from the following:

• NMT Medical
• W.L. Gore and Associates, Inc.
• AGA Medical Corporation
• Boston Scientific, Inc.
• NuMed, Inc.

© 1995-2008 Healthwise, Incorporated. Healthwise, Healthwise for every health decision, and the Healthwise logo are trademarks of Healthwise, Incorporated.