Kenneth L. Mattox, MD is the Distinguished Service Professor of Surgery at Baylor College of Medicine and Chief of Staff/Chief of Surgery at the Ben Taub General Hospital in Houston. He is a co-author of Sabiston Textbook of Surgery, 19th Edition.
One of the most recognized surgeons in America, Dr. Mattox’s reputation as an innovator in trauma care is worldwide. He has made original and significant contributions in trauma resuscitation, trauma systems, thoracic trauma, vascular injury, auto transfusion, complex abdominal trauma, and multi-system trauma. The “Mattox Maneuver” for abdominal aortic injury was used internationally in years past, and Dr. Mattox performed groundbreaking research in the area of preoperative fluid restriction for penetrating trauma.
The author of over 600 articles and more than 1,000 abstracts, Dr. Mattox has also served on six editorial boards and has been an editorial reviewer for 15 journals. He has been a visiting professor or consultant to more than 800 medical schools and health care systems throughout the world. For the past 15 years, he has been Program Director of the Las Vegas Trauma, Critical Care, and Acute Care Surgery Postgraduate Course, the best-attended and most acclaimed trauma conference in the world. In 2008, he began the directorship of another international conference, Medical Disaster Response. Dr. Mattox is an active participant in helping to formulate and pass legislation relating to improved care for the trauma patient on local, state and national levels.
The recipient of a multitude of clinical and academic awards, Dr. Mattox has been listed in Best Doctors in America, was selected by the Association of Operation Room Nurses of Greater Houston to receive the 1998 Distinguished Surgeon Award, was recently given the Barbara and Corbin J. Robertson, Jr. Award for Excellence in Education, the highest educational recognition given at Baylor College of Medicine, and has repeatedly been honored by the residents in training in recognition of his guidance and mentorship.
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