John Mata, MD

Dr. John Mata received his undergraduate degree in chemistry at Northwestern University in Evanston, Illinois. He was accepted into the Honors Program in Medical Education at Northwestern University in Chicago and received his MD degree in 1980. Dr. Mata went on to Baylor College of Medicine in Houston where he completed his Urology residency including a six month fellowship at Texas Children’s Hospital in Pediatric Urology. Dr. Mata joined the staff at LSU Shreveport Department of Urology in 1986 and is currently the Director of Pediatric Urology, where he teaches and mentors residents and medical students who participate in his practice of pediatric and general urology.He is the Eugene St. Martin Professor in Urology at LSU Health Shreveport Department of Urology. Dr. Mata has served on many committees and boards and has presented at numerous conferences across the country as well as collaborating on many publications and abstracts. Dr. Mata is active in the American Urological Association and the American Academy of Pediatrics as well as numerous other societies and associations. His current interests are in the undescended testes and hypospadias.