DR. John H. Moe Exhibit

IN 1971, DR. MOE ESTABLISHED A SCOLIOSIS FELLOWSHIP FOR PHYSICIANS WHO HAD COMPLETED THEIR ORTHOPAEDIC RESIDENCIES AND WISHED TO SPECIALIZE IN THE CARE AND TREATMENT SCOLIOSIS. [4] The fellowship was endowed by the Twin Cities Scoliosis Fund, which was established as a memorial to Dr. Moe’s first wife, Marguerite, after her death in 1969. [3]

In 1961, he wrote, “Orthopaedic surgeons in many areas of the United States and in many other countries have in past years incorporated into their resident-training programs so meager an exposure to scoliosis that orthopaedists are being sent out into practice each year without fundamental knowledge or any concept of what can be done for the child with lateral curvature of the spine. The minds of many have been closed to the unbiased evaluation of the efforts being made in scattered areas to teach basic principles of treatment of scoliosis and to demonstrate the really excellent results which are constantly obtained when these principles are intelligently applied.” [9]

SINCE ITS INCEPTION, OVER 135 PHYSICIANS FROM ALL OVER THE UNITED STATES AND MANY PARTS OF THE WORLD HAVE BEEN TRAINED IN THE TREATMENT OF SCOLIOSIS THROUGH THE JOHN H. MOE SCOLIOSIS FELLOWSHIP PROGRAM: Dr. Claudio Pedras of Brazil and Dr. Edgar Dawson of Los Angeles, California, were the first two physicians to complete the training program. Many of these physicians bring badly needed scoliosis care to their countries through the establishment of scoliosis clinics. [10]