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 Michael A. Moore, MD, FACP, FAHA, co-founder and current secretary and treasurer for COSEHC has been selected as the 2004 physician of the year by the American Heart Association.
Moore is a practicing physician in Danville, Virginia, where he is the Director of the Hypertension Consultation clinic within the Family Healthcare Clinic. He has also been a member of the faculty of the Wake Forest University School of Medicine since 1975 as a Clinical Professor of Medicine/Nephrology and a member of the Hypertension Center.
Dr. Moore received his medical education at the University of North Carolina School of Medicine and served an internship and residency in internal medicine and fellowship in hypertension research and clinical nephrology at The Johns Hopkins Hospital in Baltimore, Maryland. He is board certified in internal medicine and nephrology an is an American Society of Hypertension Hypertension Specialist.
As a practicing nephrologist specializing in hypertension for 21 years, Dr. Moore has managed a large hypertensive patient population, providing comprehensive cardiovascular care. Through the years, Dr. Moore has continually worked to reduce disability and death from cardiovascular disease. This career goal has been approached through multiple efforts at primary and secondary prevention through his clinical practice of nephrology and hypertension, his role as a medical educator, his volunteer work with the American Heart Association, and his founding of two voluntary cardiovascular organizations.
Over the years, Dr. Moore has been an active medical educator of hypertension and cardiovascular issues. Known for his effective communication skills, his cardiovascular teaching has reached medical students, allied health professionals, basic scientists and practicing physicians in his own community, other medical institutions, and nationally through professional organizations that include: American Heart Association, International Society of Hypertension in Blacks, American Society of Hypertension, American Diabetes Association, and the Consortium for Southeastern Hypertension Control. He has published many peer-reviewed abstracts, practical clinical review articles, basic research reports, monographs, internet-based and video healthcare provider educational materials. His teaching abilities were recognized by Wake Forest University School of Medicine when he received the faculty Teaching Excellence Award in 1979. He currently serves on the editorial boards of the Journal of Clinical Hypertension, the American Journal of Medical Sciences, and Clinical Therapeutics.
During the past 13 years, Dr. Moore has served as the Director of Continuing Medical Education (CME) at the Danville Regional Medical Center, where the program has been recognized by the Medical Society of Virginia for outstanding CME program process. He also serves as the Director of Medical Education for COSEHC, where he developed the CME program and received accreditation by the Accreditation Council for Category I physician CME. In 1999, Dr. Moore (as the PI) and three other health care professionals organized the Dan River Cardiovascular Health Initiative Program (DRchip), a non-profit (501c) voluntary health organization within the Danville community. Its work was validated when it was selected as one of the six original NHLBI Education and Utilization Centers (EDUCs). DRchip has developed a primary cardiovascular program that educates and screens public middle school children for cardiovascular risk. The work of DRchip was recognized at the 2002 NHLBI National Cardiovascular Health Conference, the 2002 meeting of the American Society of Hypertension and the 2002 meeting of the International Society of Hypertension in Blacks (ISHIB). It also received the annual 2003 ISHIP Community Service Award.
In addition to clinical practice and teaching, Dr. Moore has worked as an active American Heart Association (AHA) volunteer at the local, state, and national levels. His AHA volunteer work began in 1972 while he was a fellow in nephrology in the Maryland Affiliate and then, later, in the North Carolina and Virginia Affiliates. Elected to Council Fellowship in 1989, he continues his work in the AHA High Blood Pressure and Research Council. In 1984, he began his work at the nation level on the AHA Program Committee. He served as the AHA’s representative to the Fourth and Fifth Joint National Committees on the Detection, Evaluation, and Management of High Blood Pressure (JNCs). He was also invited to participate in the preparation of the Sixth and was a reviewer for the Seventh JNC. Presently, he continues as a consultant to the National High Blood Pressure Education Program.
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