BEGIN:VCALENDAR PRODID:-//github.com/ical-org/ical.net//NONSGML ical.net 5.1.4//EN VERSION:2.0 BEGIN:VEVENT DESCRIPTION:Join Virtually ===> January 16\, 2025   Kenneth L. Mattox\, M. D.\, is one of the most recognized surgeons around the world. He is Distin guished Service Professor of the Michael E. DeBakey Department of Surgery at Baylor College of Medicine and Chief of Staff/Chief of Surgery at the B en Taub Hospital\, Houston\, Texas. He helped develop the internationally renowned Ben Taub General Hospital Emergency Center and its equally respec ted Trauma Center. His reputation as an innovator in trauma care is worldw ide. He has made original and significant contributions in trauma resuscit ation\, trauma systems\, thoracic trauma\, vascular injury\, autotransfusi on\, complex abdominal trauma and multi-system trauma. His research in pre operative fluid restriction for penetrating trauma shook the foundation of surgical doctrine in this area. His textbook\, Trauma\, is an internation al best seller\, now in its 8th edition\, and he is co-editor of the Sabi ston’s Textbook of Surgery\, recognized throughout the world. He is co-e ditor of the second edition of Rich’s Vascular Trauma. A fifth book\, Hi story of Surgery in Houston\, recounts the last 50 years of Houston’s im pressive and colorful surgical heritage. He co-authored the unique\, inter national best seller\, Top Knife\, a practical guide to trauma care\, tran slated into nine foreign languages. He frequently receives emails from phy sicians in war zones who refer to this “little book” as their Bible in the OR. Authoring over 600 articles and more than 1\,000 abstracts\, he h as also served on six Editorial Boards and has been an Editorial Reviewer for 15 other journals. He has been a visiting professor or consultant to m ore than 800 medical schools\, hospitals or health care systems throughout the world. For the past eighteen years\, he has been Program Director of the Las Vegas Trauma\, Critical Care\, and Acute Care Surgery Course\, the best attended and most acclaimed trauma conference in the world. In 2008\ , he added the directorship of another international conference to his “ docket\,” Medical Disaster Response. In its inaugural year\, the course sold out. Doctor Mattox is a member of over 30 professional organizations and is Past President of the American Association for the Surgery of Traum a\, Past Secretary-Treasurer of the Michael E. DeBakey International Surgi cal Society\, and Past President of the Houston Surgical Society and Texas Surgical Society. He also served as Vice President of the American Colleg e of Surgeons and the American Surgical Association. DTEND:20250116T190000Z DTSTAMP:20261024T185516Z DTSTART:20250116T173000Z LOCATION:Tony's SEQUENCE:1 SUMMARY:Dr. Kenneth Mattox UID:3b9d11b8-6460-431c-8046-03d9de5e4d25 X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html:

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Kenneth L. Mattox\, M.D.\, is one of the most recognized s urgeons around the world. He is Distinguished Service Professor of the Mic hael E. DeBakey Department of Surgery at Baylor College of Medicine and Ch ief of Staff/Chief of Surgery at the Ben Taub Hospital\, Houston\, Texas. He helped develop the internationally renowned Ben Taub General Hospital E mergency Center and its equally respected Trauma Center. His reputation as an innovator in trauma care is worldwide. He has made original and signif icant contributions in trauma resuscitation\, trauma systems\, thoracic tr auma\, vascular injury\, autotransfusion\, complex abdominal trauma and mu lti-system trauma. His research in preoperative fluid restriction for pene trating trauma shook the foundation of surgical doctrine in this area. His textbook\, Trauma\, is an international best seller\, now in its 8th  \;edition\, and he is co-editor of the Sabiston&rsquo\;s Textbo ok of Surgery\, recognized throughout the world. He is co-editor of the se cond edition of Rich&rsquo\;s Vascular Trauma. A fifth book\, History of S urgery in Houston\, recounts the last 50 years of Houston&rsquo\;s impress ive and colorful surgical heritage. He co-authored the unique\, internatio nal best seller\, Top Knife\, a practical guide to trauma care\, translate d into nine foreign languages. He frequently receives emails from physicia ns in war zones who refer to this &ldquo\;little book&rdquo\; as their Bib le in the OR.

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\nAuthoring over 600 articles and more than 1\,000 abstracts\, he has also served on six Editorial Boards and has been an Editorial Reviewer for 15 other journals. He has been a visiting profe ssor or consultant to more than 800 medical schools\, hospitals or health care systems throughout the world. For the past eighteen years\, he has be en Program Director of the Las Vegas Trauma\, Critical Care\, and Acute Ca re Surgery Course\, the best attended and most acclaimed trauma conference in the world. In 2008\, he added the directorship of another internationa l conference to his &ldquo\;docket\,&rdquo\; Medical Disaster Response. In its inaugural year\, the course sold out. Doctor Mattox is a member of ov er 30 professional organizations and is Past President of the American Ass ociation for the Surgery of Trauma\, Past Secretary-Treasurer of the Micha el E. DeBakey International Surgical Society\, and Past President of the H ouston Surgical Society and Texas Surgical Society. He also served as Vice President of the American College of Surgeons and the American Surgical A ssociation.

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