Born in Thibodaux, Dr. Delatte is a native of South Louisiana. He attended Louisiana State University in Baton Rouge, where he graduated Magna Cum Laude with a bachelor’s degree in Microbiology. He completed his medical education at the Louisiana State University School of Medicine-New Orleans in 1996.

His postgraduate education began with a general surgery residency at the Medical University of South Carolina in Charleston and included two years of pediatric cancer research. During his general surgery training, he was awarded the Max S. Rittenbury Intern of the Year for the Department of Surgery (1997), the Dabney R. Yarbrough III, MD Research Award (2000), elected into the Alpha Omega Alpha Society through resident election (2003), and served as Chief Administrative Resident in 2002-2003 for the Department of Surgery.

In 2005, Dr. Delatte completed his Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery residency at the University of Wisconsin Hospital and Clinics-Madison. As part of his core residency training, he studied Cosmetic and Reconstructive Surgery of the face, head and neck, trunk and extremities.