Matthew J Wall Jr, M.D.

Professor of Surgery

Email

mwall@bcm.edu

Positions

Professor of Surgery: Division of Cardiothoracic Surgery
Baylor College of Medicine

Addresses

Ben Taub Hospital (Hospital): 1504 Taub Loop
4OS610
Houston, TX, 77030
United States

Education

Thoracic Surgery Residency from Baylor College Of Medicine Affiliate Hospitals: 01/1989 - Houston, Texas, United States

General Surgery Residency from Baylor College Of Medicine Affiliate Hospitals: 01/1984 - Houston, Texas, United States

M.D. from Baylor College Of Medicine: 01/1984 - Houston, TX, United States

B.S. from Rice University: 01/1980 - Houston, TX, United States

Certifications

Board Certified - General Surgery: American Board of Surgery

Board Certified - Surgical Critical Care: American Board of Surgery

Board Certified: American Board of Thoracic Surgery

Honors & Awards

2026 DeBakey Surgical Award: Michael E. DeBakey Surgical Society

Outstanding Service Medal: Department of Defense Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences

DeBakey Distinguished Service Award: Department of Surgery

Master Clinician Award for Excellence in Patient Care: Baylor College of Medicine

Alpha Omega Alpha Honor Medical Society: Baylor College of Medicine

2020 Top Doctor: Cardiothoracic Surgery: Houstonia Magazine

Professional Interests

Chest and the vascular trauma
Resuscitation

Professional Statement

Matthew J. Wall Jr., is committed to providing superior, patient-focused care and preparing the next generation of surgeons to meet the highest standards of excellence. This vision combines a dedication to advanced research, exceptional education, and the development of newer, better treatments and procedures.

Dr. Wall participated in the original Baylor Master Teacher Fellowship; he lectures at BCM, and in other national and international forums.

His research interests include the management of the injured patient, novel resuscitation strategies, and injuries to the chest and the vascular system.

