JohnALathamMD

Ophthalmology • Modesto, CA

Cataract Related, Retinal Disease

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Office
1011 Sylvan Ave
Suite # C
Modesto, CA 95350
Phone+1 209-550-4780
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Summary

Dr. John Latham, MD is a board certified ophthalmologist in Modesto, California. He is currently licensed to practice medicine in California, Virginia, and North Carolina. He is affiliated with Memorial Medical Center.

Education & Training

George Washington UniversityResidency, Ophthalmology, 1996 - 1999
Vidant Medical Center/East Carolina UniversityInternship, Internal Medicine, 1995 - 1996
Brody School of Medicine at East Carolina UniversityClass of 1995

Certifications & Licensure

CA State Medical License 1999 - 2025
VA State Medical License 1997 - 2024
NC State Medical License 1995 - 1999
American Board of Ophthalmology Ophthalmology

Awards, Honors, & Recognition

CMS Meaningful Use Stage 1 Certification EpicCare Ambulatory EMR, Epic Systems Corporation, 2012-2013
Fellow (FAAO) American Academy of Ophthalmology

Publications & Presentations

PubMed

25 citations
Discovery of Hydroxylase Activity for PqqB Provides a Missing Link in the Pyrroloquinoline Quinone Biosynthetic Pathway.
Eric M. Koehn, John A. Latham, Tara Armand, Robert L. Evans, Xiongying Tu, Carrie M. Wilmot, Anthony T. Iavarone, Judith P. Klinman> ;Journal of the American Chemical Society. 2019 Feb 27
72 citations
Demonstration That the Radical S-Adenosylmethionine (SAM) Enzyme PqqE Catalyzes de Novo Carbon-Carbon Cross-linking within a Peptide Substrate PqqA in the Presence of ...
Ian Barr, John A. Latham, Anthony T. Iavarone, Teera Chantarojsiri, Jennifer D. Hwang, Judith P. Klinman> ;The Journal of Biological Chemistry. 2016 Apr 22
57 citations
PqqD is a novel peptide chaperone that forms a ternary complex with the radical S-adenosylmethionine protein PqqE in the pyrroloquinoline quinone biosynthetic pathway.
John A. Latham, Anthony T. Iavarone, Ian Barr, Prerak Juthani, Judith P. Klinman> ;The Journal of Biological Chemistry. 2015 May 15
13 citations
Divergence of substrate specificity and function in the Escherichia coli hotdog-fold thioesterase paralogs YdiI and YbdB.
John A. Latham, Dan-Qi Chen, Karen N. Allen, Debra Dunaway-Mariano> ;Biochemistry. 2014 Jul 29
12 citations
Investigation of the catalytic mechanism of the hotdog-fold enzyme superfamily Pseudomonas sp. strain CBS3 4-hydroxybenzoyl-CoA thioesterase.
Zhihao Zhuang, John A. Latham, Feng Song, Wenhai Zhang, Michael Trujillo, Debra Dunaway-Mariano> ;Biochemistry. 2012 Jan 24
52 citations
Chromatin Signaling to Kinetochores: Transregulation of Dam1 Methylation by Histone H2B Ubiquitination
John A. Latham, Renee J. Chosed, Shanzhi Wang, Sharon Y.R. Dent> ;Cell. 2011 Sep 2
13 citations
Regioselectivity of enzymatic and photochemical single electron transfer promoted carbon-carbon bond fragmentation reactions of tetrameric lignin model compounds.
Dae Won Cho, John A. Latham, Hea Jung Park, Ung Chan Yoon, Paul Langan, Debra Dunaway-Mariano, Patrick S. Mariano> ;The Journal of Organic Chemistry. 2011 Mar 18
The H2BK123Rgument.
Latham, J.A., Dent, S.R.> ;J Cell Biol. 2009-08-10
300 citations
Cross-regulation of histone modifications
John A. Latham, Sharon Y.R. Dent> ;Nature Structural & Molecular Biology. 2007 Nov 1
123 citations
The Set1 Methyltransferase Opposes Ipl1 Aurora Kinase Functions in Chromosome Segregation
Ke Zhang, Wenchu Lin, John A. Latham, Gary M. Riefler, Jill M. Schumacher, Clarence S.M. Chan, Kelly Tatchell, David H. Hawke, Ryuji Kobayashi, Sharon Y.R. Dent> ;Cell. 2005 Sep 9
131 citations
