Derek W. Moore MD

Dr. Derek Moore is a board-certified orthopedic spine surgeon with a focus on degenerative and traumatic conditions of the cervical, thoracic, and lumbar spine. He has a special interest in chronic nerve pain and conditions of the cervical spine. Dr. Moore is the Founder and President of Orthobullets.com, one of the most popular educational resources on musculoskeletal disease for physicians and patients in the world. Orthobullets is a physician controlled organization with the mission of providing tools for physicians that helps them take better care of patients.

He graduated from the University of California, Berkeley, where he studied Biochemistry and Molecular Biology and published his research on the molecular epidemiology of HIV. He graduated from Stanford Medical School, where his research focused on applying new technology to improve medical education. Following medical school, he worked as a consultant for The Boston Consulting Group where he worked to improve the operating efficiencies in different healthcare systems. He then completed his residency in orthopedics at Columbia University Medical Center and his fellowship in spine surgery at the Weill Cornell Medical College / Hospital for Special Surgery in New York.

Dr. Moore has a strong interest in physician advocacy and international medical work. Over the years he has worked in medical clinics around the world including El Salvador and Nicaragua. Most of all, Dr. Moore enjoys teaching young physicians. Since 2012 he has been a faculty member of the Miller Review Course, one of the most respected orthopedic review courses in history.