Nathan D. Hatton
( out of 68 reviews )

Nathan D. Hatton, MD

Languages spoken: English

Clinical Locations

Sugar House Health Center

Salt Lake City
801-581-2000
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Cardiovascular Center

Cardiovascular Center
Salt Lake City
801-585-7676
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  • Nathan D. Hatton, M.D. is a Professor of Medicine at the University of Utah School Of Medicine. He grew up in a small Indiana community before completing his undergraduate education at Hanover College. He subsequently attended Indiana University where he obtained a masters degree in physiology and biophysics prior to attending medical school. He received his medical degree from Indiana University prior to moving to Utah for his training in Internal Medicine at University Of Utah. He completed a Pulmonary Medicine and Critical Care Medicine fellowship at the University of Utah. Upon completion of his fellowship he joined the faculty at the University of Utah in 2009.

    He served as the Associate Medical Director of the Medical Intensive Care Unit at the University Hospital from 2012 to 2017. His current hospital based responsibilities include attending in the Medical Intensive Care Unit at University Hospital and focusing on housestaff and nursing education. His outpatient clinical care focuses on general pulmonary diseases along with patients with pulmonary hypertension. He is the co-director of the Pulmonary Hypertension Dyspnea Center at the University of Utah. He also has directed the second year medical student pulmonary medicine curriculum for the past decade. He has recently been promoted to the pulmonary core educator with in the University of Utah Medical school overseeing the entire four year pulmonary curriculum. Most recently, he has been an intricate part in the planning and management of the SARS-2-CoV pandemic at the University of Utah hospital. For this project, he has applied continuous critical care experience taking care of COVID19 patients since March 2020 to assist in study design. His experiences are most helpful in assessing key clinical annotations that may be helpful in understanding the plausibility of different biological pathways that underlie our deep clinical experience. For example, to consider how the different SARS-CoV-2 variants affect specific findings related to respiratory failure which may be plausible modifiers of biological pathways that underlie poor outcomes. Of course, he overseeing the collection of simultaneous upper airway and tracheal samples to enable the multiple laboratory measurements that make this project novel, compelling and generalizable.

    Specialties

    Board Certification

    American Board of Internal Medicine (Sub: Critical Care Medicine)
    American Board of Internal Medicine (Sub: Pulmonary Disease)

    Patient Rating

    4.9 /5
    ( out of 68 reviews )

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    Patient Comments

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    June 28, 2025
    UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL

    Dr. Hatton was awesome. I am so thankful I could have an appointment with him. He was kind and warm, and I could tell he was very interested in visiting with me and determining how they could best help me. He even went and got some warm blankets for my hands when I had a Raynaud's episode during the visit. I really appreciate his kindness and that he made certain that I was comfortable during my visit with him. I would be happy to see him again, anytime.

    June 01, 2025
    SUGAR HOUSE HEALTH CENTER

    Excellent care

    April 13, 2025
    SUGAR HOUSE HEALTH CENTER

    Dr. Hatton is a great listener! Doesn't act like he is in a hurry. Seems like he really cares and really wants to make sure that all my needs are met and all my questions answered. I would recommend him to anyone who is fed up with docs that treat you like a number . Dr. Hatton is amazing and is a great help in my time of need!

    April 09, 2025
    SUGAR HOUSE HEALTH CENTER

    Thank you Dr Hatton

    March 15, 2025
    SUGAR HOUSE HEALTH CENTER

    Dr Nathan Hatton is the absolute best! Kind,knowledgeable and patient

    February 15, 2025
    SUGAR HOUSE HEALTH CENTER

    He was the best

    January 18, 2025
    SUGAR HOUSE HEALTH CENTER

    Dr. Hatton was willing to take my case and help me understand what was wrong with my lungs

    December 22, 2024
    SUGAR HOUSE HEALTH CENTER

    Very good at listening, explaining and including your opinion in the care and planning. Highly recommend.

    October 19, 2024
    UH HOSPITALS AND CLINICS

    Dr Hatton was quite personable and kind, as well as very knowledgeable. His suggestions for possible care included considering my own feelings about my care.

  • Nathan D. Hatton, M.D. is a Professor of Medicine at the University of Utah School Of Medicine. He grew up in a small Indiana community before completing his undergraduate education at Hanover College. He subsequently attended Indiana University where he obtained a masters degree in physiology and biophysics prior to attending medical school. He received his medical degree from Indiana University prior to moving to Utah for his training in Internal Medicine at University Of Utah. He completed a Pulmonary Medicine and Critical Care Medicine fellowship at the University of Utah. Upon completion of his fellowship he joined the faculty at the University of Utah in 2009.

    He served as the Associate Medical Director of the Medical Intensive Care Unit at the University Hospital from 2012 to 2017. His current hospital based responsibilities include attending in the Medical Intensive Care Unit at University Hospital and focusing on housestaff and nursing education. His outpatient clinical care focuses on general pulmonary diseases along with patients with pulmonary hypertension. He is the co-director of the Pulmonary Hypertension Dyspnea Center at the University of Utah. He also has directed the second year medical student pulmonary medicine curriculum for the past decade. He has recently been promoted to the pulmonary core educator with in the University of Utah Medical school overseeing the entire four year pulmonary curriculum. Most recently, he has been an intricate part in the planning and management of the SARS-2-CoV pandemic at the University of Utah hospital. For this project, he has applied continuous critical care experience taking care of COVID19 patients since March 2020 to assist in study design. His experiences are most helpful in assessing key clinical annotations that may be helpful in understanding the plausibility of different biological pathways that underlie our deep clinical experience. For example, to consider how the different SARS-CoV-2 variants affect specific findings related to respiratory failure which may be plausible modifiers of biological pathways that underlie poor outcomes. Of course, he overseeing the collection of simultaneous upper airway and tracheal samples to enable the multiple laboratory measurements that make this project novel, compelling and generalizable.

