Dr. Ernest E Moore was the Chief of Trauma at the Denver General Hospital for 36 years, Chief of Surgery for 28 years, and the first Bruce M. Rockwell Distinguished Chair in Trauma Surgery. He continues to serve as Vice Chairman for Research. He is a Distinguished Professor of Surgery at the University of Colorado Denver (UCD) and has been the Editor of the Journal of Trauma since 2011. He has served as president of ten academic societies, including the Society of University Surgeons, the American Association for the Surgery of Trauma, the International Association for the Trauma and Surgical Intensive Care, and the World Society of Emergency Surgery; and as Vice President for the American Surgical Association. He has honorary fellowships in the Royal College of Surgeons of Edinburgh, the Royal College of Surgeons in Ireland, the Royal College of Surgeons of Thailand, and the American College of Emergency Physicians. He is an honorary member of the Brazilian Trauma Society, Colombian Trauma Society, Eastern Association for the Surgery of Trauma, European Society for Trauma and Emergency Surgery, and Trauma Association of Canada. His awards include the Robert Danis Prize from the Society of International Surgeons, Orazio Campione Prize from the World Society of Emergency Surgery, Lifetime Achievement Award from the Society of University Surgeons, and Lifetime Achievement Award for Resuscitation Science from the American Heart Association.