{"id":23012,"date":"2021-11-22T16:00:17","date_gmt":"2021-11-22T21:00:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.marshall.edu\/news\/?p=23012"},"modified":"2021-11-22T16:49:31","modified_gmt":"2021-11-22T21:49:31","slug":"moore-family-helps-future-marshall-medical-students-with-new-scholarship","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.marshall.edu\/news\/2021\/11\/moore-family-helps-future-marshall-medical-students-with-new-scholarship\/","title":{"rendered":"Moore family helps future medical students with new scholarship"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>A local physician and alumnus, Scott E. Moore, M.D., and his wife, Rebecca, (pictured) have established an endowed scholarship with the Marshall University Joan C. Edwards School of Medicine to assist aspiring physicians from the southern coalfields of West Virginia.<\/p>\n<p>Scott\u00a0 Moore is a native of Matewan, West Virginia, and a graduate of Matewan High School and Alice Lloyd College in Pippa Passes, Kentucky. He earned his Doctor of Medicine from the Joan C. Edwards School of Medicine in 2004. He completed his residency at the University of Massachusetts Chan Medical School in Worcester, Massachusetts, and is a diagnostic radiologist in Ashland, Kentucky.<\/p>\n<p>\u201dI am truly grateful for the outstanding education, mentoring and support the School of Medicine provided,\u201d Scott Moore said. \u201cWith this scholarship, I hope to assist, encourage and inspire our future physician leaders. So much has been given to me along the way. I\u2019m happy and very blessed to be able to help.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The <em>Dr. Scott E. Moore Scholarship<\/em> is designated for entering first-year medical students from Mingo County, West Virginia. Second preference will be given to students from the surrounding counties of Lincoln, Logan, McDowell or Wayne. The scholarship is renewable for three additional years, pending normal academic progress.<\/p>\n<p>For more information or to make a gift to the Joan C. Edwards School of Medicine, please contact Linda Holmes, director of development and alumni affairs, at 304-691-1711 or\u00a0<a href=\"mailto:holmes@marshall.edu\">holmes@marshall.edu<\/a>.\u00a0For news and information about the Joan C. Edwards School of Medicine, follow us on Twitter\u202f<a href=\"https:\/\/nam02.safelinks.protection.outlook.com\/?url=https%3A%2F%2Ftwitter.com%2Fmusomwv&amp;data=04%7C01%7CSTams%40marshall.edu%7C395dca4a49a24761bec808d9add4a7b3%7C239ab2783bba4c78b41d8508a541e025%7C0%7C0%7C637731951138776462%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJWIjoiMC4wLjAwMDAiLCJQIjoiV2luMzIiLCJBTiI6Ik1haWwiLCJXVCI6Mn0%3D%7C3000&amp;sdata=AquMbqs4M95T3SYHWCJAla6WC9vGYo1FaEVVue30UjM%3D&amp;reserved=0\">@MUSOMWV<\/a>, like us on\u202f<a href=\"https:\/\/nam02.safelinks.protection.outlook.com\/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.facebook.com%2FMUSOMWV&amp;data=04%7C01%7CSTams%40marshall.edu%7C395dca4a49a24761bec808d9add4a7b3%7C239ab2783bba4c78b41d8508a541e025%7C0%7C0%7C637731951138786418%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJWIjoiMC4wLjAwMDAiLCJQIjoiV2luMzIiLCJBTiI6Ik1haWwiLCJXVCI6Mn0%3D%7C3000&amp;sdata=noM8gaLHikmnEi4gHmwh1LGI%2BA0WErBiVMXR4MP5iXM%3D&amp;reserved=0\">Facebook\u202f<\/a>or visit\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.jcesom.marshall.edu\/\">jcesom.marshall.edu<\/a>.<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A local physician and alumnus, Scott E. Moore, M.D., and his wife, Rebecca, have established an endowed scholarship with the Marshall University Joan C. 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