Kenneth Mattox

Who is Kenneth Mattox?

Kenneth Mattox is an American surgeon. He has written several books, mainly in the area of trauma medicine.

He is Professor and Vice Chairman of Surgery in the General Surgery Division of the Michael E. DeBakey Department of Surgery at Baylor College of Medicine. In addition, he is Chief of the Surgery Service and Chief of Staff at Ben Taub General Hospital. He is a veteran and served for only one year in Alabama. He now specializes in thoracic surgery and trauma surgery. He has been named among the Best Surgeons in America five times. Mattox earned his undergraduate degree from Wayland College in Plainview, Texas, and his medical degree from Baylor College of Medicine. For the past 47 years he has organized the renowned trauma conference Trauma, Critical Care and Acute Care Surgery at the Caesar's Palace casino in Las Vegas, a conference that attracts over 1000 surgeons from all over the world every year.