Daniel Latt
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Associate Professor of Orthopaedic Surgery
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Associate Professor of Biomedical Engineering
Dr. Latt earned his medical degree from the University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine in 2002. He then completed residency training in orthopaedic surgery at McGill University in Montreal, Canada. He has fellowship training in sports medicine from Kaiser San Diego, and foot and ankle surgery from Duke University.
Dr. Latt specializes in the care of athletic injuries of the shoulder, knee, ankle and foot. He is particularly interested in complex lower extremity reconstruction and realignment, cartilage injuries, patellofemoral disorders, degenerative disorders of tendon and arthroscopy of the ankle, knee and shoulder. He has a special interest in dance medicine and is the medical director of the dance medicine clinic at the University of Arizona.
In addition to his medical degree, Dr. Latt earned a PhD in bioengineering form the University of Pittsburgh. He has experience in both human movement analysis and joint biomechanics. His current research interests include the development of ultrasound for the functional imaging of tendons, the study of joint contact pressures in the ankle and the patellofemoral joints, the study of the viscoelastic properties of bone, and the use patient reported outcomes following lower extremity surgery.
Dr. Latt has served in a number of leadership roles in professional societies through which he has sought to improve the evidence base for orthopaedic care by increasing the quantity and quality of orthopaedic research performed. He is currently the chair of the American Orthopaedic Foot and Ankle Society Research Committee and a member of the managerial board of the Orthopaedic Foot and Ankle Research Network. He is the also the vice chair of the AAOS Board of Specialty Societies Research Committee.
Dr. Latt is also very committed to improving orthopaedic research through medical publishing. He is a long time reviewer for both sports medicine and foot and ankle journals (AJSM, OJSM, FAI, CORR, and FAS), he has been on the editorial board of the Orthopaedic Journal of Sports Medicine since its inception, and in 2016, he became the founding editor of Foot & Ankle Orthopaedics, the online open access sister journal to Foot & Ankle International.
Degrees
- M.D. Medicine
- University of Pittsburgh - School of Medicine, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
- Ph.D. Bioengineering
- University of Pittsburgh - School of Engineering, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
- The postural sway response to galvanic vestibular stimulation in humans
- Post-Doctoral Fellowship Mechanical Engineering
- Aalborg University - Institute of Mechanical Engineering, Aalborg, Delaware, Denmark
- Experimental validation of the min/max muscle recruitment model in cycling
- B.S. Mechanical Engineering
- University of California, San Diego (La Jolla), California
Work Experience
- Biomedical Engineering, University of Arizona College of Engineering (2016 - Ongoing)
- University of Arizona College of Medicine, Department of Orthopaedic Surgery (2016 - Ongoing)
- University of Arizona, Graduate Interdisciplinary Program in Biomechanical Engineering, University of Arizona (2016 - Ongoing)
- Biomedical Engineering, University of Arizona College of Engineering (2013 - 2016)
- University of Arizona, Graduate Interdisciplinary Program in Biomechanical Engineering, University of Arizona (2010 - 2016)
- Banner University Medical Center (2009 - Ongoing)
- University of Arizona College of Medicine, Department of Orthopaedic Surgery (2009 - 2016)
Interests
Teaching
Teaching - Dr. Latt has been active as a teacher in every part of his work. He has utilized a variety different teaching methods, including: informal teaching during clinic, didactic teaching through medical grand rounds and engineering course lectures, and mentorship of students in the lab.Clinical teaching – Dr. Latt has worked with medical students, orthopaedic surgery residents, family medicine residents and emergency medicine residents in both the clinic and in the operating room since starting in practice. Over the past 5 years, he has trained 15 orthopaedic residents and approximately 4 times as many primary care residents on the sports medicine rotation. During these informal teaching sessions he has focused on critical thinking and on the application of basic principles of anatomy and biomechanics to the diagnosis and treatment decision making for musculoskeletal disorders.Didactic teaching – Dr. Latt has also engaged in formal teaching through grand rounds, biomedical engineering lectures, and public colloquia. Over the past 5 years, he has given 15 orthopaedic, rheumatology, and emergency medicine grand rounds lectures covering clinical topics in foot and ankle surgery and sports medicine. He has also given 7 lectures for biomedical engineering undergraduate and graduate students including BME 295C-Challenges in biomedical engineering, BME 497G- clinical topics in biomedical engineering, and BME 566 - biomechanics. Finally, He has given 10 public talks covering a wide variety of topics from ankle arthritis, to overuse injuries in cycling, to training for a career as a clinician-scientist. He has made these lectures engaging and interactive.Research mentorship - Over the past 3 years, he has had the privilege of teaching the students in his lab about research design, research methodology, musculoskeletal anatomy and orthopaedic biomechanics. Over 60 graduate and undergraduate students from biomedical engineering, mechanical engineering, systems and industrial engineering, honors physiology, and nursing students have participated in his lab. He particularly enjoys providing career mentoring for a number of physiology and biomedical engineering undergraduate students who have gone on to medical school. He has on the masters thesis committee for 5 engineering students and on the doctoral dissertation committee for 2 engineering students.
