Dr. Mike Moore is a 2013 graduate of PNWU, a 2016 graduate of the Madigan Army Medical Center Family Medicine Residency, and a currently practicing full-scope Family Medicine physician in the emergency medicine, hospitalist, and primary care environments serving rural populations across Eastern Washington.
Dr. Moore is a veteran of over 40 years of US Army service as a non-commissioned, warrant, and commissioned officer, and served in the Infantry and Aviation before entering the Army Medical Department as a MEDEVAC Pilot in 1993. He then served as a Physician Assistant beginning in 1999 and in 2009 was selected for Medical School and entered the US Army Medical Corps in 2013. He commanded a Cavalry Troop in the 82nd Airborne Division during Operation Desert Storm, and a Medical Company during Operation Iraqi Freedom. Dr. Moore has spent over 5 years as a Brigade Surgeon and 4 years as a Medical Director for a variety of medical organizations. His last assignment from 2019 through 2023 focused on supporting advising missions and humanitarian operations over 18 different countries across the Pacific Rim to support strategic national objectives. During the ongoing response to COVID-19, he served as the Chief Medical Officer for the Seattle Alternative Care Facility, aligned with the University of Washington/Harborview Medical Center in 2020. Upon his retirement in 2024, he returned to PNWU to support the mission of improving the healthcare of rural and underserved populations.
He is a Fellow of the American Academy of Family Physicians, a Distinguished Fellow of the American Academy of Physician Assistants, and a recipient of the US Army Order of Military Medical Merit. He is the author of numerous publications in health information technology, behavioral health, and medical literature and has completed research in pediatric population health and healthcare utilization.
In 2012, while still a medical student at PNWU, he served an internship in medical communication with the Lancet in London, UK, becoming the first DO or DO student to do so. He founded TEDxYakima in 2012 as a medical student and is strongly interested in increasing inclusion, dialogue, and equity in medical education across traditional and non-traditional underrepresented groups.