Frederick Brown Moorehead (October 14, 1875 – August 29, 1944) was an oral surgeon, and led a campaign for what is now the

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to become part of the

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Biography

Frederick Moorehead was born in 1875 in

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, son of James Walter Moorehead and Mary Jane Brown. He graduated from Chicago College of Dental Surgery in 1899 and from

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in 1905. During his administration as dean (1913–1924), the college pioneered the use of electrically driven equipment, and entrance requirements were toughened to allow more time for advanced science training instead of teaching basic skills. As professor and head of the Department of Oral and Plastic Surgery from 1913-1944, Moorehead was senior author of the textbook ''Pathology of the Mouth'' and many research articles, and made advances in reconstructive surgery. In the summer of 1921, Moorehead, along with Henry Sage Dunning of New York and

Truman W. Brophy Truman William Brophy (April 12, 1848 – February 4, 1928) was an American oral surgeon. He's known to be the founder of the Chicago Dental Infirmary, Chicago College of Dental Surgery. He also served as the American President of the Fourteenth ...

, met in Chicago to organize the 1st association in North America of specialists in what would come to be known as plastic surgery. He also found time to serve on the staff of four other medical facilities, and maintain a private practice. Moorehead died at Presbyterian Hospital in Chicago on August 29, 1944.

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University of Illinois at Chicago College of Dentistry
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