    Board Certification and Academic Information

    Academic Departments Internal Medicine -Professor (Clinical)
    Academic Divisions Public Health
    Board Certification
    American Board of Internal Medicine (Sub: Critical Care Medicine)
    American Board of Internal Medicine (Sub: Pulmonary Disease)

    Education history

    Fellowship Pulmonary/Critical Care - University of Utah School of Medicine Fellow
    Residency Internal Medicine - University of Utah School of Medicine Resident
    Internship Internal Medicine - University of Utah School of Medicine Intern
    Professional Medical Medicine - Indiana University School of Medicine M.D.
    Graduate Training Physiology - Indiana University M.A.
    Undergraduate Biology - Hanover College B.A.

    Selected Publications

    Journal Article

    1. Ingram D, Alamri AK, Penn BA, Mayeux JD, Ma CL, Clapham KR, Abraham AE, Klanderud D, Sadeh B, Beck EM, Hatton ND, Ryan JJ (2022). Characteristics of Patients With Pulmonary Arterial Hypertension in a Pulmonary Hypertension Association-Accredited Comprehensive Care Center: A Contrast in Features When Compared With US National Registry Data. Cureus, 14(11), e31764. (Read full article)
    2. Tonna JE, Pierce J, Hatton N, Lewis G, Phillips JD, Messina A, Skidmore CR, Taylor K, Selzman CH (2021). Safety and feasibility of using acellular sterile filtered amniotic fluid as a treatment for patients with COVID-19: protocol for a randomised, double-blinded, placebo-controlled clinical trial. BMJ Open, 11(2), e045162. (Read full article)
    3. Selzman CH, Tonna JE, Pierce J, Vargas C, Skidmore C, Lewis G, Hatton ND, Phillips JD (2021). A pilot trial of human amniotic fluid for the treatment of COVID-19. BMC Res Notes, 14(1), 32. (Read full article)
    4. Mayeux JD, Pan IZ, Dechand J, Jacobs JA, Jones TL, McKellar SH, Beck E, Hatton ND, Ryan JJ (2020). Management of Pulmonary Arterial Hypertension. Curr Cardiovasc Risk Rep, 15(1), 2. (Read full article)
    5. Liou TG, Adler FR, Cahill BC, Cox DR, Cox JE, Grant GJ, Hanson KE, Hartsell SC, Hatton ND, Helms MN, Jensen JL, Kartsonaki C, Li Y, Leung DT, Marvin JE, Middleton EA, Osburn-Staker SM, Packer KA, Shakir SM, Sturrock AB, Tardif KD, Warren KJ, Waddoups LJ, Weaver LJ, Zimmerman E, Paine R (2020). SARS-CoV-2 Innate Effector Associations and Viral Load in Early Nasopharyngeal Infection. (Read full article)
    6. Ciarkowski CE, Timbrook TT, Kukhareva PV, Edholm KM, Hatton ND, Hopkins CL, Thomas F, Sanford MN, Igumnova E, Benefield RJ, Kawamoto K, Spivak ES (2020). A Pathway for Community-Acquired Pneumonia With Rapid Conversion to Oral Therapy Improves Health Care Value. Open Forum Infect Dis, 7(11), ofaa497. (Read full article)
    7. Edholm K, Lapp K, Kukhareva P, Hopkins C, Hatton ND, Gebhart B, Nyman H, Signor E, Davis M, Kawamoto K, Johnson SA (2020). Reducing Diabetic Ketoacidosis Intensive Care Unit Admissions Through an Electronic Health Record-Driven, Standardized Care Pathway. J Healthc Qual, 42(5), e66-e74. (Read full article)
    8. Jin N, Hatton N, Swartz DR, Xia Xl, Harrington MA, Larsen SH, Rhoades RA (2000). Hypoxia activates jun-N-terminal kinase, extracellular signal-regulated protein kinase, and p38 kinase in pulmonary arteries. Am J Respir Cell Mol Biol, 23(5), 593-601. (Read full article)

    Review

    1. Tsarova K, Morgan AE, Melendres-Groves L, Ibrahim MM, Ma CL, Pan IZ, Hatton ND, Beck EM, Ferrel MN, Selzman CH, Ingram D, Alamri AK, Ratcliffe MB, Wilson BD, Ryan JJ (2022). Imaging in Pulmonary Vascular Disease-Understanding Right Ventricle-Pulmonary Artery Coupling. [Review]. Compr Physiol, 12(4), 3705-3730. (Read full article)

    Case Report

    1. Pan IZ, Carey JR, Jacobs JA, Dechand J, Sessions JJ, Sorensen T, Penn BA, Mayeux JD, Hatton ND, Ryan JJ (2020). Transitioning Between Prostanoid Therapies in Pulmonary Arterial Hypertension. Front Med (Lausanne), 7, 81. (Read full article)

    Editorial

    1. Gilbertson EA, Hatton ND, Ryan JJ (2020). Point of care ultrasound: the next evolution of medical education. Ann Transl Med, 8(14), 846. (Read full article)
    2. Beck EM, Hatton ND, Ryan JJ (2019). Novel techniques for advancing our understanding of pulmonary arterial hypertension. Eur Respir J, 53(5). (Read full article)

    Letter

    1. Liou TG, Adler FR, Hatton ND (2020). The Uncertain Role of Corticosteroids in the Treatment of COVID-19. [Letter to the editor]. JAMA Intern Med, 181(1), 139-140. (Read full article)

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