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Nathan D. Hatton
( out of 54 reviews )

Nathan D. Hatton, MD

Languages spoken: English

Clinical Locations

Primary Location

Sugar House Health Center

1280 E. Stringham Avenue
Salt Lake City , UT 84106

Cardiovascular Center

Cardiovascular Center
50 N Medical Dr
Salt Lake City , UT 84132

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

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

Patient Rating

Patients consistently praise Dr. Hatton for attentive, compassionate care—noting that he listens closely, explains conditions and plans clearly, and makes them comfortable; several comments also commend Jennalyn and the broader care team. Reviewers credit him with accurate diagnosis, practical management recommendations, and helping improve function and quality of life. Some feedback raises administrative concerns: multiple patients reported disorganized follow‑through from clinical staff (delayed orders/prescriptions/faxes), scheduling delays or long waits, and feeling overwhelmed or unclear about certain instructions such as oxygen settings. Overall the clinical skill and bedside manner are highly regarded, with room to improve clinic communication and operational follow-up.

Generated via Patient Reviews

4.9 /5
( out of 54 reviews )

The patient rating score is an average of all responses on our patient experience survey. The rating averages scores for all questions about care from our providers. The scale on which responses are measured is 1 to 5 with 5 being the best score.


2026-01-15
SUGAR HOUSE HEALTH CENTER

I'm very Blessed to have. Nathan D Hatton as my Doctor

2025-12-21
SUGAR HOUSE HEALTH CENTER

Dr Hatton is very sympathetic to all my concerns about staying physically active......even at my age. He took me from not being able to walk up the hill by my house without breaking out in a cold sweat, feeling nauseous, and needing to rest to walking up these hills at a moderate pace w very little discomfort. He is amazing. and I am very grateful. [NAME REMOVED]

2025-11-23
SUGAR HOUSE HEALTH CENTER

V e ry capable in what he does.

2025-11-22
SUGAR HOUSE HEALTH CENTER

Made me feel like I had his total focus

2025-10-11
SUGAR HOUSE HEALTH CENTER

Excellent care and excellent communication.

2025-10-10
SUGAR HOUSE HEALTH CENTER

Exceptional partner in my long journey.

2025-10-02
SUGAR HOUSE HEALTH CENTER

Dr. Hatton is well informed and listens.

2025-08-29
UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL

He came in for second opinion. Why I don't know

2025-08-26
SUGAR HOUSE HEALTH CENTER

Amazing!!! I've been fighting symptoms for four years and I nelieve dr hatton solved the mystery.

2025-08-06
SUGAR HOUSE HEALTH CENTER

A totally awesome dr!

2025-06-28
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.

2025-06-01
SUGAR HOUSE HEALTH CENTER

Excellent care

2025-04-13
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!

2025-04-09
SUGAR HOUSE HEALTH CENTER

Thank you Dr Hatton

2025-03-15
SUGAR HOUSE HEALTH CENTER

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

2025-02-15
SUGAR HOUSE HEALTH CENTER

He was the best

2025-01-18
SUGAR HOUSE HEALTH CENTER

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

2024-12-22
SUGAR HOUSE HEALTH CENTER

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

2024-10-19
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.

2024-10-17
UH HOSPITALS AND CLINICS

Dr Hatton was kind and caring.

2024-10-04
UH HOSPITALS AND CLINICS

Very nice and willingness to set goals for my future health.

2024-09-07
SUGAR HOUSE HEALTH CENTER

Very helpful in all aspects of my health and emotional wellbeing.

2024-07-03
SUGAR HOUSE HEALTH CENTER

After carefully reviewing all of my tests, Dr. Hatton was able to ease my concerns of a potentially devastating outcome which was ruled out. Together we discussed strategies moving forward.

2024-06-14
SUGAR HOUSE HEALTH CENTER

I was totally comfortable and felt his concern, skill and desire to help me feel better. I was ENCOURAGED

2024-06-11
SUGAR HOUSE HEALTH CENTER

Thank you for supporting my journey to figure out my health goals

2024-05-18
SUGAR HOUSE HEALTH CENTER

He was brilliant with the assessment of my condition, able to assess the data thoroughly for a solution and give me recommendations based on test results, symptoms and current meds. I feel like he really helped me manage my condition moving forward.

2024-05-14
SUGAR HOUSE HEALTH CENTER

Very complete video conference addressing all of the issues and questions regarding my health care. Very good at considering the patient's perspective regarding health care.

2024-04-30
SUGAR HOUSE HEALTH CENTER

I trust & believe in his care for me-He listens & very supportive-he's one of the reasons why I'm doing so well!

2024-04-23
SUGAR HOUSE HEALTH CENTER

Thank you so much for taking the time to understand my health journey and explaining so much to me. I appreciated more than you know

2024-03-30
SUGAR HOUSE HEALTH CENTER

He prepared & never in a hurry- his kindness & professionalism are outstanding-

2024-03-16
SUGAR HOUSE HEALTH CENTER

I absolutely love Dr hatton! I've never had a doctor who cares so deeply and also has a awesome sence of humor! Haha I'd tell anyone 100% to go to him. And I am super lucky to have him on my care team!

