Moore Orthopedics

ts Medicine Fellowship. Dr. Moore is active in orthopedic and sports medicine research and has been an invited speaker at numerous national and international meetings. He is an assistant clinical professor at the University of Colorado Health Sciences Center and on the teaching faculty at Denver Health Medical Center in Denver. He has been chosen by the US Snowboard Team to be their physician at the X-Games, held in Crested Butte and Aspen, and as a team physician for the US Women’s Ski Team. From 1982 through 1986, Dr. Moore served as a senior research scientist for NASA and was selected three times as an astronaut candidate finalist. He is a retired Lieutenant Colonel in the Colorado Air National Guard, he served as a flight surgeon. Dr. Moore also obtained a doctoral degree in Exercise Physiology and Weightless Physiology from Purdue University in 1987. Dr. Moore founded Rocky Mountain Sports Medicine and Orthopedic Clinic in Crested Butte in 1995. He opened the Basalt office in 1998 and the Rifle office in 2003. His area of specialization and expertise includes sports medicine / trauma, arthroscopy, and knee and shoulder reconstructive surgery. Dr. Moore offers an individualized approach to state-of-the-art orthopedic and sports medicine care.