Research
Dr. Latt's research interest is in using the principles of biomechanics to solve clinical problems in orthopaedics. He has four major research areas (1) Degenerative disease of tendons (tendinosis), (2) The role of alignment in the health and disease of the lower extremity, (3) Movement analysis as a functional outcome measure, and (4) Optimization of medical workflow using task analysis and modeling.
Courses
Independent Study
PSIO 399 (Spring 2017)
PSIO 399 (Fall 2016)
Honors Independent Study
PSIO 399H (Spring 2023)
PSIO 399H (Fall 2022)
PSIO 399H (Spring 2022)
PSIO 399H (Fall 2021)
Directed Research
BME 492 (Spring 2019)
BME 492 (Fall 2018)
Senior Capstone
BIOC 498 (Spring 2021)
BIOC 498 (Fall 2020)
Honors Thesis
PSIO 498H (Spring 2024)
PSIO 498H (Fall 2023)
PSIO 498H (Spring 2023)
PSIO 498H (Fall 2022)
PSIO 498H (Spring 2021)
PSIO 498H (Fall 2020)
PSIO 498H (Spring 2019)
PSIO 498H (Spring 2018)
PSIO 498H (Fall 2017)
PSIO 498H (Spring 2017)
PSIO 498H (Fall 2016)
Rsrch Meth Biomed Engr
BME 592 (Fall 2021)
BME 592 (Fall 2020)
Master's Report
BME 909 (Spring 2022)
Licensure & Certification
- California State Medical License (#A99828), Medical Board of California (2007)
- Arizona State Medical License (#42502), Arizona Medical Board (2009)
- Board Certified, American Board of Orthopaedic Surgery (2012)
- North Carolina State Medical License (#2008-00292), North Carolina Medical Board (2008)
Selected Publications
Chapters
- Latt, D. L. (2015). Complications of Total Ankle Arthroplasty. In The Atlas of Ankle Replacement. London, UK: Imperial College Press.
- Latt, D. L. (2018). High-Resolution Ultrasound and MRI Imaging of Peroneal Tendon Injuries.. In Peroneal Tendons – A Clinical Guide to Evaluation and Management..
- Latt, D. L. (2020). Complications of Total Ankle Arthroplasty. In The Atlas of Ankle Replacement. World Scientific.
- Latt, D. L. (2020). High Resolution Ultrasound and MRI Imaging of Peroneal Tendon Injuries. In The Peroneal Tendons – A Clinical Guide to Evaluation and Management.. Springer Publishing.
Journals/Publications
- Latt, D. L. (2023). Malakoutikhah H, Latt LD. Disease-Specific Finite element Analysis of the Foot and Ankle. Foot Ankle Clin. 2023 Mar;28(1):155-172. doi: 10.1016/j.fcl.2022.10.007. Epub 2023 Jan 2. PMID: 36822685. Foot and Ankle Clinics.
- Latt, D. L. (2018). Gait alterations in posterior tibial tendonitis: a systematic review and meta-analysis". Foot & Ankle International.
- Latt, D. L. (2019). Evaluation and treatment of chronic plantar fasciitis.. Foot & Ankle Orthopaedics., TBD.
- Latt, D. L. (2019). Peer Reviewed Abstract: Tracking Patient Outcomes Following Foot and Ankle Surgery: The OFAR experience 2018-2019. AOFAS Annual Meeting, September 12-15, 2019, Chicago, IL..
- Latt, D. L. (2022).
Estes W, Syal A, Latt LD. Biomechanical Effects of Surgical Reconstruction for Flexible Progressive Collapsing Foot Deformity: A Systematic Review. Foot Ankle Spec. 2022 Dec 13:19386400221139335. doi: 10.1177/19386400221139335. Epub ahead of print. PMID: 36510833.
. Foot & Ankle Specialist.
