A Call Out For Eric J Moore, MD
Summary
Dr Eric J Moore, is a Head and Neck surgeon, who I have been aware of for many years. There are many highly-skilled Head and Neck surgeons here in the UK. Many of them, I have consulted with. I have done the circuit in England and even moved up to Scotland to consult with the Head and Neck teams there. Unfortunately, the two NHS Trusts that I tried in Scotland both declined to help me. Sadly, I have not managed to get past one clinic appointment with a surgeon in the UK. I don’t doubt their surgical skill, their intelligence, or their calibre, but they do not want to help me.
Impasse
I have seen over nineteen surgeons across the UK. If I am lucky enough to get an appointment, they promise to do the scans, ‘discuss my case at a Multi-Disciplinary Team (MDT) meeting,’ and then promise to find a ‘way forward.’ Two weeks later, I receive a letter telling me that the scans have been cancelled, or that I need to be seen by a different department at a different hospital and that I am discharged from clinic. One Head and Neck surgeon in Scotland, who I waited four months to see, promised to find a way forward at my initial consultation, but proceeded to go silent on me for eighteen weeks. I wrote to this Consultant four times asking for a follow up consultation, but I received no reply. I never heard from him again.
It is soul-destroying knocking on door after door that will half-open, and then which slams shut in my face, or which does not open at all. I would be delighted to see any surgeon in the UK, but the Head and Neck medical teams in the UK seem to have shut its door on my case.
Eric J Moore, MD
I have been aware, for many years, of a gifted Head and Neck Surgeon in the USA. His name is Dr Eric Moore. He practices at the world-renowned Mayo Clinic in Rochester, Minnesota. I stumbled upon a You Tube video of him one night. It was around 3.00am. I had been unable to sleep because of my facial pain. I clicked on a video link of him, in which he speaks about his passion for Head and Neck surgery.
Dr Eric Moore has devoted 25 years, nearly half of his life, refining his surgical skills. He performs Trans Oral Robotic surgery for minimally invasive throat cancer as well as facial reconstruction. His passion is for parotid gland surgery. He speaks about performing this surgery with precision and to minimize what he calls ‘the surgical footprint of the surgery.’ Below is the video, that I stumbled across of this awesome guy!
His love for this field of medicine is palpable. I would trust this surgeon with my face –100%. It is unclear is he performs Head and Neck surgery solely for cancer patients, or whether he also deals with benign disease. If anybody knows whether Eric J Moore, MD sees patients with benign disease or whether he sees solely oncology patients, please can you get in touch, either via email or twitter.
I would absolutely love to meet this guy. If Eric Moore was willing to see me, I would be on the first plane out of Manchester airport to Minnesota. I am not that great at DIY, but if no planes were flying out that day, then I would make my own wings, and fly to Minnesota myself.
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Useful Links
Dr Eric Moore, MD- On Parotid Tumour
Mayo Clinic; Parotid Tumour Recovery Guide.