Health Information Larry A. Latson, MD - Pediatric Cardiology and Critical Care
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
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
Latson LA (1998). The CardioSEAL device:
History, techniques, results. Journal of Interventional Cardiology, 11: 501-505.
Latson LA (1997). Atrial septal
defect. In JH Moller, JIE Hoffman, eds., Pediatric Cardiovascular Medicine. New York: Churchill Livingstone.
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.