Websites

Dr. Wall's Research

VIICTR Research Profile

Dr. Wall Honored at Harris Health System’s Annual Summit

Drs. Fisher, Wall and Wesson Earn Master Clinician Awards

Dr. Wall Inducted into Academy of Master Surgeon Educators

Selected Publications

Wall MJ, Mattox KL, Chen CD, Baldwin JC. " Acute management of complex cardiac injuries. " J Trauma. 1997 May ; 42 (5) : 905-12.
Pubmed PMID: 9191673.
Phelan HA, Velmahos GC, Jurkovich GJ, Friese RS, Minei JP, Menaker JA, Philp A, Evans HL, Gunn ML, Eastman AL, Rowell SE, Allison CE, Barbosa RL, Norwood SH, Tabbara M, Dente CJ, Carrick MM, Wall MJ, Feeney J, O'Neill PJ, Srinivas G, Brown CV, Reifsnyder . " An evaluation of multidetector computed tomography in detecting pancreatic injury: results of a multicenter AAST study. " J Trauma. 2009 Mar ; 66 (3) : 641-6; discussi.
Pubmed PMID: 19276732.
Hirshberg A, Wall MJ, Allen MK, Mattox KL. " Causes and patterns of missed injuries in trauma. " Am. J. Surg.. 1994 Oct ; 168 (4) : 299-303.
Pubmed PMID: 7943582.
Wall MJ, Tsai PI, Gilani R, Mattox KL. " Challenges in the Diagnosis and Management of Unusual Presentations of Blunt Injury to the Ascending Aorta and Aortic Sinuses. " J. Surg. Res.. 2010 Oct ; 163 (2) : 176-8.
Pubmed PMID: 20599221.
Wall MJ, Usowicz MM. " Development of action potential-dependent and independent spontaneous GABAA receptor-mediated currents in granule cells of postnatal rat cerebellum. " Eur. J. Neurosci.. 1997 Mar ; 9 (3) : 533-48.
Pubmed PMID: 9104595.
Wall MJ, Clarke DR. " Intraabdominal paddle placement for internal defibrillation during cardiac reoperation. " Ann. Thorac. Surg.. 1992 May ; 53 (5) : 914-5.
Pubmed PMID: 1571000.
Johnston RH, Wall MJ, Mattox KL. " Innominate artery trauma: a thirty-year experience. " J. Vasc. Surg.. 1993 Jan ; 17 (1) : 134-9; discussi.
Pubmed PMID: 8421329.
Aucar JA, Norman P, Whitten E, Granchi TS, Liscum KR, Wall MJ, Mattox KL. " Intraoperative detection of traumatic coagulopathy using the activated coagulation time. " Shock. 2003 May ; 19 (5) : 404-7.
Pubmed PMID: 12744481.
Carrick MM, Morrison CA, Pham HQ, Norman MA, Marvin B, Lee J, Wall MJ, Mattox KL. " Modern management of traumatic subclavian artery injuries: a single institution's experience in the evolution of endovascular repair. " Am. J. Surg.. 2010 Jan ; 199 (1) : 28-34.
Pubmed PMID: 19520356.
Hirshberg A, Dugas M, Banez EI, Scott BG, Wall MJ, Mattox KL. " Minimizing dilutional coagulopathy in exsanguinating hemorrhage: a computer simulation. " J Trauma. 2003 Mar ; 54 (3) : 454-63.
Pubmed PMID: 12634523.
Naik-Mathuria B, Roman-Pavajeau J, Leleux TM, Wall MJ. " A 29-year-old immunocompetent man with meningitis and a large pulmonary mass. " Chest. 2008 Apr ; 133 (4) : 1030-3.
Pubmed PMID: 18398126.
Kim JY, Schierle CF, Subramanian VS, Birman MV, Kloeters O, Forte AJ, Basu CB, Wall MJ, Epstein M. " A prognostic model for the risk of development of upper extremity compartment syndrome in the setting of brachial artery injury. " Ann Plast Surg. 2009 Jan ; 62 (1) : 22-7.
Pubmed PMID: 19131714.
Wall MJ, Dale N. " A role for potassium currents in the generation of the swimming motor pattern of Xenopus embryos. " J. Neurophysiol.. 1994 Jul ; 72 (1) : 337-48.
Pubmed PMID: 7965018.
Villavicencio RT, Aucar JA, Wall MJ. " Analysis of thoracoscopy in trauma. " Surg Endosc. 1999 Jan ; 13 (1) : 41342.
Pubmed PMID: 9869678.
