Background
Moore, Sherwood was born on October 28, 1880 in Lynchburg, Virginia, United States. Son of Israel Sneed and Nellie Hayward (Wise) Moore.
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Sherwood Moore
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Student of University of Virginia, 1900-1901. Doctor of Medicine Washington University, Saint Louis, Missouri, 1905.
Career
Interne, Saint Louis (Missouri) City Hospital, 1905-1906. Senior resident in obstetrics, Washington University Hospital, 1906-1907. Surgeon in private practice, 1907-1912.
Assistant in surgery, Saint Louis Children’s Hospital, 1910-1913.
Resident radiologist, Massachusetts General Hospital, 1916-1917. Assistant in surgery and radiology, Washington University School of Medicine, 1917-1920, associate in surgery, 1920-1927, professor radiology, 1927-1949, emeritus.
Director Edward Mallinckrodt Institute of Radiology since 1930. Roentgenologist, Barnes Hospital, Saint Louis Children’s Hospital, Saint Louis Maternity Hospital, Shriners’ Hospital and McMillan Hospital.
Achievements
Membership
Served as Lieutenant, Medical Corps, United States Naval Reserve Force, 1917-1922. Fellow American Medical Association, American College of Radiology. Member American Roentgen Ray Society (past president
Member Deutsche Röntgen Gesellschaft.
Connections
Married Veronica Mollison, September 1, 1917. Children: Andrew, Peter.
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July 9, 1963 (aged 82) -
Resting place
Buried Lynchburg, Virginia -
Nationality
American
Awards
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Recipient (with Doctor Evarts A. Graham, Doctor Warren H. Cole and Glover H. Copher) of gold medal Saint Louis Medical Society, 1927. Honorable mention American Medical Association and Canadian Medical Association, 1935. Silver medal American Academy Orthopedic Surgeons, 1936.tempSpaceHonorable mention Southern Medical Association, 1937. Honorable mention 5th International Congress of Radiology, 1937. Bronze medal Mississippi Valley Medical Society, 1938.tempSpace1st award Radiological Society of North.A., 1939. Certificate of merit American Roentgen Ray Society, 1936, American Medical Association, 1936 and 1939.Recipient (with Doctor Evarts A. Graham, Doctor Warren H. Cole and Glover H. Copher) of gold medal Saint Louis Medical Society, 1927. Honorable mention American Medical Association and Canadian Medical Association, 1935. Silver medal American Academy Orthopedic Surgeons, 1936.tempSpaceHonorable mention Southern Medical Association, 1937.
Honorable mention 5th International Congress of Radiology, 1937. Bronze medal Mississippi Valley Medical Society, 1938.tempSpace1st award Radiological Society of North.A., 1939. Certificate of merit American Roentgen Ray Society, 1936, American Medical Association, 1936 and 1939.