October 24, 2018
Durham Armory, Durham, North Carolina
Welcome
Matthew D. Barber, MD, MHS, E.C. Hamblen Professor and Chair, Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Duke University School of Medicine
Remarks
A. Eugene Washington, MD, Chancellor for Health Affairs, Duke University; President and CEO, Duke University Health System
Presentation
The Long Road to Health Equity in America
Louis Sullivan, MD, Former Secretary, US Dept. of Health and Human Services (1989–1993); Founding Dean of the Medical Education Program at Morehouse College; Chair, Sullivan Commission on Diversity in the Healthcare Workforce, an outgrowth of a grant from the W.K. Kellogg Foundation to Duke University School of Medicine; and author of Breaking Ground: My Life in Medicine and The Morehouse Mystique: Becoming a Doctor at the Nation’s Newest African American Medical School
Presentation
Achieving Racial and Ethnic Diversity for Medical School Faculties
Henry Foster, Jr., MD, Professor emeritus and former Dean, School of Medicine at Meharry Medical College; Clinical Professor, Obstetrics and Gynecology at Vanderbilt University; Senior Advisor to former President Bill Clinton on teen pregnancy reduction and youth issues; Nominee, U.S. Surgeon General; and author of Make a Difference
Closing Remarks
Matthew D. Barber, MD, MHS
Henry Foster, Jr., MD
About Dr. Donald T. Moore
Many of us remember Dr. Donald T. Moore as one of the giants in promoting the healthcare of women, while also educating countless future doctors and nurses. His premature death from cancer on July 15, 1991 was a tragic loss to his family, patients, the community, and to many who were colleagues and friends.
Dr. Moore was born in LaGrange, Georgia on May 4, 1933. He attended LaGrange public schools and graduated from Palmer Memorial Institute in Sedalia, North Carolina. He received his Bachelor of Science degree with honors from Morehouse College in Atlanta, Georgia, in 1954, and Doctor of Medicine degree from Meharry Medical College in Nashville, Tennessee, in 1958. He served his country as a lieutenant in the U.S. Navy. Dr. Moore trained as an intern at Detroit Receiving Hospital, Detroit, Michigan. He did residency training in surgery at Malden Hospital in Malden, Massachusetts, and in obstetrics and gynecology at Hubbard Hospital in Nashville, Tennessee.
Dr. Moore was a consummate physician, teacher, role model, and family man. He came to Durham in 1965 and joined the medical staff of Lincoln Hospital, and later, Durham Regional Hospital, and the Lincoln Community Health Center. Dr. Moore was the first African American Fellow in the Duke University School of Medicine, and one of the first African American physicians on the Duke Medical School faculty. He joined the staff at the Duke University Medical Center in 1968 as a consultant in Obstetrics and Gynecology.
Dr. Moore was especially supportive of Lincoln Community Health Center during its formative years, providing both clinical leadership and encouragement to Center staff. He was the primary provider of service for the Center’s prenatal clinics in conjunction with the Durham County Health Department and Duke University. He was also the physician who served the Center’s Gynecology Clinic for 20 years and was Director of the Family Planning Service. Dr. Moore was always willing to go a step beyond what was required and was committed to the community and patients served by Lincoln Community Health Center.
Dr. Moore was in private practice for 23 years in Durham and during this time maintained his teaching position. In 1988, he became a full-time Associate Clinical Professor at Duke University Medical School.
During his distinguished career, Dr. Moore was a diplomate of the American College of Obstetrics and Gynecology; a member of Alpha Omega Alpha, the Honor Society of Medicine; the F. Bayard Carter Society; the Association of Professors of Gynecology and Obstetrics; and the National Medical Society. He served as President of the Lincoln Hospital Staff, President of the Durham Academy of Medicine, a member of the Old North State Medical Society, a member of the National Medical Association and Secretary-Treasurer of Durham County General Hospital Staff. He was a member of Alpha Phi Alpha Fraternity and Sigma Pi Phi Fraternity-Alpha Tau Chapter, and a member of St. Joseph’s A.M.E. Church, where he served as a Senior Steward.
In appreciation of Dr. Moore’s invaluable contributions to the Duke and Durham communities, The Donald T. Moore, M.D., Endowed Lectureship was established in 2012, at Duke University Medical School. This annual lectureship will bring to Duke and Durham nationally recognized experts on such topics as healthcare disparities, societal issues related to access to care and the economics and politics of healthcare. To honor Dr. Moore’s commitment to all women patients and to healthcare in Durham, this annual lecture will be open to the entire community.