ONE NSU MAGAZINE In addition to being the founder and president of Himmarshee Surgical Partners of Fort Lauderdale, Moon has been a clinical associate professor of surgery in NSU’s Dr. Kiran C. Patel College of Osteopathic Medicine since 2008. He was appointed professor of anatomy in NSU’s Dr. Pallavi Patel College of Health Care Sciences in 2024. Also in 2024, Moon was elected as a fellow ad hominem of the Royal College of Surgeons of Edinburgh—the oldest surgical college in the world, which was founded five centuries ago. He is a frequently published researcher and sought-after speaker in the United States and abroad. A fellow of the American College of Surgeons as well, Moon earned his M.D. degree in 1978 from the University of South Alabama College of Medicine and completed surgical residen- cies at the University of Hawaii, the Medical University of South Carolina, and the Cleveland Clinic Foundation. He earned his bachelor’s degree in English at Tulane University. His lifetime of achievement stretches back to his high school days, when he was an outstanding athlete in Alabama, earning acclaim as an all-state basketball player and a state record holder in the decathlon, pole vault, long jump, triple jump, 440-yard dash, and mile relay. These accomplishments helped him earn an athletic scholarship to Tulane. DID YOU KNOW? After interviewing 7 finalists from an original pool of 700 applicants, Moon joined NSU in 2018 as executive vice president and chief operating officer. 5
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