Lisa Lattanza MD | Department of Orthopaedic Surgery

Mission Bay Ortho Institute:
(415) 353-2808 / (415) 885-9643
1500 Owens Street, San Francisco, CA 94158

Biography

Career

2002-Present: Assistant Adjunct Professor, Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, University of California, San Francisco, San Francisco, CA
2002-Present: Clinical Consultant, Shriner's Hospital of Northern California, Sacramento, CA
1999-2001: Clinical Instructor, Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, University of California, San Francisco, San Francisco, CA
1990-1991: Instructor, School of Allied Health, Medical College of Toledo, Toledo, Ohio
1987-1990: Research and Clinical Physical Therapist, Centinela Hospital, Inglewood, California
1986-1987: Physical Therapist, Flower Memorial Hospital, Sylvania, Ohio
1985-1986: Physical Therapist, Medical College of Ohio, Toledo, Ohio

Education

1985: BS, Physical Therapy, Bowling Green State University, Bowling Green, Ohio
1993: MD, Medical College of Ohio, Toledo, Ohio
1993-1994: Internship, Harbor-UCLA Medical Center, Torrance, California
1994-1998: Residency, Orthopaedic Surgery, University of Missouri Kansas City, Kansas City, Missouri
1998-1999: Fellowship, Hand Surgery, Roosevelt Hospital, Columbia College of Physicians and Surgeons, New York, NY

Publications

Lattanza L, Hattwick E: Extensor Tendon Repair and Reconstruction. In: Core Knowledge in Orthopaedics: Hand, Elbow, and Shoulder. Elsevier Science, 2004. In press.
Lattanza L, Choi P. Intra-Articular Injuries of the Metacarpophalangral and Carpometacarpal Joints. In: Hand Surgery. Elsevier Science. 2003 In press.
Tay B, Colman W, Berven S, Fontes R, Gunther S, Holmes W, Kim H, Lattanza L, Diao E, Hu S, Bradford D: Orthopedics. In: Current Surgical Diagnosis & Treatment 11th Edition, Way and Doherty (eds.), pp. 1116-1229. Lange Medical Books/McGraw Hill, 2003.
Green H, Lattanza L. Extensor Tendon Repair and Reconstruction. In: Hand Surgery, Updated 3rd Edition, pp. 261-270. American Society for Surgery of the Hand, 2003.
Lattanza, LL, Glickel, SZ, Volar PIP: Master Cases in Hand Surgery, Joint Dislocations.
Lattanza L. Intra-Articular Injuries of the Metacarpophalangeal and Carpometacarpal Joints. Hand Surgery. Berger & Weis

Presentations

BSSH/ASSH Spring Combined Meeting, University of Cambridge, England, April, 2003
PRESENTATION: In-vivo Flexor Tendon Forces Generated During Rehabilitation Exercises

PRESENTATION: Radiocarpal MR arthrography of the wrist: Capabilities and Pitfalls
The 5th International Symposium on Congenital Differences of the Upper Limb, Kyoto, Japan, May, 2000
PRESENTATION: Unilateral Mitten Hand: A Variant of Symbrachydactyly

American Society for Surgery of the Hand, Annual Meeting, New York, New York, September 2004
PRESENTATION: In-vivo Flexor Tendon Forces Generated During Rehabilitation Exercises
Western Orthopaedic Association, Bodega Bay, California, April, 2004
PRESENTATION: Biceps and Triceps Tendon Ruptures About the Elbow
American Academy of Orthopaedic Surgeons, ASSH Specialty Day, San Francisco, CA, March, 2004
PRESENTATION: Heterotropic Ossification and Contracture Release - What's New: IP Arthroplasty/ External Fixation
American College of Sports Medicine, San Francisco, CA, May, 2003
PRESENTATION: Examination of the Elbow, Wrist and Hand
DISCUSSION: Elbow Problems

Grants and Awards

2002, National Registry, Who's Who, Library of Congress
University of Missouri
1996, 1st Place, Resident Scientific Paper, 85th Annual Meeting, Clinical Orthopaedic Society
1996, Dr Rex and Lillian Diveley Research Grant Award
1996, Missouri State Orthopaedic Association, 1st Place, Resident Scientific Presentation
Medical College of Ohio
1992, Alpha Omega Alpha
1993, Mead Johnson-Student Service Award
1993, Oxford's Who's Who in America
1991, BGSU Accomplished Graduate Honor
1990, Alumni of the Year, School of Allied Health
Bowling Green State University, 1985
Graduated Magna Cum Laude
Alpha Lambda Delta, Phi Kappa Phi, Mortar Board Honor Societies, Academic Achievement Award, Allied Health Scholarship, University Achievement Scholarship, Mortar Board Scholarship, MCO Scholarship

Membership and Committees

Department of Orthopaedic Surgery