Ernest E. Moore Resident Prize for Basic Science Research

ERNEST E. MOORE, MD, FACS, MCCM, FACN, FACEP (HON), FRCS ED (HON) FRCST(HON), FRCSI(HON), FEBS EM SURG (HON)… first attended the WTA in 1977 and was the first member to sponsor surgical residents.

Dr. Moore was the Chief of Trauma at the Denver General Hospital for 36 years, Chief of Surgery for 28 years, and is a Distinguished Professor of Surgery at the University of Colorado. Under Dr. Moore’s leadership, Denver General became internationally recognized for innovative care of the injured patient, and its trauma research laboratory has been funded by the NIH for 35 consecutive years. In July 2018, the center was renamed the Ernest E Moore Shock Trauma Center at Denver Health.

Dr. Moore has served as president of ten academic societies, including the Society of University Surgeons, American Association for the Surgery of Trauma, International Association for the Trauma and Surgical Intensive Care, and the World Society of Emergency Surgery. His awards include the Robert Danis Prize from the Society of International Surgeons, Orazio Campione Prize from the World Society of Emergency Surgery, Philip Hench Award from the University of Pittsburgh, Florence Sabin Award from the University of Colorado, Medallion for Scientific Achievement from the American Surgical Association, and Lifetime Achievement Awards from the Society of University Surgeons, American Heart Association, American College of Critical Medicine, Shock Society, and International Association for Trauma and Surgical Intensive Care. He has honorary fellowships in the Royal College of Surgeons of Edinburgh, the Royal College of Surgeons in Ireland, and the Royal College of Surgeons of Thailand.

Dr. Moore is co-editor of the textbook Trauma, in its 9th edition, Surgical Secrets in its 7th edition, and Trauma Induced Coagulopathy, in its 2nd edition; he has >2000 publications and has lectured extensively throughout the world. He is married to Sarah Van Duzer Moore, M.D., an internist at the University of Colorado Denver, and they have two sons: Hunter, a liver transplant surgeon at UCD and Peter a pulmonary/critical care intensivist at UCD. Dr. Moore’s additional interests include endurance sports, mountaineering, skiing, and wapiti pursuit. He lives by the principle to work hard you must play hard, with the understanding that family is the ultimate priority.

The Ernest E. Moore Resident Prize for Basic Science Research has been established to encourage residents to become surgical investigators. Abstracts eligible for this award are submitted to the Program Committee for resident prize status presentation at the annual meeting of the Western Trauma Association. A manuscript must be submitted to the Journal of Trauma and Acute Care Surgery in advance of the meeting. The manuscript and presentation are judged with first and second-place cash prizes and recognition given at the annual WTA meeting.

Ernest E. Moore Resident Prize for Basic Science Research Recipients

Competition Guidelines

Resident Paper Competition Rules:

  • Eligibility: Any resident or fellow who has completed the work being presented while in an official ACGME/AAST training program. The presenter may have completed training at the time of the presentation.
  • Requirements: The paper must not have been presented (in part of whole) at another major regional/national/international meeting (as an oral presentation, video presentation, poster or quick shot), nor submitted/published in any journal in either abstract or full manuscript format, with the following exception:
    • Abstracts that have only been or will be presented by the resident first author as part of their local, state, regional or national ACS Committee on Trauma Resident Paper Competition, and that otherwise meet the criteria outlined above, ARE eligible for submission. While presentation at WTA and COT meetings is allowed, in such cases, like all WTA presentations, it is mandatory that the manuscript be submitted to the Journal of Trauma and Acute Care Surgery and not elsewhere.
  • Manuscript: All abstracts accepted for presentation must have a manuscript submitted electronically in a Journal of Trauma and Acute Care Surgery format to the Publications Committee Chair by January 15th.
  • Acceptance: Due to the number of qualified applicants, only the top-rated abstracts will be entered into the competition.  Some Earl Young and Ernest E. Moore qualified abstracts will be selected to be presented at the meeting but will not be part of the final competition.  You will be notified with your abstract acceptance if your paper is part of the competition.
  • Sponsorship: The sponsorship of an Earl Young or Ernest E. Moore Competition is not to be taken lightly. The sponsor of the paper must be a Western Trauma Association member in good standing. The sponsor and/or the senior author is expected to be present when the paper is given.

If the manuscript is not submitted by the deadline, it will not be considered eligible for the competition. The senior author and/or sponsor will be banned from submitting an abstract for one year for failure to adhere to these rules.

By submitting an abstract, you certify that the information contained in the presentation and manuscript represents original work that has not been previously published, and will not have been presented or be under consideration for publication at a regional, national or international meeting prior to the dates of this meeting. Poster presentations and ‘quick shots’ are considered prior presentations. 

Ernest E. Moore Resident Basic Science Competition

  • You must indicate on the abstract submission form if you’d like to be considered for the Ernest E. Moore Resident Basic Science Research Competition. Basic science research addresses the scientific basis of clinical problems, mechanisms, or cellular determinants underlying problems in trauma and critical care that could lead to innovations in diagnosis or management. The research may involve human subjects or animals and should be of a prospective design (i.e., one that tests an a priori hypothesis using a concurrent cohort).
  • The Ernest E. Moore Resident Prize for Basic Science Research has been established to encourage residents to become surgeon researchers. Dr. “Gene” Moore has been a major factor in the academic growth of the Western Trauma Association by encouraging resident attendance and participation in the program at the Annual Meeting of the WTA. Abstracts eligible for this award are submitted to the Program Committee for resident prize status presentation at the annual meeting of the Western Trauma Association. A manuscript must be submitted to the Journal of Trauma and Acute Care Surgery in advance of the meeting for consideration of publication. The manuscript and presentation are judged with first and second place cash prizes and recognition given at the annual WTA annual banquet. The first place resident’s name is listed in the annual meeting program book.