Positions
- Distinguished Service Professor
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Division of Cardiothoracic Surgery
Baylor College of Medicine
Addresses
- Ben Taub Hospital (Hospital)
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1504 Taub Loop
1CS110
Houston, TX, 77030
United States
- Department of Surgery (Office)
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Baylor College of Medicine
One Baylor Plaza
Houston, TX, 77030
United States
Phone: (713) 798-4557
https://www.bcm.edu/departments/surgery/
Education
- Advanced Training from Baylor College Of Medicine Affiliate Hospitals
- 01/1971 - Houston, TX, United States
- Advanced Training from Baylor College Of Medicine Affiliate Hospitals
- 01/1967 - Houston, TX, United States
- Advanced Training from Baylor College Of Medicine Affiliate Hospitals
- 01/1964 - Houston, TX, United States
- M.D. from Baylor College Of Medicine
- 01/1964 - Houston, TX, United States
- B.S. from Wayland Baptist University
- 01/1960 - Plainview, TX, United States
Certifications
- Board Certified
- American Board of Surgery
- Board Certified
- American Board of Thoracic Surgery
Honors & Awards
- 2012 Rotary Distinguished Citizen Award
- Rotary Club of Houston
- Houston Top Doctors
- H Texas Magazine
- The Barbara and Corbin J. Robertson, Jr. Award for Excellence in Education
- The Best Doctors in America
- Best Doctors in Houston
- Who's Who in America
- 2015 EMS Journey of Excellence Award
- Texas EMS and Trauma Advisory Council
- Awarded Order of Military Medical Merit
- U.S. Army
- Laurance N. Nickey, MD, Lifetime Achievement Award
- Texas Medical Association
Professional Interests
- Trauma
- Acute Care Surgery
Professional Statement
Dr. Kenneth L. Mattox is a Distinguished Service Professor at Baylor College of Medicine and Chief of Staff and Surgeon-in-Chief at Ben Taub Hospital, where he has worked since 1973. BTH has been at the forefront of surgical critical care, breaking ground with its automated system for the storage and retrieval of laboratory data in 1975. Dr. Mattox helped develop the internationally renowned Ben Taub Hospital Emergency Center and its equally respected Trauma Center.
His reputation as an innovator in trauma care is known worldwide. Dr. Mattox is past President of the American Association for the Surgery of Trauma and Secretary-Treasurer of the Michael E. DeBakey International Surgical Society. He previously chaired the Mayor's Red Ribbon Committee to address Houston Fire Department Emergency Medical Services, and sat on the Hospital Subcommittee of the Mayor's Special Task Force on the Medical Aspects of Disaster.
Currently, Dr. Mattox serves as consultant to the Center for Biologic Evaluation and Research of the FDA. Dr. Mattox has served on the Board of Directors of the Rotary Club of Houston, Doctors’ Club of Houston, Wayland Baptist University, the American Association for the Surgery of Trauma, the Southeast Texas Trauma Regional Advisory Council, the American College of Surgeons Board of Governors, and serves as Chairman of the Board of the John P. McGovern Museum for Health & Medical Science.
Selected Publications
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Inaba K, Eastman AL, Jacobs LM, Mattox KL. " Active-Shooter Response at a Health Care Facility " N Engl J Med. ;
Pubmed PMID: 30089071. -
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. -
Graham JM, Mattox KL, Feliciano DV, DeBakey ME. " Vascular injuries of the axilla. " Ann. Surg.. 1982 Feb ; 195 (2) : 232-8.
Pubmed PMID: 7055402. -
Rasmussen TE, Woodson J, Rich NM, Mattox KL. " Vascular trauma at a crossroads. " J Trauma. 2011 May ; 70 (5) : 1291-3.
Pubmed PMID: 21610443.
Memberships
- American Association for the Surgery of Trauma
- President (1995-96)
- American Trauma Society
- National Board of Directors
- Harris County Medical Society
- President (2003)
- Houston Surgical Society
- President, 1996-1997
- Houston Academy of Medicine
- President (2000)
- Michael E. DeBakey International Surgical Society
- Board of Directors
- Society of Vascular Surgery
- Distinguished Fellow
- American College of Surgeons
- President South Texas Chapter
- Texas Surgical Society
- President (2002)
- University Association for Emergency Medicine
- President (1979-80)
- American Association for Thoracic Surgery
- American College of Cardiology
- American College of Chest Physicians
- American Medical Association
- American Surgical Association
- Association for Academic Surgery
- Halstead Society
- Senior Member
- International Society of Surgery
- Pan Pacific Surgical Association
- North American Vice President (1
- Society of Thoracic Surgery
- Society of University Surgeons
- Southern Surgical Association
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