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Francis 'Chip' D Moore

Francis 'Chip' D Moore, MD

Professor

Department: MD-SURGERY-SURGONC-BMSE
Business Phone: (352) 265-0535
Business Email: francis.moore@ufl.edu

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About Francis 'Chip' D Moore

Francis Moore, Jr., MD, is a Professor in the University of Florida College of Medicine’s Department of Surgery.

Dr. Moore attended Harvard University for both his undergraduate and medical degrees. Following medical school, he interned and completed his residency at Peter Bent Brigham Hospital in the Department of Surgery. He also completed a trauma and burn research fellowship in Harvard Medical School’s Division of Rheumatology, Allergy and Immunology. He later served as chief resident surgeon for both West Roxbury VA Hospital and Brigham and Women’s Hospital.

After his post-graduate training, Dr. Moore was appointed to the faculty at Harvard Medical School and to the surgical staff at Brigham and Women’s. He was P.I. of a P50 Trauma Center Grant for 17 years. In 2000, he became the Division Chief of General and GI Surgery, and in 2004, Professor of Surgery. In 2010, he was honored with the Moore Chair in Surgery. He concluded his career as the Vice Chairman of the Department of Surgery at Brigham and Women’s Hospital. Dr. Moore has served as President of Massachusetts Chapter of the American College of Surgeons, the Boston Surgical Society, and the New England Surgical Society.

Dr. Moore has received multiple awards throughout his career including the Joseph Murray-Simon Simonian Award for Excellence in Research Mentoring and being recognized as one of America’s Top Doctors for Cancer. He is also a member of various professional organizations, including the American Thyroid Association, the American Association of Endocrine Surgeons, and the American Surgical Association.

Accomplishments

  1. Moore Chair

    Brigham and Women’s Hospital

  2. President

    New England Surgical Society

  3. President

    Boston Surgical Society

  4. President

    Massachusetts Chapter of the American College of Surgeons

Board Certifications

  • Thyroid Surgery
    American Surgical Association

Clinical Profile

Subspecialties

  • Colon and Rectal Surgery
  • Surgical Oncology

Areas of Interest

  • Graves Disease
  • Primary hyperparathyroidism
  • Thyroid Cancer
  • Thyroid Gland Removal
  • Toxic Nodular Goiter

Research Profile

Areas of Interest

  • parathyroid surgery
  • thyroid cancer

Publications

Academic Articles

  1. Impact of age on genomic alterations and the tumor immune microenvironment in papillary thyroid cancer.

    Journal
    Endocrine-related cancer.
    Volume/Issue
    31(12)
    [DOI]
    10.1530/ERC-23-0341.
    [PMID]
    39315956.
    2 citations PubMed Publisher’s Site

  2. Genomic Correlates of Response to Everolimus in Aggressive Radioiodine-refractory Thyroid Cancer: A Phase II Study.

    Journal
    Clinical cancer research : an official journal of the American Association for Cancer Research.
    Volume/Issue
    24(7):1546-1553
    [DOI]
    10.1158/1078-0432.CCR-17-2297.
    [PMID]
    29301825.
    90 citations PubMed Publisher’s Site

  3. Prevalence of Contralateral Tumors in Patients with Follicular Variant of Papillary Thyroid Cancer.

    Journal
    Journal of the American College of Surgeons.
    Volume/Issue
    224(6):1021-1027
    [DOI]
    10.1016/j.jamcollsurg.2016.12.007.
    [PMID]
    28017809.
    8 citations PubMed Publisher’s Site

  4. Identification of Novel Oncogenic Mutations in Thyroid Cancer.

    Journal
    Journal of the American College of Surgeons.
    Volume/Issue
    222(6):1036-1043.e2
    [DOI]
    10.1016/j.jamcollsurg.2015.12.047.
    [PMID]
    27010584.
    17 citations PubMed Publisher’s Site

  5. Thyroid nodule size and prediction of cancer.

    Journal
    The Journal of clinical endocrinology and metabolism.
    Volume/Issue
    98(2):564-70
    [DOI]
    10.1210/jc.2012-2968.
    [PMID]
    23275525.
    179 citations PubMed Publisher’s Site

  6. Preoperative basal calcitonin and tumor stage correlate with postoperative calcitonin normalization in patients undergoing initial surgical management of medullary thyroid carcinoma.

    Journal
    Surgery.
    Volume/Issue
    150(6):1168-77
    [DOI]
    10.1016/j.surg.2011.09.043.
    [PMID]
    22136837.
    52 citations PubMed Publisher’s Site

  7. Mitogen-inducible gene-6 is a multifunctional adaptor protein with tumor suppressor-like activity in papillary thyroid cancer.

    Journal
    The Journal of clinical endocrinology and metabolism.
    Volume/Issue
    96(3):E554-65
    [DOI]
    10.1210/jc.2010-1800.
    [PMID]
    21190978.
    42 citations PubMed Publisher’s Site

Education

  1. Surgery Chief Resident

    Brigham and Women’s Hospital

  2. Surgery Senior Resident

    Brigham and Women’s Hospital

  3. Surgery Junior Resident

    Peter Bent Brigham Hospital – Boston MA

  4. Surgery Intern

    Peter Bent Brigham Hospital – Boston MA

  5. Medical School

    Harvard Medical School

  6. A.B. – Cum Laude

    Harvard College

Contact Details

Phones:
Business:
(352) 265-0535
Emails:
Business:
francis.moore@ufl.edu
Addresses:
Business Mailing:
PO Box 100109
 GAINESVILLE FL 32610
Business Street:
1600 SW ARCHER RD
 GAINESVILLE FL 32610