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Membership of the American Surgical Association elect
Dr. Kenneth L. Mattox to be its Vice President
Dr. Kenneth Mattox

At its annual business meeting, the membership of the American Surgical Association elected Houston Surgeon, Dr. Kenneth L. Mattox to be its Vice President. The organization is the premier academic, scientific, and surgical leadership organization in the WORLD. even membership is tightly scrutinized and some highly visiable surgeons never are accepted to membership. "This is the highest honor from my professional colleagues that I have received in my career" Dr. Mattox said.

No Houston surgeon has ever been an officer in the American Surgical Association, although two chairs of surgery from UTMB have been President in the past.

Dr. Mattox said "This is a singular recognition for Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, the TMC, the HCHD, and the BTGH. It is the tremendous infrastaructure of support of the organizations to which I belong, and the environment of high quality, cutting edge development of new knowledge, training of the next generation of medical leaders, and our patients that perpetually drive us to say that there has to be a better way that drives us on to have the courage to fail in order to develop discontinuous changes to make things always better."

"I want to thank each of you and many others for the tremendous support and assignments that you continue to give me in order that our reach continues to be greater than our grasp."

K Mattox

 

Rotary Club of Houston Announces Annual Distinguished Citizen Award to Honor Surgeon Kenneth L. Mattox, M.D.
Dr. Kenneth Mattox

The Rotary Club of Houston has announced that surgeon Dr. Kenneth Mattox will be the honoree of the 2011/2012 Rotary Distinguished Citizen Award. The Award will be presented at a dinner on Monday April 23rd at the Omni Houston Hotel. The event will mark the 50th anniversary or semi-centennial of the prestigious Award.

Dr. Mattox is Distinguished Service Professor in the Michael E. DeBakey Department of Surgery at Baylor College of Medicine and holds the position of Chief of Staff/Chief of Surgery at the Ben Taub General hospital, Houston.

He helped develop the internationally renowned Ben Taub General Hospital Emergency Center and its equally respected Trauma Center.

Dr. Richard Wainerdi, Texas Medical Center President/CEO, commented, "This is richly deserved. Dr. Mattox is both a gifted surgeon and a great humanitarian who has devoted his career to helping those in need."

Baylor College of Medicine Board Chairman Marc Shapiro stated, "Faculty members who over their careers have had a significant role in the success of the College and our graduates receive Baylor's Distinguished Service Professor recognition. Dr. Mattox is among those few. The Rotary Distinguished Citizen Award is a fitting complement to tributes received by Dr. Mattox as educator, physician, and administrator."

Currently, Doctor Mattox serves as consultant to the Center for Biologic Evaluation and Research of the FDA. He has served on the Board of Directors of the Rotary Club of Houston, Harris County Hospital District Foundation, Wayland Baptist University, American Association for the Surgery of Trauma, Southeast Texas Trauma Regional Advisory Council, the American College of Surgeons Board of Governors. He serves as Chairman of the Board of the John P. McGovern Museum for Health & Medical Science and as Secretary-Treasurer of the Michael E. DeBakey International Surgical Society.

Proceeds of the Distinguished Citizen Award dinner fund Rotary Club of Houston’s charities for Public Health and immunization; Education; Mentoring Youth through the Club's Burnett Bayland Home and Camp Enterprise programs; Support for Cancer Patients and their Families through Jesse H. Jones Rotary House in the Texas Medical Center; and Medical and Educational materials provided to those in need overseas, through the club’s International Services program.

Established in 1912, the Rotary Club of Houston is the oldest volunteer service organization in the city. More details are available at www.RotaryHouston.org and (713) 973-9936.