IN REMEMBRANCE
CONDICT MOORE, MD 1916-2014
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t is worth noting the death of Dr. Condict Moore, Professor of Surgery at the University of Louisville School of Medicine. His many
accomplishments included teaching, research and the publication of 68 research papers and three books. He has been recognized by
his peers for what he accomplished by being the first cancer surgeon and member of the Department of Surgery in 1958. He was not
well-treated then due to the opposition of the faculty as cancer surgery was not recognized as a specialty and chemotherapy was in its
infancy. Surgery was done by the general surgeons and chemotherapy by the internists. Dr. Moore persisted in promoting the need for a
cancer center for the University and for Louisville.
With his face to the wind, he persevered and ultimately with others e