2024-03-12
SUGAR HOUSE HEALTH CENTER

Dr Hatton is incredible! He spends the most amount of time with me of all my doctors. He really checks in on how I am doing and is extremely patient in answering all of my questions and helping me understand.

2024-03-12
SUGAR HOUSE HEALTH CENTER

As always he was very caring but he seemed sad today

2024-03-01
SUGAR HOUSE HEALTH CENTER

Very smart and caring

2024-02-06
SUGAR HOUSE HEALTH CENTER

Dr Hatton is a very caring about the patient's care. I would recommend him highly to anyone looking for a capable cardiologist.

2023-12-23
SUGAR HOUSE HEALTH CENTER

Dr Hatton was polite & courteous. Would recommend to others for the same medical issues I have. Thank you.

2023-11-20
SUGAR HOUSE HEALTH CENTER

Dr. Hatton is very caring and I trust him as a doctor and professional. He has been of great help to those I have referred. Great doctor!

2023-10-05
UH HOSPITALS AND CLINICS

He is very good at explaining things to me very nice

2023-08-24
SUGAR HOUSE HEALTH CENTER

Dr. Hatton was very caring and thorough regarding my advanced allergy induced asthma. I'll have a follow-up in six months.

2023-08-24
SUGAR HOUSE HEALTH CENTER

He is an amazing doctor. He has givom me more hope in 1 visit than the 2 years I've been trying to get help. I'm confident he will help me at least get asserts to the "why" of what's going on with my lungs and heart. And if we can get me feeling a bit better than ts a plus. He seems like he is really passionate with his work and helping people! Thanks Dr. Hatton, for once in almost 3 year altogether I find someone who is willing to help!

2023-08-05
SUGAR HOUSE HEALTH CENTER

excellent he listens and takes lots of time going over your concerns

2023-05-20
SUGAR HOUSE HEALTH CENTER

Dr Hatton is a wondeful Dr and very caring about your well being. He doesn't rush your time. Answers questions. Very kind. Thank you for being my Dr.

2023-05-03
SUGAR HOUSE HEALTH CENTER

Dr. Hatton took a great deal of time in getting to know my mother (the patient) and asking her a lot of questions and treated her with dignity and respect. He exceed our expectations.

2023-04-11
SUGAR HOUSE HEALTH CENTER

Fue muy atento a cualquier inquietud y respondi mis dudas.

2023-03-11
SUGAR HOUSE HEALTH CENTER

Dr Hatton is the best ever. He has stuck with me when everyone else threw in the towel. I will always have a greate appreciation for him.

2023-02-25
SUGAR HOUSE HEALTH CENTER

Excellent Doctor. Explains everything well. Gives me options.

2023-02-04
SUGAR HOUSE HEALTH CENTER

I thank him very much for care for me he is my good dr.

2023-01-14
SUGAR HOUSE HEALTH CENTER

Dr Hatton knows my case especially well, Jenelle also very friendly and courteous and knowledgeable.

2022-12-10
SUGAR HOUSE HEALTH CENTER

Dr. Hatton is a caring and supportive doctor! He always answers all my questions. Hes the best! His team is great, as well!

2022-10-19
SUGAR HOUSE HEALTH CENTER

I have the best Dr's I have ever had

2022-09-25
SUGAR HOUSE HEALTH CENTER

I love these guys!!! Jennalyn has saved my life. She will answer my questions and her and Dr Hatton will answer any questions and truly do everything they can to help me!!!

2022-09-19
SUGAR HOUSE HEALTH CENTER

Excellent care and attention to my needs

2022-08-11
SUGAR HOUSE HEALTH CENTER

Good experience

2022-08-04
SUGAR HOUSE HEALTH CENTER

It was a great experience. He was very knowledgeable. I felt like he cared and had some very good opinions and advice

2022-07-08
SUGAR HOUSE HEALTH CENTER

It was an unexpected joy to see Dr. Hatten again. He convinced me that I could give up my supplemental oxygen. The six-minute walk documented that I could. He treated me like a friend as well as a patient. I am grateful for my association with him and Jennalynn. Their professional upbeat care is a gold standard.

2022-05-15
SUGAR HOUSE HEALTH CENTER

I love the care I get from Dr Hatton and Jennalyn Mayeux

2022-04-30
SUGAR HOUSE HEALTH CENTER

All good experiences

2022-04-28
SUGAR HOUSE HEALTH CENTER

Good

2022-04-26
SUGAR HOUSE HEALTH CENTER

Dr Hatton is very thorough, listens, and addresses every point raised. His consideration of possible causes for shortness of breath brought new hope for improvement. I could not be more impressed.

2022-03-25
SUGAR HOUSE HEALTH CENTER

Well unfortunately I feel like things have changed a lot in regards to Health Care I just felt like a number#

2022-03-19
SUGAR HOUSE HEALTH CENTER

Very professionals

2022-02-20
SUGAR HOUSE HEALTH CENTER

Dr hatton explained everything perfectly he was very personable and listen to my concerns he was recommended to me by a pulmonary doctor from portneuf medical center and that doctor was a well-recommended doctor as well I am thankful for this doctor and yes I will recommend him and have already to a friend that has a similar problem as myself.

