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Christian Latterman, MD

Associate PRofessor and Endowed Chair
MassGEneral Brigham Orthopaedics
Boston, MA, US

Dr. Lattermann trained at the University of hannover in germany, The University of Pittsburgh and Rush University. He is triple fellowship trained and double board certified
Dr Lattermann started his independent career in 2006 at the University of Kentucky where he built a strong clinical research program. He is an expert in cartilage repair, and posttraumatic osteoarthritis as well as more generally in outcomes research and clinical trials.
Dr. Lattermann was appointed as Chief of Sports Medicine and Director of the Cartilage Repair Center at the Brigham and Women’s Hospital at Harvard Medical School in 2018. He is an Associate Professor at Harvard Medical School and holds the Brigham and Women’s Endowed Chair for Orthopaedics and Sports Medicine. Dr. Lattermann is the Director of Sports and Performance Research at MassGeneralBrigham, overseeing the research program in Sports Medicine, and the Sports and Performance Research at the Center for Sports And Performance (CSPAR) at Gilette Stadium and Clinical Sports Medicine at Brigham and Women’s Hospital as Site Director.

Dr. Lattermann has served as team physician for several professional and Divison1 College teams.
Dr. Lattermann has published over 200 peer-reviewed papers, over 40book chapters and his research has been funded by the NIH, DOD< Foundations and Societies.
He is the current President elect of the International Cartilage Repair and Joint Regeneration Society (ICRS) and held multiple positions in national and international societies over the last two decades.. He is a Founding Board Member of the Biologics Association, a Multispecialty Society Association aimed at directing Orthopaedic Surgeons in the field of Orthobiologics. He is a world renown speaker on the topic of cartilage repair and early osteoarthritis and sought after as teacher and instructor for Orthopaedic Sports Medicine procedures around the knee.

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