Francis Daniels Moore (April 17, 1913
in Evanston, Illinois –
November 24, 2001 in Westwood, Massachusetts)
was an American surgeon who was a pioneer in numerous
experimental surgical treatments. Among his many achievements, he refined burn-treatment techniques, helped perform the world's first
successful organ transplant (which
involved a kidney), and accurately determined the volume of water and
other nutrients in the human body using radioactive isotopes of
those substances. He was awarded the 1978 Lister Medal for his contributions to surgical science. The corresponding Lister Oration, given at
the Royal
College of Surgeons of England, was delivered on 23 May 1979, and
was titled 'Science and service'. Moore graduated from Harvard in 1935, where
he was president of The Harvard Lampoon magazine
and the Hasty Pudding Club. In
1939, he received his medical degree from Harvard Medical School.