- Latt, D. L. (2022). The Contribution of the Ligaments in Progressive Collapsing Foot Deformity: A Comprehensive Computational Study. . Journal of Orthopaedic Research. doi:https://doi.org/10.1002/jor.25244
- Latt, D. L. (2022). The The impact of ligament tears on joint contact mechanics in progressive collapsing foot deformity: A finite element study. . Clinical Biomechanics, 94.
- Latt, D. L. (2022). A Computational Model of Force within the Ligaments and Tendons in Progressive Collapsing Foot Deformity.. Journal of Orthopaedic Research. doi:doi.org/10.1002/jor.25380
- Latt, D. L. (2022). Biomechanical effects of surgical reconstruction for flexible progressive collapsing foot deformity: A systematic review. . Foot & Ankle Specialist. doi:DOI: 10.1177/19386400221139335
- Latt, D. L. (2022). Postural Control Differences between Patients with Posterior Tibial Tendon Dysfunction and Healthy People during Gait.. International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health, 19(3).
- Latt, D. L. (2022). See attached: The contribution of the ligaments in progressive collapsing foot deformity: A comprehensive computational study. Journal of Orthopaedic Research. doi:DOI: 10.1002/jor.25244
- Latt, D. L., & Latt, D. L. (2022). Postural Control Differences between Patients with Posterior Tibial Tendon Dysfunction and Healthy People during Gait (as part of the Special Issue Advances in Kinesiology and Health. International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health.
- Latt, D. L., Muthukumar, S., Valerdi, R., Monreal, J., Austin, E. T., & Head, L. (2016). Modeling Physician Workflow for Process Improvement. Journal of Enterprise Transformation..
- Latt, L. D., Syal, A., & Estes, W. (2022). Biomechanical Effects of Surgical Reconstruction for Flexible Progressive Collapsing Foot Deformity: A Systematic Review. Foot and Ankle Specialist. doi:10.1177/19386400221139335
- Turker, T., Latt, D. L., & Reyes, MS3, R. (2018). A cuneiform reformation following gunshot wound to the foot.. Foot & Ankle Orthopaedics Journal.
Poster Presentations
- Latt, D. L. (2015, August). Intense therapy ultrasound for the treatment of chronic plantar fasciitis: Preliminary results of clinical study.. IEEE Engineering in Medicine and Biology Society.. Milan, Italy: IEEE Engineering in Medicine and Biology Society Meeting, August 2015.
- Latt, D. L. (2015, July). Comparison of Three Techniques for the Quantification of Hindfoot Alignment. Annual meeting of the American Orthopaedic Foot & Ankle Society. Long Beach, California.
- Latt, D. L. (2015, July). Self-Reported Injuries and Treatments in Collegiate Dancers. Annual meeting of the American Orthopaedic Foot & Ankle Society, July 15-18, 2015.
- Latt, D. L. (2020, Feb). Poster Presentation: Quantification Of Compression Maintenance Using A Lag Screw For Hindfoot Arthrodesis. ORS 2020 Annual Meeting, Feb 8-11, 2020. Phoenix, AZ: ORS.
- Latt, D. L. (2020, Feb). Ultrasound shear wave elastography (SWE) of the tibialis posterior tendon (PTT) and tibiospring/spring ligaments at rest and stress in normal feet compared to asymptomatic and symptomatic acquired flatfoot deformity. International Symposium on Ligaments and Tendons (Feb 7, 2020). Phoenix, AZ: International Symposium on Ligaments and Tendons.
- Latt, D. L. (2020, Sept). The Effects of Fibular Malrotation on Tibiotalar Contact Area and Peak Pressure Distributions in Weber B Ankle Fractures. AOFAS Annual Meeting 2020, September 9-12, 2020. Virtual: AOFAS.
- Latt, D. L., Christensen, D. N., McNelly, A. L., Slayton, M. H., Amodei, R. C., & Fastje, C. D. (2016, July). Randomized Controlled Trial of Intense Therapeutic Ultrasound for the treatment of Chronic Plantar Fasciiti. Annual meeting of the American Orthopaedic Foot & Ankle Society, July 20-23, 2015. Toronto, Canada: AOFAS.
- Latt, D. L., Gao, L., Schmidt, H., Taljanovic, M., Witte, R. S., & Fastje, C. (2016, Fall). Dynamic Model to Optimize Ultrasound Elasticity Imaging of Tendon for Assessment of Tendinopathies. Biomedical Engineering Society Annual Meeting, Oct 5-8, 2016. Minneapolis, MN: Biomedical Engineering Society.