Sclerostin inhibition of Wnt-3a-induced C3H10T1/2 cell differentiation is indirect and mediated by bone morphogenetic proteins.
David G. Winkler, May Kung Sutherland, Ethan W. Ojala, Eileen Turcott, James C. Geoghegan, Diana Shpektor, John Skonier, Changpu Yu, John A. Latham> ;The Journal of Biological Chemistry. 2005 Jan 28
87 citations
Polymorphisms in the sclerosteosis/van Buchem disease gene (SOST) region are associated with bone-mineral density in elderly whites.
André G. Uitterlinden, Pascal P. Arp, Bryan W. Paeper, Patrick Charmley, Sean Proll, Fernando Rivadeneira, Yue Fang, Joyce B. J. van Meurs, Theresa B. Britschgi, John ...> ;American Journal of Human Genetics. 2004 Dec 1
166 citations
Sclerostin promotes the apoptosis of human osteoblastic cells: a novel regulation of bone formation.
May Kung Sutherland, James C. Geoghegan, Changpu Yu, Eileen Turcott, John Skonier, David G. Winkler, John A. Latham> ;Bone. 2004 Oct 1
44 citations
A Novel Mutation in CD83 Results in the Development of a Unique Population of CD4+ T Cells
Leon F. Garcia-Martinez, Mark W. Appleby, Karen Staehling-Hampton, Dawn Michele Andrews, Yuching Chen, Mark McEuen, Phuong Tang, Rebecca L. Rhinehart, Sean Proll, Brya...> ;Journal of Immunology. 2004 Sep 1
75 citations
Noggin and sclerostin bone morphogenetic protein antagonists form a mutually inhibitory complex.
David G. Winkler, Changpu Yu, James C. Geoghegan, Ethan W. Ojala, John Skonier, Diana Shpektor, May Kung Sutherland, John A. Latham> ;The Journal of Biological Chemistry. 2004 Aug 27
66 citations
Unique regulation of SOST, the sclerosteosis gene, by BMPs and steroid hormones in human osteoblasts.
May Kung Sutherland, James C. Geoghegan, Changpu Yu, David G. Winkler, John A. Latham> ;Bone. 2004 Aug 1
783 citations
Osteocyte control of bone formation via sclerostin, a novel BMP antagonist.
David G. Winkler, May Kung Sutherland, James C. Geoghegan, Changpu Yu, Trenton Hayes, John Skonier, Diana Shpektor, Mechtild Jonas, Brian Kovacevich, Karen Staehling-H...> ;The EMBO Journal. 2003 Dec 1
17 citations
Nicotinanilides as inhibitors of neutrophil chemotaxis
Neil S. Cutshall, Kristin A. Kucera, Rocky Ursino, John Latham, Nathan C. Ihle> ;Bioorganic & Medicinal Chemistry Letters. 2002 Jun 3
4 citations
Benzobicyclooctanes as novel inhibitors of TNF-α signaling
Randy W. Jackson, Richard Gelinas, Ted A. Baughman, Thomas C. Cox, J. Jeffry Howbert, Kristin A. Kucera, John Latham, Fred Ramsdell, Devinder Singh, Ihab S. Darwish> ;Bioorganic & Medicinal Chemistry Letters. 2002 Apr 8
23 citations
Nicotinamide N-oxides as CXCR2 antagonists.
Neil S. Cutshall, Rocky Ursino, Kristin A. Kucera, John Latham, Nathan C. Ihle> ;Bioorganic & Medicinal Chemistry Letters. 2001 Jul 23
123 citations
The application of a modified nucleotide in aptamer selection: novel thrombin aptamers containing 5-(1-pentynyl)-2'-deoxyuridine.
John Latham, John J. Toole> ;Nucleic Acids Research. 1994 Jul 25
1596 citations
Selection of single-stranded DNA molecules that bind and inhibit human thrombin.
Louis C. Bock, Linda C. Griffin, John Latham, Eric Vermaas, John J. Toole> ;Nature. 1992 Feb 6
Cytokine treatment of human bone marrow activates anti-leukaemia effector cells: monitoring of purging by polymerase chain reaction and DNA analysis.
Dickinson, A. M., Middleton, S. L., Latham, J., Dunn, J., Thomas, L., Proctor, S. J.> ;Leukemia. 1995 Mar
smg-7 is required for mRNA surveillance in Caenorhabditis elegans.
Cali, B. M., Kuchma, S. L., Latham, J., Anderson, P.> ;Genetics. 1999 Feb
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Professional Memberships

American Academy of Ophthalmology - AAO
Fellow

Hospital Affiliations

Memorial Medical CenterModesto, California