Diploma Ceremony, in Edinburgh, Scotland, on Sept. 6, 2024
FORT LAUDERDALE, FLA. — For Dr. Harry K. Moon, being named Fellow ad hominem of the Royal College of Surgeons of Edinburgh (FRCSEd) was a capstone to a pre-eminent career of healing and helping people.
The Royal College, founded five centuries ago under a royal charter from King James IV, is the oldest surgical college in the world and now has more than 32,000 members in more than 140 countries. Dr. Moon was inducted into the college, an institution that includes the world’s most renowned surgeons, on Sept. 6.
In his acceptance remarks, Dr. Moon, Nova Southeastern University’s (NSU) president-elect, executive vice president, and chief operating officer, called his induction “the honor of a lifetime.”
“My path was made possible by all the unforgettable individuals who freely and without hesitation gave of their time and talent to help and guide me,” he said. “They provided me with the mentorship and the role models that are essential to how we become what and who we are.”
Dr. Moon, an internationally renowned reconstructive and plastic surgeon, has had a distinguished medical career and has been instrumental in the development of medical, research, and educational programs in South Florida for the past quarter century.
“For me, the greatest joy of medicine is taking care of the patient,” he said. “Second is the joy of expanding the perspective and horizons of young surgeons still forging their paths forward.”
Dr. Moon also addressed the graduates of the college in the ceremony’s closing speech.
“You are the future of surgery, of health care,” he said. “Outside of our care for the patient, our commitment to those who come next is and always has been critical to the progression and future of our profession.”
Royal College Fellows are expected to champion the highest standards of surgical and dental practice while also fostering the development and use of advanced technology such as virtual reality, robotics, and simulation. Certification as a Royal College of Surgeons Fellow is reserved exclusively for the Royal College of Surgeons of Edinburgh, Royal College of Surgeons of England, Royal College of Surgeons in Ireland, and Royal College of Physicians and Surgeons of Glasgow.
Dr. Moon has led the integration of NSU’s clinical practices to create NSU Health, a university-affiliated health care network. He has been a clinical associate professor of surgery in NSU’s Dr. Kiran C. Patel College of Osteopathic Medicine since 2008 and is now also a professor of anatomy at NSU’s Dr. Pallavi Patel College of Health Care Sciences.
Dr. Moon will begin his tenure as NSU’s seventh president in January 2025. View his full bio here.
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