Profile: Christopher Moore, MD

Division of Infectious Diseases & International Health
FACULTY PROFILE: Christopher C. Moore, MD

I’ve been at UVA for 15 years since arriving in 2000 to begin my internal medicine residency training. I stayed at UVA to do an infectious diseases fellowship, and then joined the faculty in 2006. My research focuses on sepsis pathophysiology; I’m particularly interested in the role of the innate immune system and management and outcomes of HIV-infected patients in sub-Saharan Africa. I live in Crozet with my wife, Melissa, and two boys, Andy (8) and Ian (5).

Why academic medicine?

To develop as a clinician, educator and researcher. This has been fostered by students, residents, fellows and a superlative faculty that embody what it is to be an academician.

What brought you to UVA?

Excellent internal medicine training, with a view to continuing on in infectious diseases training. I had a medical school mentor who had done all her training at UVA and was very enthusiastic about the internal medicine residency program, as well as the infectious diseases faculty.

What excites you about your work?

Each day brings new challenges in clinical care, education and research — worthy ones, that I tackle in collaboration with patients, students, residents, fellows and my faculty colleagues.

Proudest/greatest achievement outside the professional realm?

It may not be my greatest achievement, but a recent achievement was competing in the local Chris Greene Lake one-mile cable swim. I never had swim lessons as a child, but I recently joined a Masters swimming team at the Crozet YMCA. It has been a great experience, and I’ve met some wonderful teammates and coaches who are now friends.

What about you would surprise us?

The medicine residents seem convinced that I am Canadian. In fact, I grew up in the U.K. and moved to Germany before arriving in the U.S. I received U.S. citizenship during my fellowship. As a child, I sang treble in a traditional men and boys church choir and sang in such places as Notre Dame in Paris and Westminster Abbey and St. Paul’s cathedral in London. I also sang at the Royal Albert Hall to an audience that included Queen Elizabeth II. Then my voice broke and my singing career was over.