2021-10-19
SUGAR HOUSE HEALTH CENTER

Incredibly thorough. Personable. Never felt rushed.

2021-09-02
SUGAR HOUSE HEALTH CENTER

Dr Hatton and Jennalyn listen and take very good care of me. They are genuine in their care for me.

2021-07-11
SUGAR HOUSE HEALTH CENTER

Both Doctor and NP were and are involved with my care. They are both excellent! They listen and explain to me what procedures, tests or labs I need.

2021-06-27
SUGAR HOUSE HEALTH CENTER

very good physician doing history-amazing practitioner

2021-06-06
SUGAR HOUSE HEALTH CENTER

perfect

2021-05-23
SUGAR HOUSE HEALTH CENTER

I felt listened to, I didn't feel there was a rush to go on to the next patient, I felt my time and input were valued.

2021-05-20
SUGAR HOUSE HEALTH CENTER

Great

2020-02-09
SUGAR HOUSE HEALTH CENTER

great!


Patient comments are gathered from our patient experience survey and displayed in their entirety. For the convenience of our visitors, some patient comments have been translated from their original language into English while preserving their original meaning as accurately as possible. Patients are de-identified for confidentiality and patient privacy.

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

Education history

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

Selected Publications

Journal Article

  1. Deol AK, Ingram D, Dranow E, Clapham KR, Mayeux JD, Ma CL, Hatton ND, Beck EM, Klanderud D, Ryan J (2025). Comparing Pulmonary Arterial Hypertension Care in Urban and Rural Settings: Treatment Patterns and Risk Trajectories. Pulmonary circulation, 15(4), e70204.
  2. Dodson MW, Allen-Brady K, Stevens J, Cirulis MM, Alotaibi M, Fernandes TM, Kim NH, Kerr KM, Papamatheakis DG, Poch DS, Desmarais J, Best DH, Hatton ND, Ryan JJ, Elliott CG, Cannon-Albright L (2025). Rare variants in STAB2 in patients with chronic thromboembolic pulmonary hypertension. ERJ open research, 11(4),
  3. Ingram D, Alamri AK, Penn BA, Mayeux JD, Ma CL, Clapham KR, Abraham AE, Klanderud D, Sadeh B, Beck EM, Hatton ND, Ryan J (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.
  4. Mayeux JD, Pan IZ, Dechand J, Jacobs JA, Jones TL, McKellar SH, Beck E, Hatton ND, Ryan J (2021). Management of Pulmonary Arterial Hypertension. Current cardiovascular risk reports, 15(1), 2.
  5. Selzman CH, Tonna JE, Pierce J, Vargas C, Skidmore C, Lewis G, Hatton ND, Phillips J (2021). A pilot trial of human amniotic fluid for the treatment of COVID-19. BMC research notes, 14(1), 32.
  6. Tonna JE, Pierce J, Hatton N, Lewis G, Phillips JD, Messina A, Skidmore CR, Taylor K, Selzman C (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.
  7. Edholm K, Lappé K, Kukhareva P, Hopkins C, Hatton ND, Gebhart B, Nyman H, Signor E, Davis M, Kawamoto K, Johnson S (2020). Reducing Diabetic Ketoacidosis Intensive Care Unit Admissions Through an Electronic Health Record-Driven, Standardized Care Pathway. Journal for healthcare quality, 42(5), e66-e74.
  8. Ciarkowski CE, Timbrook TT, Kukhareva PV, Edholm KM, Hatton ND, Hopkins CL, Thomas F, Sanford MN, Igumnova E, Benefield RJ, Kawamoto K, Spivak E (2020). A Pathway for Community-Acquired Pneumonia With Rapid Conversion to Oral Therapy Improves Health Care Value. Open forum infectious diseases, 7(11), ofaa497.
  9. 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 (2020). SARS-CoV-2 Innate Effector Associations and Viral Load in Early Nasopharyngeal Infection.
  10. Jin N, Hatton N, Swartz DR, Xia Xl, Harrington MA, Larsen SH, Rhoades R (2000). Hypoxia activates jun-N-terminal kinase, extracellular signal-regulated protein kinase, and p38 kinase in pulmonary arteries. American journal of respiratory cell and molecular biology, 23(5), 593-601.

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 J (2022). Imaging in Pulmonary Vascular Disease-Understanding Right Ventricle-Pulmonary Artery Coupling. Comprehensive Physiology, 12(4), 3705-3730.

Case Report

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

Editorial

  1. Gilbertson EA, Hatton ND, Ryan J (2020). Point of care ultrasound: the next evolution of medical education. Annals of translational medicine, 8(14), 846.
  2. Beck EM, Hatton ND, Ryan J (2019). Novel techniques for advancing our understanding of pulmonary arterial hypertension. The European respiratory journal, 53(5),

Letter

  1. Liou TG, Adler FR, Hatton N (2021). The Uncertain Role of Corticosteroids in the Treatment of COVID-19. JAMA internal medicine, 181(1), 139-140.