Hirshberg A, Wall MJ, Mattox KL. " Bullet trajectory predicts the need for damage control: an artificial neural network model. " J Trauma. 2002 May ; 52 (5) : 852-8.
Pubmed PMID: 11988649.
Darouiche RO, Wall MJ, Itani KM, Otterson MF, Webb AL, Carrick MM, Miller HJ, Awad SS, Crosby CT, Mosier MC, Alsharif A, Berger DH. " Chlorhexidine-Alcohol versus Povidone-Iodine for Surgical-Site Antisepsis. " N. Engl. J. Med.. 2010 Jan 7; 362 (1) : 18-26.
Pubmed PMID: 20054046.
Wall MJ. " Cis-4-amino-crotonic acid activates alpha 6 subunit-containing GABA(A) but not GABA(C) receptors in granule cells of adult rat cerebellar slices. " Neurosci. Lett.. 2001 Dec 4; 316 (1) : 37-40.
Pubmed PMID: 11720773.
Shin DD, Wall MJ, Mattox KL. " Combined penetrating injury of the innominate artery, left common carotid artery, trachea, and esophagus. " J Trauma. 2000 Oct ; 49 (4) : 780-3.
Pubmed PMID: 11038105.
Darouiche RO, Berger DH, Khardori N, Robertson CS, Wall MJ, Metzler MH, Shah S, Mansouri MD, Cerra-Stewart C, Versalovic J, Reardon MJ, Raad II. " Comparison of antimicrobial impregnation with tunneling of long-term central venous catheters: a randomized controlled trial. " Ann. Surg.. 2005 Aug ; 242 (2) : 193-200.
Pubmed PMID: 16041209.
Johnston RH, Garcia-Rinaldi R, Wall MJ. " Coronary artery endarterectomy: a method of myocardial preservation. " Tex Med. 1993 Jun ; 89 (6) : 56-9.
Pubmed PMID: 8351662.
Wall MJ, Soltero E. " Damage control for thoracic injuries. " Surg. Clin. North Am.. 1997 Aug ; 77 (4) : 863-78.
Pubmed PMID: 9291987.
Hymes WA, Itani KM, Wall MJ, Granchi TS, Mattox KL. " Delayed tension pneumopericardium after thoracotomy for penetrating chest trauma. " Ann. Thorac. Surg.. 1994 Jun ; 57 (6) : 1658-60.
Pubmed PMID: 8010824.
Wall MJ, Usowicz MM. " Development of the quantal properties of evoked and spontaneous synaptic currents at a brain synapse. " Nat. Neurosci.. 1998 Dec ; 1 (8) : 675-82.
Pubmed PMID: 10196583.
Hirshberg A, Wall MJ, Allen MK, Mattox KL. " Double jeopardy: thoracoabdominal injuries requiring surgical intervention in both chest and abdomen. " J Trauma. 1995 Aug ; 39 (2) : 225-9; discussi.
Pubmed PMID: 7674389.
Scott BG, Welsh FJ, Pham HQ, Carrick MM, Liscum KR, Granchi TS, Wall MJ, Mattox KL, Hirshberg A. " Early aggressive closure of the open abdomen. " J Trauma. 2006 Jan ; 60 (1) : 17-22.
Pubmed PMID: 16456431.
Durham LA, Richardson RJ, Wall MJ, Pepe PE, Mattox KL. " Emergency center thoracotomy: impact of prehospital resuscitation. " J Trauma. 1992 Jun ; 32 (6) : 775-9.
Pubmed PMID: 1613838.
Gilani R, Ochoa L, Wall MJ, Tsai PI, Mattox KL. " Endovascular repair of traumatic aortic injury using a custom fenestrated endograft to preserve the left subclavian artery. " Vasc Endovascular Surg. 2011 Aug ; 45 (6) : 549-52.
Pubmed PMID: 21715420.
Bakaeen FG, Dhaliwal AS, Chu D, Bozkurt B, Tsai P, LeMaire SA, Wall MJ, Coselli JS, Huh J. " Does the level of experience of residents affect outcomes of coronary artery bypass surgery? " Ann. Thorac. Surg.. 2009 Apr ; 87 (4) : 1127-33; discus.
Pubmed PMID: 19324138.
Wu JT, Mattox KL, Wall MJ. " Esophageal perforations: new perspectives and treatment paradigms. " J Trauma. 2007 Nov ; 63 (5) : 1173-84.
Pubmed PMID: 17993968.
Aucar JA, Villavicencio RT, Wall MJ, Liscum KR, Granchi TS, Mattox KL. " Evaluation of clinical data by remote observation in trauma. " Proc AMIA Annu Fall Symp. 1997 ; 408-12.
Pubmed PMID: 9357658.
