Nation’s Pediatricians Recognize Local Doctor

Leesburg, VA – (November 12, 2012) — C. Damon Moore, M.D., F.A.A.P., of Pediatric Healthcare and Inova Loudoun Hospital was one of two pediatricians nationally to receive the Local Heroes Award at the American Academy of Pediatrics (AAP) National Conference & Exhibition in New Orleans, Louisiana, recently. Dr. Moore’s wife and children attended the awards luncheon with him.

The annual award recognizes pediatricians who are leaders through community action and advocacy for children in their local community. Specifically, the award is presented to pediatricians who:

• Promote the health of all children within the context of the family, school, and community
• Work to address the social determinants that impact the health of children
• Use community resources to achieve optimal accessibility, appropriateness, and quality of services for all children
• Embrace community pediatrics to advance the health of not just one child, but all children in the community

Dr. Moore was honored for his support of children and families during difficult life and family transitions and for his dedication to children’s physical and emotional health. He has a special interest in adolescent and young adult health and sees patients from birth through the end of college.

A graduate of Johns Hopkins Medical School, Dr. Moore completed his pediatrics residency at the University of Washington’s Children’s Hospital in Seattle. He joined Pediatric Healthcare in 1997, and has been active in a number of local, state, and regional organizations, including the Virginia Child Fatality Review Team and the Make-a-Wish Foundation of the Mid-Atlantic.

For the last five years, Dr. Moore has facilitated the For Dads Only group through The Birthing Inn at Inova Loudoun Hospital. This group, which meets monthly, provides a forum for expectant fathers. Most recently, Dr. Moore’s proposal to provide free sports physicals to underserved adolescent athletes of Loudoun County was one of twenty nationwide projects awarded funding through the American Academy of Pediatrics’ 2012 CATCH (Community Access to Child Health) grant initiative. This proposal–which included an educational panel for the community held at Inova Loudoun Hospital in April– was coauthored by Dr. Susan Swayze of The George Washington University, and its implementation was made possible through the support of a number of providers of pediatric specialty and subspecialty care in the Loudoun community.

Dr. Moore has been a Fellow of the American Academy of Pediatrics since he completed residency in 1995 and was a member of a team of pediatricians who helped draft one of the Academy’s policy statements addressing the role of the community pediatrician in violence prevention. The AAP is an organization of 60,000 primary care pediatricians, pediatric medical sub-specialists and pediatric surgical specialists dedicated to the health, safety, and well- being of the nation’s infants, children, adolescents, and young adults.