John Lattin, M.D.
Education:
University of Utah and received his Medical Degree in 1965
John E. Lattin MD is a native of the Intermountain West. He attended schools in Salt Lake City, Utah; Denver, Colorado; and El Paso, Texas. Dr. Lattin attended the University of Utah and received his Medical Degree in 1965. After an internship at Holy Cross Hospital in Salt Lake City, Dr. Lattin traveled with his family to Rochester, Minnesota for his residency in Pediatrics at the Mayo Clinic. After two years of service in the Army at William Beaumont General Hospital in El Paso, the Lattin family moved to Fresno where Dr. Lattin assumed the position of Medical Director of the Central Valley Regional Center for the Developmentally Disabled; he has been in the private practice of pediatrics since 1973 with the Pediatric Medical Group and since 1996, the Northwest Medical Group.
Certification
National Board of Medical Examiners
American Board of Pediatrics
Appointments
Childrens Hospital of Central California
Community Hospitals of Central California
Saint Agnes Medical Center
Medical Staff Survey Committee, Institute of Medical Quality, California
Postitions Held
President, Medical Staff, Childrens Hospital, 1981
President, Fresno Madera Medical Society, 1988
Chair, Organized Medical Staff Section, Calif. Medical Assoc. 1998-2000
Board Member, Sante IPA, current Fresno Madera Medical Society California Medical Association American Academy of Pediatrics-Fellow
Awards
C. Dean McClure Public Health Award for service to children of Madera County 1994. Golden Apple Award, Fresno Unified School District 1990
Personal
My goal is to involve the family in the care process for our children. I try to emphasize healthy choices for disease prevention and for educational and social
Success
Mrs. Lattin and I have been married forty three years and have four children and eighteen grandchildren. We ski as a family and were members of the Sierra Summit Ski Patrol. I still enjoy skiing, golf, and fly fishing.