Wall MJ, Dale N. " GABAB receptors modulate glycinergic inhibition and spike threshold in Xenopus embryo spinal neurones. " J. Physiol. (Lond.). 1993 Sep ; 469 : 275-90.
Pubmed PMID: 8271201.
Miller JS, Itani KM, Oza MD, Wall MJ. " Gastric rupture with tension pneumoperitoneum: a complication of difficult endotracheal intubation. " Ann Emerg Med. 1997 Sep ; 30 (3) : 343-6.
Pubmed PMID: 9287899.
Demsar J, Zupan B, Aoki N, Wall MJ, Granchi TH, Robert Beck J. " Feature mining and predictive model construction from severe trauma patient's data. " Int J Med Inform. 2001 Sep ; 63 (41276) : 41-50.
Pubmed PMID: 11518664.
Hirshberg A, Wall MJ, Mattox KL. " George L. Jordan, Jr. (1921-1994): an American surgical legend. " Dig Surg. 2001 ; 18 (2) : 134-7; discussi.
Pubmed PMID: 11351159.
Mattox KL, Wall MJ. " Historical review of blunt injury to the thoracic aorta. " Chest Surg. Clin. N. Am.. 2000 Feb ; 10 (1) : 167-82, x.
Pubmed PMID: 10689535.
Hirshberg A, Scott BG, Granchi T, Wall MJ, Mattox KL, Stein M. " How does casualty load affect trauma care in urban bombing incidents? A quantitative analysis. " J Trauma. 2005 Apr ; 58 (4) : 686-93; discuss.
Pubmed PMID: 15824643.
Bakaeen FG, Huh J, Chu D, Coselli JS, LeMaire SA, Mattox KL, Wall MJ, Wang XL, Shenaq SA, Atluri PV, Awad SS, Berger DH. " Hurricane Katrina: impact on cardiac surgery case volume and outcomes. " Tex Heart Inst J. 2008 ; 35 (3) : 273-8.
Pubmed PMID: 18941612.
Estrera AL, Aucar JA, Wall MJ, Granchi TS, Mattox KL. " Hydroblast injuries to the small bowel and inferior vena cava. " J Trauma. 1999 Nov ; 47 (5) : 979-81.
Pubmed PMID: 10568736.
Morrison CA, Carrick MM, Norman MA, Scott BG, Welsh FJ, Tsai P, Liscum KR, Wall MJ, Mattox KL. " Hypotensive resuscitation strategy reduces transfusion requirements and severe postoperative coagulopathy in trauma patients with hemorrhagic shock: preliminary results of a randomized controlled trial. " J Trauma. 2011 Mar ; 70 (3) : 652-63.
Pubmed PMID: 21610356.
Bickell WH, Wall MJ, Pepe PE, Martin RR, Ginger VF, Allen MK, Mattox KL. " Immediate versus delayed fluid resuscitation for hypotensive patients with penetrating torso injuries. " N. Engl. J. Med.. 1994 Oct 27; 331 (17) : 1105-9.
Pubmed PMID: 7935634.
Wall MJ, Mattox KL, DeBakey ME. " Injuries to the azygous venous system. " J Trauma. 2006 Feb ; 60 (2) : 357-62.
Pubmed PMID: 16508496.
Aucar J, Granchi T, Liscum K, Wall M, Mattox K. " Is regionalization of trauma care using telemedicine feasible and desirable? " Am. J. Surg.. 2000 Dec ; 180 (6) : 535-9.
Pubmed PMID: 11182413.
Karmy-Jones R, Jurkovich GJ, Shatz DV, Brundage S, Wall MJ, Engelhardt S, Hoyt DB, Holcroft J, Knudson MM. " Management of traumatic lung injury: a Western Trauma Association Multicenter review. " J Trauma. 2001 Dec ; 51 (6) : 1049-53.
Pubmed PMID: 11740249.
Schreiber MA, Holcomb JB, Conaway CW, Campbell KD, Wall M, Mattox KL. " Military trauma training performed in a civilian trauma center. " J. Surg. Res.. 2002 May 1; 104 (1) : 41500.
Pubmed PMID: 11971671.
LeMaire SA, Wall MJ, Mattox KL. " Needle embolus causing cardiac puncture and chronic constrictive pericarditis. " Ann. Thorac. Surg.. 1998 Jun ; 65 (6) : 1786-7.
Pubmed PMID: 9647109.
Mattox KL, Wall MJ. " Newer diagnostic measures and emergency management. " Chest Surg. Clin. N. Am.. 1997 May ; 7 (2) : 213-26.
Pubmed PMID: 9156289.
Wall MJ, Tsai PI, Gilani R, Mattox KL. " Open and endovascular approaches to aortic trauma. " Tex Heart Inst J. 2010 ; 37 (6) : 675-7.
