James Franklin Moore

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By the time we graduated I knew that I wanted to learn something that would have practical application and be of help to other people. By graduation I was also smitten by one of our classmates Mary Ellen Rothe.

I started the summer of graduation at Louisiana Tech as a Pre-Med and Engineering major. After the fall semester I transferred to the University of Arkansas at Fayetteville, because Mary Ellen was there and doing very well. I was still in Pre-Med studies, but majored in Zoology. I was accepted to the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences for the fall of 1965, and Mary Ellen and I were married between finals and graduation.  Mary Ellen started teaching in Little Rock, and we lived in the Med Center Dorm.

All the subjects in medical school seemed very interesting, but I particularly liked anatomy and Orthopedic Surgery. My dad was a pumper in the oilfield south of El Dorado, and he taught me how to work on the oil wells so nuts, bolts, plates, and screws just looked real appealing to me. After graduation from UAMS, we moved to the University of Florida in Gainesville for a Surgery internship from 1969 to 1970.

We returned to Little Rock in 1970 and did an Orthopedic Surgery Residency for 4 years. This was a very exciting time in Orthopedic Surgery because of all the innovations and total joint replacements. We then moved to Los Angeles,and I did a Hand Surgery Fellowship with a group that also took care of the Dodgers, Rams, Lakers, and Angels for hand, wrist, and elbow problems-it was really quite interesting. One of my teachers, Dr.Ray Ashworth, was Chief of Hand Surgery at Los Angeles Children's Hospital, and we did a lot of congenital deformities as well as burn reconstructions. By the time we moved to Los Angeles, we had three sons-Jim,five years old; Robert,18 months old; Charlie, 6 weeks old. Somehow Mary Ellen made it all work, because it was a busy time.

During my Residency I joined the Arkansas Army National Guard and served in the 148th Hospital Evacuation Unit for 7 years. I did have two interesting rotations at Brooke Army Hospital in San Antonio, but my unit was not activated. I salute those classmates who served on active duty.

We moved to Fayetteville in late 1974, and I joined three other orthopedic surgeons. My practice included general orthopedic trauma when on call, and most of my elective surgery was of the upper extremity-mainly elbow, wrist, and hand. This remained my main professional focus for the next 33 years of practice, and involved a continuous learning effort. I was surprised how quickly the advancements came, and how much I had to learn. I also learned that as a physician there is a real obligation to the community to participate in the effort to have safe, high quality medical care. Over the years that effort took a lot of time, and at different times I served as Chief of Surgery, Chief of Staff, and spent 12 years on the hospital board. I felt privileged to care for my patients.

The best part of my life since graduation has been spent with Mary Ellen and our family.  We have three sons, and they are married with children-and they are working hard to take care of their families. We enjoy activities with friends and have really enjoyed re-connection with our EHS classmates.

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