Surgeon in Chief,
Arkansas Children's Hospital
Little Rock, Arkansas, United States
Dr. Todd Maxson is the Surgeon in Chief at Arkansas Children's Hospital and Professor of Surgery at the University of Arkansas. Dr. Maxson completed medical school at the University of Texas Medical Branch in Galveston. He completed his general surgical residency at the University of Arkansas and pediatric surgical training at Baylor College of Medicine in Houston.
He was on faculty in Houston before moving to the University of Texas –Southwestern in Dallas to begin the trauma program at Children’s Medical Center of Dallas, the first level I pediatric trauma program in the southwest United States to be verified by the American College of Surgeons. He then moved to Austin, Texas to build the trauma service at the new Dell Children’s Medical Center, taking this facility to Level I status as well. He then moved to Arkansas to set up the State's trauma system and bring the Children's Hospital to Level I verification. He completed his tenure as Chair of the Verification Review Committee for the College of Surgeons and serves on numerous other national committees. He is the author of over 75 peer reviewed publication and 5 book chapters and is a sought after speaker in multiple venues nationally and internationally.
He is married to Amy Maxson and has three wonderful children. His time away from work is spent with family on the Lake in Arkansas, fly fishing or flying airplanes.
Disclosure(s): No financial relationships to disclose
Sunday, December 11, 2022
10:30 AM – 10:55 AM MST