Pubmed PMID: 21224943.
Davis JA, Gilani R, Al-Najjar R, Tsai PI, Wall MJ. " Operative challenges in management of concurrent interrupted aortic arch and descending thoracic aortic aneurysm. " J. Vasc. Surg.. 2013 Jun ; 57 (6) : 1661-3.
Pubmed PMID: 23332987.
Gilani R, Tsai PI, Wall MJ, Mattox KL. " Overcoming challenges of endovascular treatment of complex subclavian and axillary artery injuries in hypotensive patients. " J Trauma Acute Care Surg. 2012 Sep ; 73 (3) : 771-3.
Pubmed PMID: 22929506.
Granchi TS, Abikhaled JA, Hirshberg A, Wall MJ, Mattox KL. " Patterns of microbiology in intra-abdominal packing for trauma. " J Trauma. 2004 Jan ; 56 (1) : 45-51.
Pubmed PMID: 14749564.
Wall MJ, Granchi T, Liscum K, Mattox KL. " Penetrating thoracic vascular injuries. " Surg. Clin. North Am.. 1996 Aug ; 76 (4) : 749-61.
Pubmed PMID: 8782471.
Wall MJ, Hirshberg A, Mattox KL. " Pitfalls in the care of the injured patient. " Curr Probl Surg. 1998 Dec ; 35 (12) : 1019-74.
Pubmed PMID: 9854544.
Hirshberg A, Wall MJ, Mattox KL. " Planned reoperation for trauma: a two year experience with 124 consecutive patients. " J Trauma. 1994 Sep ; 37 (3) : 365-9.
Pubmed PMID: 8083894.
Aoki N, Wall MJ, Demsar J, Zupan B, Granchi T, Schreiber MA, Holcomb JB, Byrne M, Liscum KR, Goodwin G, Beck JR, Mattox KL. " Predictive model for survival at the conclusion of a damage control laparotomy. " Am. J. Surg.. 2000 Dec ; 180 (6) : 540-4; discussi.
Pubmed PMID: 11182414.
Fainzilber G, Roy-Shapira A, Wall MJ, Mattox KL. " Predictors of amputation for popliteal artery injuries. " Am. J. Surg.. 1995 Dec ; 170 (6) : 568-70; discuss.
Pubmed PMID: 7492002.
Abikhaled JA, Granchi TS, Wall MJ, Hirshberg A, Mattox KL. " Prolonged abdominal packing for trauma is associated with increased morbidity and mortality. " Am Surg. 1997 Dec ; 63 (12) : 1109-12; discus.
Pubmed PMID: 9393261.
Granchi T, Schmittling Z, Vasquez J, Schreiber M, Wall M. " Prolonged use of intraluminal arterial shunts without systemic anticoagulation. " Am. J. Surg.. 2000 Dec ; 180 (6) : 493-6; discussi.
Pubmed PMID: 11182405.
Taurog A, Wall M. " Proximal and distal histidines in thyroid peroxidase: relation to the alternatively spliced form, TPO-2. " Thyroid. 1998 Feb ; 8 (2) : 185-91.
Pubmed PMID: 9510129.
Wall MJ, Villavicencio RT, Miller CC, Aucar JA, Granchi TA, Liscum KR, Shin D, Mattox KL. " Pulmonary tractotomy as an abbreviated thoracotomy technique. " J Trauma. 1998 Dec ; 45 (6) : 1015-23.
Pubmed PMID: 9867042.
Wall MJ, Hirshberg A, Mattox KL. " Pulmonary tractotomy with selective vascular ligation for penetrating injuries to the lung. " Am. J. Surg.. 1994 Dec ; 168 (6) : 665-9.
Pubmed PMID: 7978015.
Hirshberg A, Wall MJ, Ramchandani MK, Mattox KL. " Reoperation for bleeding in trauma. " Arch Surg. 1993 Oct ; 128 (10) : 1163-7.
Pubmed PMID: 8215877.
Kim JY, Buck DW, Forte AJ, Subramanian VS, Birman MV, Schierle CF, Kloeters O, Mattox KL, Wall MJ, Epstein MJ. " Risk factors for compartment syndrome in traumatic brachial artery injuries: an institutional experience in 139 patients. " J Trauma. 2009 Dec ; 67 (6) : 1339-44.
Pubmed PMID: 20009687.
Aucar JA, Eastlack R, Wall MJ, Liscum KR, Granchi TS, Mattox KL. " Remote clinical assessment for acute trauma: an initial experience. " Proc AMIA Symp. 1998 ; 396-400.
Pubmed PMID: 9929249.
