Kevin Latz

Publicly supported reforming the tax code to favor workers over owners and capital.

July 22, 2026For

Source: sabethaherald.com · researched July 24, 2026

Publicly supported universal health care and universal child care as responses to household affordability pressures.

July 22, 2026For

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Publicly backed a single-payer health-insurance model that retained private insurance.

June 5, 2026For

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Publicly supported universal prekindergarten as assistance for working families and young adults.

July 22, 2026For

Source: sabethaherald.com · researched July 24, 2026

Publicly supported universal health care and universal child care as responses to household affordability pressures.

July 22, 2026For

Source: sabethaherald.com · researched July 24, 2026

Publicly supported reproductive rights and opposed cuts to Medicaid and federal food-assistance programs.

June 5, 2026For

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Publicly advocated a federal firearm-purchase waiting period, mandatory safety training, and a moratorium on gun-show purchases.

June 5, 2026For

Source: hppr.org · researched July 24, 2026

Publicly supported reproductive rights and opposed cuts to Medicaid and federal food-assistance programs.

June 5, 2026For

Source: hppr.org · researched July 24, 2026

Publicly backed mandatory national service as a way to strengthen social cohesion.

June 5, 2026For

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Publicly advocated restoring U.S. Agency for International Development funding to support Kansas farmers and crop markets.

June 5, 2026For

Source: hppr.org · researched July 24, 2026

Publicly advocated stricter rules for social-media companies and barring social-media use by children under 16.

June 5, 2026For

Source: hppr.org · researched July 24, 2026

Co-authored a Research in Osteochondritis Dissecans of the Knee (ROCK) study on bracing in the nonoperative care of medial femoral condyle osteochondritis dissecans, published online in the American Journal of Sports Medicine.

April 14, 2026

Source: pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov · researched July 24, 2026

Addressed farm support, rural health, and crop insurance at the Common Ground Forum in Oberlin, Kansas.

April 11, 2026

Source: latz4kansas.org · researched July 24, 2026

Co-authored a systematic review and meta-analysis of bioinductive patch augmentation for rotator cuff repair, published in the Journal of Shoulder and Elbow Surgery.

June 26, 2024

Source: pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov · researched July 24, 2026

Coauthored a systematic review and meta-analysis of bioinductive patches used to augment rotator-cuff repair.

June 26, 2024

Source: pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov · researched July 24, 2026

Co-authored a Children's Mercy Kansas City quality-improvement study on increasing cefazolin use for surgical prophylaxis in penicillin-allergy-labeled patients, published in Antimicrobial Stewardship and Healthcare Epidemiology.

January 11, 2023

Source: pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov · researched July 24, 2026

Coauthored a published antimicrobial-stewardship study on increasing cefazolin use for surgical prophylaxis in patients labeled as penicillin-allergic.

January 11, 2023

Source: pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov · researched July 24, 2026

Co-authored a multicenter study validating a corresponding-point measurement system for assessing displacement in pediatric medial epicondyle fractures, published in JBJS Open Access.

November 18, 2022

Source: pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov · researched July 24, 2026

Coauthored a published study validating a measurement system for displacement in medial epicondyle fractures.

November 18, 2022

Source: pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov · researched July 24, 2026

Co-authored 'Descriptive Epidemiology From the Research in Osteochondritis Dissecans of the Knee (ROCK) Prospective Cohort,' published online in the American Journal of Sports Medicine.

November 24, 2021

Source: pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov · researched July 24, 2026

Coauthored a multicenter prospective-cohort study describing the epidemiology of osteochondritis dissecans of the knee.

November 24, 2021

Source: pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov · researched July 24, 2026

Becker's Spine Review profiled Kevin H. Latz, MD as chief and director of Children's Mercy Hospital's Center for Sports Medicine, an assistant orthopedic surgery professor at the University of Missouri-Kansas City School of Medicine, and the 2016 recipient of Children's Mercy's Golden Glove Award for patient safety.

November 12, 2018

Source: beckersspine.com · researched July 24, 2026

Performed pediatric ACL-reconstruction surgery after adapting the surgical approach to protect a young patient's growth plates.

April 10, 2018

Source: childrensmercy.org · researched July 24, 2026

Announced, as director of the Children's Mercy Center for Sports Medicine, a long-term partnership between Children's Mercy Kansas City and Sporting Kansas City that placed a pediatric sports medicine and rehabilitation center at the club's National Training Center in Kansas City, Kansas.

November 19, 2015

Source: sportingkc.com · researched July 24, 2026

Was excluded from the Johnson County Democratic Party's voter guide, promotion, candidate events, and training after a two-thirds executive-board vote citing campaign execution and fundraising.

June 7, 2026

Source: kansashelen.substack.com · researched July 24, 2026