- Witte, R. S., Latt, D. L., Gao, L., Taljanovic, M., Schmidt, H., Szivek, J. A., Klewer, J., Klewer, J., Schmidt, H., Szivek, J. A., Gao, L., Taljanovic, M., Latt, D. L., & Witte, R. S. (2016, August). Minimizing strain error for in vivo ultrasound elasticity imaging of human tendon. IEEE Engineering in Medicine and Biology Society, August 16-20, 2016. Orlando, Florida: IEEE Engineering in Medicine and Biology Society.
- Latt, D. L. (2019, Feb). In Vivo Ultrasound Elastography of Material Properties of Healthy and Diseased Human Posterior Tibial Tendon. ORS 2019 Annual Meeting, February 2-5, 2019, Austin, TX.. Austin, TX: ORS.
- Latt, D. L. (2019, March). ePoster: Ultrasound shear wave elastography (SWE) of the tibialis posterior tendon (PTT) and tibiospring/spring ligaments at rest and stress in normal feet compared to asymptomatic and symptomatic acquired flatfoot deformity.. 42nd Annual Meeting of the Society of Skeletal Radiology. Scottsdale, AZ: SSR.
- Latt, D. L. (2019, Nov). Quantification Of Compression Maintenance Using A Lag Screw For Hindfoot Arthrodesis. American Medical Association EXPO. Carmel, CA: AMA.
- Latt, D. L. (2019, Oct). Quantification Of Compression Maintenance Using A Lag Screw For Hindfoot Arthrodesis. American College of Physicians – Arizona Chapter 2019 Annual Meeting Poster Competition. Phoenix, AZ: American College of Physicians.
- Latt, D. L. (2019, Oct). Self-reported injuries and treatments in collegiate dancers. International Association for Dance Medicine & Science Annual Conference. Montreal, Quebec: International Association for Dance Medicine & Science.
- Latt, D. L. (2019, Sept). Hindfoot Bone Viscoelasticity and Stress Relaxation.. AOFAS Annual Meeting, September 12-15, 2019. Chicago, IL: AOFAS.
Presentations
- Latt, D. L. (2023).
Presentations x 10 in 2023
1) Renfree SP, Simeon S, Pinder-Newton P, Ayala A, Malakoutikhah H, Latt LD. A Cadaveric Model of Plantar Pressure in Progressive Collapsing Foot Deformity Caused by Serial Ligament Transections. Poster Presentation at the 2023 Western Medical Research Conference, January 19-21, 2023, Carmel, CA.2) Renfree S, Simeon S, Newton P, Alfonso A, Malakoutikhah H, Borgstrom M, Latt LD. The Impact of Ligament Tears on Plantar Pressure in Progressive Collapsing Foot Deformity: A Cadaveric Model. Poster Presentation at the ORS 2023 Annual Meeting, February 10-14, 2023, Dallas TX.
3) Chaudhry A, Latt LD. Effects of Non-surgical Treatment for Progressive Collapsing Foot Deformity: A Systematic Review. Poster Presentation at the ORS 2023 Annual Meeting, February 10-14, 2023, Dallas TX.
4) Estrada EE, Easley JT, Safranski DL, Latt LD, Shibuya N, Puttlitz CM, Gadomski BC. Tracking Bone Resorption with Sustained Dynamic Compression in a Novel Large Animal Model of Tarsal Fusion. Poster Presentation at the ORS 2023 Annual Meeting, February 10-14, 2023, Dallas TX.
5) Chaudry A, Latt LD. Effects of Non-surgical Treatment For Progressive Collapsing Foot Deformity: A Systematic Review. Poster Presentation at the ORS 2023 Annual Meeting, February 10-14, 2023, Dallas TX.
6) Pan P, Renfree S, Latt LD. Pedobarographic Analysis of Progressive Collapsing Foot Deformity in a Serial Ligament Transection Cadaveric Model. Poster Presentation at Central Alabama Regional Science and Engineering Fair (CARSEF), The UAB Center for Community Outreach Development (CORD), March 4, 2023, Birmingham, AL.
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7) Pan P, Renfree S, Latt LD. Pedobarographic Analysis of Progressive Collapsing Foot Deformity in a Serial Ligament Transection Cadaveric Model. Poster Presentation 2023Annual Research Frontier Symposium, Alabama State University, Montgomery, Alabama, March 15-16, 2023.
8) Latt LD. The AOFAS Committee on Health Outcomes, Registries, and Data (CHORD) Patient Reported Outcome Measures: Soup to Nuts. Live webinar, May 18, 2023.