Miller JS, Wall MJ, Mattox KL. " Ruptured aortic pseudoaneurysm 28 years after gunshot wound: case report and review of the literature. " J Trauma. 1998 Jan ; 44 (1) : 214-6.
Pubmed PMID: 9464778.
Rice D, Bikkasani N, Espada R, Mattox K, Wall M. " Seat belt-related chondrosternal disruption with lung herniation. " Ann. Thorac. Surg.. 2002 Jun ; 73 (6) : 1950-1.
Pubmed PMID: 12078797.
Bakaeen FG, Wall MJ, Mattox KL. " Successful repair of an avulsion of the superior vena cava from the right atrium inflicted by blunt trauma. " J Trauma. 2005 Dec ; 59 (6) : 1486-8.
Pubmed PMID: 16394927.
Wall MJ, Pepe PE, Mattox KL. " Successful roadside resuscitative thoracotomy: case report and literature review. " J Trauma. 1994 Jan ; 36 (1) : 131-4.
Pubmed PMID: 8295241.
Huh J, Wall MJ, Estrera AL, Soltero ER, Mattox KL. " Surgical management of traumatic pulmonary injury. " Am. J. Surg.. 2003 Dec ; 186 (6) : 620-4.
Pubmed PMID: 14672768.
Li LT, Gilani R, Tsai PI, Wall MJ. " Takayasu arteritis complicating pregnancy in adolescence. " Ann Vasc Surg. 2012 Aug ; 26 (6) : 858.e7-858.e10.
Pubmed PMID: 22633271.
Tapia NM, Chang A, Norman M, Welsh F, Scott B, Wall MJ, Mattox KL, Suliburk J. " TEG-guided resuscitation is superior to standardized MTP resuscitation in massively transfused penetrating trauma patients. " J Trauma Acute Care Surg. 2013 Feb ; 74 (2) : 378-86.
Pubmed PMID: 23354228.
Wall MJ, Mattox KL, Wolf DA. " The cardiac pendulum: blunt rupture of the pericardium with strangulation of the heart. " J Trauma. 2005 Jul ; 59 (1) : 136-41; discuss.
Pubmed PMID: 16096553.
Villavicencio RT, Wall MJ. " The pathogenesis of Staphylococcus aureus in the trauma patient and potential future therapies. " Am. J. Surg.. 1996 Sep ; 172 (3) : 291-6.
Pubmed PMID: 8862088.
Wilson A, Wall MJ, Maxson R, Mattox K. " The pulmonary hilum twist as a thoracic damage control procedure. " Am. J. Surg.. 2003 Jul ; 186 (1) : 49-52.
Pubmed PMID: 12842749.
Wall MJ, Hirshberg A, LeMaire SA, Holcomb J, Mattox K. " Thoracic aortic and thoracic vascular injuries. " Surg. Clin. North Am.. 2001 Dec ; 81 (6) : 1375-93.
Pubmed PMID: 11766181.
Esterra A, Mattox KL, Wall MJ. " Thoracic aortic injury. " Semin Vasc Surg. 2000 Dec ; 13 (4) : 345-52.
Pubmed PMID: 11156064.
Karmy-Jones R, Jurkovich GJ, Nathens AB, Shatz DV, Brundage S, Wall MJ, Engelhardt S, Hoyt DB, Holcroft J, Knudson MM. " Timing of urgent thoracotomy for hemorrhage after trauma: a multicenter study. " Arch Surg. 2001 May ; 136 (5) : 513-8.
Pubmed PMID: 11343541.
Hirshberg A, Wall MJ, Johnston RH, Burch JM, Mattox KL. " Transcervical gunshot injuries. " Am. J. Surg.. 1994 Mar ; 167 (3) : 309-12.
Pubmed PMID: 8160903.
Huh J, Bakaeen F, Chu D, Wall MJ. " Transverse sternal plating in secondary sternal reconstruction. " J. Thorac. Cardiovasc. Surg.. 2008 Dec ; 136 (6) : 1476-80.
Pubmed PMID: 19114193.
Wall MJ, Soltero ER. " Trauma to cardiac valves. " Curr. Opin. Cardiol.. 2002 Mar ; 17 (2) : 188-92.
Pubmed PMID: 11981254.
Carrick MM, Pham HQ, Scott BG, Wall MJ. " Traumatic rupture of the pericardium. " Ann. Thorac. Surg.. 2007 Apr ; 83 (4) : 1554.
Pubmed PMID: 17383388.
Huh J, Wall MJ, Soltero ER. " Treatment of combined coronary and carotid artery disease. " Curr. Opin. Cardiol.. 2003 Nov ; 18 (6) : 447-53.
Pubmed PMID: 14597885.
Morrison CA, Lee TC, Wall MJ, Carrick MM. " Use of a trauma service clinical pathway to improve patient outcomes for retained traumatic hemothorax. " World J Surg. 2009 Sep ; 33 (9) : 1851-6.
Pubmed PMID: 19629582.