David R. Moore, MD

David R. Moore, MD

Education

8/1990-5/1994 University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
Chapel Hill, NC
Bachelor of Arts
5/1994-5/1998 Vanderbilt University School of Medicine
Nashville, TN MD, May 1998

Postdoctoral Training

1998-1999 Vanderbilt University Medical Center
General Surgery Internship
1999-2003 Vanderbilt University Medical Center
Orthopaedic Surgery Resident
8/2003-7/2004 American Sports Medicine Institute
Sports Medicine Fellow

Team Physician, Tuskagee University

Assistant Team Physician with Dr. James Andrews with The Washington Redskins

Honors / Awards

2007-2008 Nashville Predators Team Physician
  • Vanderbilt University School of Medicine
    Alpha Omega Alpha, 1993
    Hospital Award for Excellence, 1998
    Orthopaedic Clerkship Award, 1998
    Microbes and Defense Society

  • University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill
    John Motley Moorehead Award: 1990-1994
    Economics Thesis Award, 1994
    Men’s Varsity Soccer Team – Monogram winner, 1990-1994
    ACC Senior Scholarship Award (awarded to the male chosen “most outstanding in academic and athletic achievement and representative of the ideals of UNC athletics”), 1994
    Athletic Director’s Scholar Athlete” award for soccer, 1994
    Weaver James Postgraduate scholarship, 1994
    Phi Beta Kappa, 1993
    Academic All South, First Team, 1993
    Phi Eta Sigma, Freshman Honor Society, 1991
    UNC Honors Program, 1990-1994
    Dean’s List, 1990-1994

Employment

8/2004 - Present Elite Sports Medicine and Orthopaedic Center, PLC (Nashville, TN)

Certification

Certified by the American Board of Orthopaedic Surgery. Valid from July 28, 2006 to December 31, 2016.

Presentations

Allograft reconstruction for massive, irreparable rotator cuff tears. Presented at the 2005 American Orthopaedic Society for Sports Medicine (AOSSM) Annual Conference, Keystone, Colorado.

Pelvic C-clamp in a Pediatric Patient. Presented at the 2000 Tennessee Orthopaedic Society Annual Conference, Hot Springs, Virginia.

Publications

Moore DR, Cain EL, Schwartz ML, Clancy WG Jr. Allograft reconstruction for massive, irreparable rotator cuff tears. American Journal of Sports Medicine, 2006 Mar; 34(3):392-6. Epub 2005 Oct 31.
PMID: 16260463

Moore DR, Halpern JL, Schwartz HS. Allograft ankle arthrodesis: a limb salvage technique for distal tibial tumors. Clin Orthop Relat Res. 2005 Nov:440:213-21.
PMID: 16239810

Research Experience

“Molecular Cloning, Organization, and Nucleotide Sequencing of the Gene for Mouse Leukotriene C4 Synthase.” Preceptor: John F. Penrose, M.D., Boston, MA., July, 1996.

“Molecular Cloning of the Gene for Human Leukotriene C4 Synthase. Organization, Nucleotide Sequence and Chromosomal Localization to 5q35.” Preceptor: John F. Penrose, M.D., Boston, MA, May-August, 1995.

“EGF and TGF-B Deferentially Affect Growth and Collagen Syntheses in Kidney Epithelial Cells.” Preceptor: Michael Haralson, Ph.D., Nashville, TN, 1995.

Selected Employment Experience

Research Assistant, Department of Rheumatology and Immunology, Harvard Medical School; Summers of 1995 and 1996.

New Mexico Chiles Professional Soccer Team; Summer of 1994.

Hughston Sports Medicine Foundation, Columbus, GA. Internship provided through the John Motley Morehead Award; Summer of 1991.

Hobbies and Special Interest

Golf, soccer, running