9) Malakoutikhah H, Latt LD. The role of the plantar fascia in supporting the arch in flatfoot deformity. Poster Presentation at the 2023 AOFAS Annual Meeting, Louisville, KY, September 20-23, 2023. - Latt, D. L. (2018, September). Tracking patient outcomes following foot and ankle surgery: The OFAR experience 2018-2010. AOFAS 2019 Annual Meeting. Chicago, IL.
- Latt, D. L. (2020, Jan). Oral Presentation: Quantification of Bone Viscoelasticity With Lag Screw in Hindfoot Arthrodesis. 2020 Western Medical Research Conference, January 23-25, 2020. Carmel, CA: Western Medical Research Conference.
- Latt, D. L., Slayton, M. H., Amodei, R. C., Compton, K. B., & Kearney, J. (2016, Fall). Muscoloskeletal Treatments Using Intense Therapy Ultrasound: Clinical Studies for Chronic Plantar Fasciitis and Lateral Eipcondylitis. IEEE – NIH 2016 Special Topics Conference on Healthcare Innovations and Pointy-of-Care Technologies. Nov 9-11, 2016. Cancun, Mexico: IEEE - NIH.
- Latt, D. L. (2021, Summr). Data Acquisition System To Quantify Bone Viscoelasticity In Hindfoot and Midfoot Arthrodesis (Student paper competition finalist presentation). 2021 Summer Biomechanics, Bioengineering and Biotransport Conference (SB3C2021) held virtually, June 14 – 18, 202. Virtual: Summer Biomechanics, Bioengineering and Biotransport Conference (SB3C2021).
- Latt, D. L. (2019, Feb). Podium/Slide Presentation: Postural stability in patients with posterior tibial tendon dysfunction during walking.. 2019 Mid-South Biomechanics Conference at the University of Memphis,. Memphis, TN: Mid-South Biomechanics Conference at the University of Memphis,.
- Taljanovic, M., Gimber, L. H., Chadaz, T., Latt, D. L., Krupinski, E. A., Caruso, C., Nuncio Zuniga, A. A., Nuncio Zuniga, A. A., Caruso, C., Krupinski, E. A., Latt, D. L., Chadaz, T., Gimber, L. H., Taljanovic, M., Taljanovic, M., Chadaz, T., Krupinski, E. A., Nuncio Zuniga, A. A., Caruso, C., , Latt, D. L., et al. (2018, March). Ultrasound shear wave elastography of the lateral ankle ligaments in healthy subjects at rest and stress. Society of Skeletal Radiology Annual Meeting. Austin, Texas: SSR.
- Taljanovic, M., Taljanovic, M., Chadaz, T., Chadaz, T., Krupinski, E. A., Krupinski, E. A., Nuncio Zuniga, A. A., Nuncio Zuniga, A. A., Caruso, C., Caruso, C., Latt, D. L., Latt, D. L., Gimber, L. H., & Gimber, L. H. (2018, Spring). Ultrasound shear wave elastography of the lateral ankle ligaments in healthy subjects at rest and stress. SSR 2018.
- Latt, D. L., Gao, L., Taljanovic, M., Szivek, J. A., Guerra, J. D., Klewer, J. A., Witte, R. S., Latt, D. L., Gao, L., Taljanovic, M., Szivek, J. A., Guerra, J. D., Klewer, J. A., & Witte, R. S. (2016, March). In Vivo Ultrasound Elasticity Imaging Differentiates Healthy From Diseased Tendons. Orthopaedic Research Society 2016 Annual Meeting. Orlando, Florida.
- Taljanovic, M., Latt, D. L., Gao, L., & Witte, R. S. (2016, March). In Vivo Ultrasound Tension Elastography Differentiates Healthy From Diseased Posterior Tibialis tendon. 39th Annual Meeting of the Society of Skeletal Radiology (SSR). New Orleans, LA: Society of Skeletal Radiology.
- Witte, R. S., Latt, D. L., Klewer, J. A., Gao, L., Guerra, J. D., Taljanovic, M., Szivek, J. A., Szivek, J. A., Guerra, J. D., Taljanovic, M., Gao, L., Klewer, J. A., Latt, D. L., & Witte, R. S. (2016, March). In Vivo Ultrasound Elasticity Imaging Differentiates Healthy From Diseased Tendons. ORS 2016 Annual Meeting. Orlando, Florida.
Others
- Latt, D. L. (2015, November). In vivo Ultrasound Elasticity Imaging Differentiates Healthy From Diseased Tendons.. Abstract accepted November 2015.