Dr. Frank Lattarulo attended
the New York College Of Podiatric Medicine and graduated
in 1983. His honors included being in the National Honor
Society for Podiatric Medical Students (1981-1983), and
being voted into Who's Who Among American Colleges and
Universities (1982-1983). He served as Student Government
President (1981-1982) as well as serving on the Executive
Council of the New York College of Podiatric Medicine Student
Association for the years 1980 -1983. Upon graduation,
he received the Steven Seifer Outstanding Graduating Senior
award voted on by his peers.
After graduation, Dr. Lattarulo went on to a 2 year surgical
residency program.
The first year of his residency training he spent rotating
through North General / Joint Disease in Manhattan, Coney
Island Hospital in Brooklyn, and Saint Barnabas Hospital
also in New York. Following his first year residency, he
went on to become the Chief Surgical Resident in Podiatric
Surgery at Saint Barnabas, where in 1 year alone, he logged
over 500 surgical procedures. In 1985, he went into partnership
with his father, Dr. Emil Lattarulo, also a podiatrist and
became Board Certified in Foot surgery in 1989.
Family Podiatry Associates was opened in 1989, and has been
growing ever since. The office recently expanded and built
a fully operational operating room suite for out patient surgical procedures.
Dr. Lattarulo's hospital affiliations include Beth Israel
Medical Center in Manhattan, as well as Phelps Memorial Hospital
in Tarrytown. He considers Phelps Memorial Hospital his "main" hospital
for Podiatric medical admissions as well as for in patient
and out patient surgery.
While a large part of the practice is surgical in nature,
Podiatric Medicine in general also encompasses a great deal
of what's considered "Routine Foot Care"- (the
cutting of corns, calluses, ingrown nails, warts, etc.).
Dr. Lattarulo learned that part of his practice from his
father, who has been in practice since 1952 when that's all
Podiatrists were allowed, by law, to do. There is no substitute
for almost 50 years of practical application. Dr. Emil Lattarulo's
father was also a Physician (an Obstetrician), so Dr. Frank
Lattarulo is a 3rd generation doctor. Medicine has always
been in the family and that is one reason he takes so much
pride in his work.
Dr.
Lattarulo on a recent medical recovery mission to Haiti