Title
Dr. Maxwell Moody, Jr., 1921-2012
Subject
Hospitals
Physicians
Description
Dr. Maxwell Moody Jr. was born August 7, 1921, and died July 11, 2012, at the age of 90. He lived most of his life in Tuscaloosa.
He graduated from Tuscaloosa High School at the age of 15, attended the University of Alabama, and received his medical degree from the University of Pennsylvania in Philadelphia.
Dr. Moody served in the United States Army Medical Corps near the end of World War II. Dr. Moody took advanced training in Medicine at the University of Pennsylvania Graduate School of Medicine and at the University Hospital in Birmingham. As a resident, he encouraged the University Hospital of Birmingham to invest in the life-saving flame photometer, which measures potassium and other chemicals in the blood. The hospital was so impressed with Dr. Moody that they offered him the role of chief resident so he would stay. Instead he was determined to return to Tuscaloosa to practice medicine.
He was certified by the American Board of Internal Medicine and was a Fellow in the American College of Physicians. Along with Dr. John F. Burnum, Dr. Moody pioneered the practice of internal medicine and founded Tuscaloosa Internal Medicine. Moody, Burnum and Dr. Omer Baker were the emergency department at Druid City Hospital and, in the 1950's, they spent many nights making house calls.
Thanks to the generosity of his friend Jack Warner, Dr. Moody raised the funds and was responsible for creating the first coronary care unit at Druid City Hospital. He continued to practice medicine until his retirement in 1987.
Dr. Moody was a former president of the Tuscaloosa County Medical Society, the Alabama Chapter of the American Society of Internal Medicine, and president and chairman of the board of the Alabama Heart Association.
He graduated from Tuscaloosa High School at the age of 15, attended the University of Alabama, and received his medical degree from the University of Pennsylvania in Philadelphia.
Dr. Moody served in the United States Army Medical Corps near the end of World War II. Dr. Moody took advanced training in Medicine at the University of Pennsylvania Graduate School of Medicine and at the University Hospital in Birmingham. As a resident, he encouraged the University Hospital of Birmingham to invest in the life-saving flame photometer, which measures potassium and other chemicals in the blood. The hospital was so impressed with Dr. Moody that they offered him the role of chief resident so he would stay. Instead he was determined to return to Tuscaloosa to practice medicine.
He was certified by the American Board of Internal Medicine and was a Fellow in the American College of Physicians. Along with Dr. John F. Burnum, Dr. Moody pioneered the practice of internal medicine and founded Tuscaloosa Internal Medicine. Moody, Burnum and Dr. Omer Baker were the emergency department at Druid City Hospital and, in the 1950's, they spent many nights making house calls.
Thanks to the generosity of his friend Jack Warner, Dr. Moody raised the funds and was responsible for creating the first coronary care unit at Druid City Hospital. He continued to practice medicine until his retirement in 1987.
Dr. Moody was a former president of the Tuscaloosa County Medical Society, the Alabama Chapter of the American Society of Internal Medicine, and president and chairman of the board of the Alabama Heart Association.
Source
DCH Regional Medical Center
Contributor
Brenda Harris (Description)
Type
Photograph
Identifier
779
Coverage
Tuscaloosa (AL)
Original Format
Photograph