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Patrick Eisdell Moore

Sir Patrick William Eisdell Moore OBE (17 March 1918 – 18 June 2015) was a New Zealand surgeon and medical researcher. He was a pioneer in cochlear implants, and was the first person in the world to perform an eardrum transplant.

Sir Patrick Eisdell Moore
OBE
Born(1918-03-17)17 March 1918
Bristol, England
Died18 June 2015(2015-06-18) (aged 97)
Auckland, New Zealand
Alma materUniversity of Otago
Spouse
Beth Beedie
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(m. 1942)​
Scientific career
FieldsOtolaryngology

Early life and education

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Moore was born in Bristol, England on 17 March 1918,[1] the son of Alice Moore (née Lofthouse) and her husband, New Zealand surgeon Arthur Eisdell Moore who served with the Royal Army Medical Corps.[2][3][4] He was named William Ernest Moore but nicknamed 'Pat', having been born on St Patrick's Day; as an adult he changed his name by deed poll to Patrick William Eisdell Moore.[2] He was educated at Auckland Grammar School,[3] and then studied medicine at the University of Otago, from where he graduated MB ChB in 1943.[5]

Career

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Moore worked as a house surgeon at Auckland Hospital before enlisting and serving as a medical officer in World War II with the Second New Zealand Expeditionary Force.[2][6] A number of sources record that he was the only Pākehā in the 28th Māori Battalion,[2][7] however other Pākehā are recorded as serving in the battalion such as Charles Bennet and Campbell D'Arcy, who served as the battalion's doctor before Moore.[8][9][10] It was during his time with the battalion that he became versed in biculturalism and learnt te reo Māori.[2]

Moore's interest in specialising in Ear, Nose and Throat (ENT) surgery was kindled on his return to New Zealand and Auckland Hospital in 1946.[2] From 1948 to 1952 he trained and worked at the Royal National Throat, Nose and Ear Hospital in London and in Northampton.[2] He set up a private practice in Auckland in 1952[2] and joined the ENT department at Green Lane Hospital in 1954 later becoming head of department.[2][11] There he developed surgery and research in all aspects of the specialty and pioneered homografts.[2][11] He carried out the first transplant of an eardrum (tympanic membrane) in 1965.[2][12]

In 1962 Moore founded the Deafness Research Foundation (now the Hearing Research Foundation) to promote research into hearing conditions.[2][12] Moore's knowledge of tikanga Māori and the language led to a commitment to treating ear diseases in Māori communities on the East Coast of the North Island. There he developed ear surgery and trained other health professionals and began using mobile clinics to treat ear infections in rural communities.[2][12] The success of the clinics led to similar clinics in Northland and Auckland.[2]

Moore served as president of the Otolaryngological Society of New Zealand, introduced ENT teaching in the University of Auckland Medical School and promoted the use of cochlear implants.[2] He was also did sketches in particular a 1940 caricature of the Otago Medical School staff.[13] His autobiography So Old So Quick was published in 2004.[7][14]

Honours and awards

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In the 1982 New Year Honours, Moore was appointed an Officer of the Order of the British Empire, for services to otolaryngology and the community,[15] and he was made a Knight Bachelor, for services to otolaryngology, in the 1992 New Year Honours.[16]

Personal life

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Moore met his wife Beth Beedie at university where she was studying physiotherapy; they married on 21 December 1942 in Dannevirke.[2][17] The couple had four sons, two of whom became doctors and two lawyers.[2]

Moore died in Auckland on 18 June 2015.[14] His wife, Beth, Lady Moore, died on 7 August 2017.[18]

Legacy

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The Eisdell Moore Centre at the University of Auckland was established in 2017 to research, prevent and treat ear disorders.[19]

References

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  1. ↑ Taylor, Alister, ed. (2001). "New Zealand Who's Who Aotearoa 2001". New Zealand Who's Who, Aotearoa. Auckland: Alister Taylor Publishers. ISSN 1172-9813.
  2. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 "Sir Patrick William Eisdell Moore" (PDF). New Zealand Medical Journal. 128 (1242): 88–91. 25 September 2015.
  3. 1 2 "So Old So Quick – Sir Patrick Eisdell moore". Castle Publishing. Retrieved 20 June 2015.
  4. ↑ "New Zealanders abroad". Auckland Star. 25 July 1917. p. 6. Retrieved 20 June 2015.
  5. ↑ "NZ university graduates 1870––1961: Me–Mo". Retrieved 20 June 2015.
  6. ↑ "Patrick William Eisdel Moore". Auckland War Memorial Museum Online Cenotaph. Retrieved 29 March 2026.
  7. 1 2 "Medical pioneer Sir Patrick Eisdell Moore aged 96, on getting So Old, So Quick". Radio New Zealand. 20 June 2015. Retrieved 20 June 2015.
  8. ↑ "Patrick William Eisdell Moore | 28 Māori Battalion". 28maoribattalion.org.nz. Retrieved 29 March 2026.
  9. ↑ "Campbell Newman D'Arcy". Auckland War Memorial Museum. Retrieved 29 March 2026.
  10. ↑ "Charles Basil Bennet | 28 Māori Battalion". 28maoribattalion.org.nz. Retrieved 29 March 2026.
  11. 1 2 Hutchinson, B.R., ed. (1990). Green Lane Hospital : the first hundred years. Green Lane Hospital Centennial Committee. pp. 69–71. OCLC 154625094.
  12. 1 2 3 "Hearing Research Foundation | History". HRF. Retrieved 30 March 2026.
  13. ↑ "Otago Medical School staff, 1940". Te Ara – the Encyclopedia of New Zealand. 2014. Retrieved 31 March 2026.
  14. 1 2 "Death Notice: Sir Patrick Eisdell Moore". New Zealand Herald. 20 June 2015. Retrieved 20 June 2015.
  15. ↑ "No. 48839". The London Gazette (3rd supplement). 31 December 1981. p. 40.
  16. ↑ "No. 52768". The London Gazette (2nd supplement). 31 December 1991. p. 29.
  17. ↑ "Dannevirke wedding". New Zealand Herald. 31 December 1942. p. 5. Retrieved 12 August 2017.
  18. ↑ "Death notice: Beth Eisdell Moore". New Zealand Herald. 9 August 2017. Retrieved 12 August 2017.
  19. ↑ "About us". www.emcentre.ac.nz. Retrieved 29 March 2026.
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