Donnica Moore


Donnica Moore is an American physician and women's health advocate, best known as an author and media commentator on women's health issues. Moore, who is known professionally as Dr. Donnica, has appeared over 800 times on U.S. television shows such as The Dr. Oz Show; The Today Show; CNN, the Oprah Winfrey Show, the Tyra Banks Show, The View, ABC, The Anderson Cooper Show, Good Morning America Health, and is quoted in several articles on the health website WebMD. In 2007 Moore gained attention for teaching TV presenter Tyra Banks to breast feed on Banks' television talk show. Footage of the lesson accumulated over two million views on YouTube. Her book, Women's Health for Life, is a popular resource on women's health.

Early life and family

After growing up in Brooklyn, New York, Moore entered Princeton University at age 16, graduating in 1981. She was the oldest of six children of Dennis B. and Toby Moore. She attended the University College of Dublin School of Medicine as a Rotary International Graduate Fellow before receiving her M.D. from SUNY Buffalo in 1986.

Career

Moore completed her residency training in Obstetrics and Gynecology at Temple University, with an additional year in family medicine at Memorial Hospital of Burlington County, New Jersey. According to a 2003 profile in Women in Medicine, she did not complete her training because after undergoing a spinal surgery, her surgeon recommended she not continue a physically demanding medical practice.
After leaving her residency, Moore became Medical Director for Sandoz pharmaceuticals, and made public statements on the company's behalf regarding the safety at least one Sandoz product under FDA scrutiny. She established Sapphire Women's Health Group in 1997, launch a nationally syndicated radio segment called “Dr. Donnica’s Women’s Health Report” in 2000; and launched the award-winning women's health information website www.DrDonnica.com in 2000. She is currently the host of the podcast “In The Ladies’ Room with Dr. Donnica” and has interviewed guests including actress Vicki Lawrence, 3-time Olympic Champion Nancy Hogshead-Makar, and former Editor-in-Chief of More Magazine Lesly Jane Seymour.
Moore has been a medical advisor or medical advisory board member to several companies including DuPont; Helm Pharmaceuticals; SPD; JoyLux; and Exxclaim Capital.

Publications

Moore is co-editor, with Sarah Jarvis, of the popular women's health book Women's Health for Life, published in March 2009, by DK Publishing.
She is listed as a peer reviewer for the Journal of the American Medical Women's Association in 1994, and as an editorial board member in 1997.

Organizational affiliations

Moore serves on the advisory board of cancerandcareers.org.
Moore is on the Board of Directors of the Society for Women's Health Research.
Dr. Moore is on the Medical Advisory Board of The Dr. Oz Show.
Clips from several of her appearances on the Dr. Oz Show along with additional articles are available at ShareCare.com
She is a member of the HealthCare Business Women's Association

Appearances

Women's Health Contributor for NBC's Later Today Show
NBC's Weekend Today Show
CNN in 2005 and 2006,
The Oprah Winfrey Show
The View
NBC The Today Show
Good Morning America
The Doctors’ Channel
Weekly guest on the ABC Show “Good Morning America Health”: (Women and Migraines; 9 Ways to Prevent a Stroke
NBC's Today Show
The Steve Harvey Show
She has also been the spokesdoctor for several national health education campaigns including: Life Supplemented Campaign; the Choose Your Move Campaign for RLS; Crest Enamel Health; Shingles Awareness; and the ClearBlue Advanced Ovulation Test Launch.
Women Take Charge: &; and Superfoods.
Moore was a frequent guest on the popular radio show “Walking on Air with Betsy & Sal” in a segment called “Weekly Check-Up With Dr. Donnica”
Moore is also a frequent speaker on career development and achievement. She has done video interviews on career topics for Princeton University Career Services (How do you give your kids useful career advice?
You become an expert by doing the job and Leading Women Entrepreneurs US. She has also been interviewed on her career by Bill Wooditch on “The Unstoppables”.
Moore claims to have 550 television appearances as of March, 2008.
and others.

Awards

On November 16, 2007, Moore was one of twelve recipients of the Women in Government Presidential Leadership Award for her efforts to promote cervical cancer prevention.
She was honored as one of the Top 25 Leading Women Entrepreneurs in 2017;
She received the Princeton University Award for Excellence in Alumni Education

Works

Articles