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William H. Moretz, M.D.
Dr.
William H. Moretz was president of the Medical College of Georgia
from 1972 to 1983. Dr. Moretz, a native
of Hickory, North Carolina, attended the North Carolina School of
Medicine and Harvard Medical School. He spent his internship
and residency in surgery at Strong Memorial Hospital in Rochester,
New York. He then served three years in the U.S. Army.
He worked briefly in Rochester, then joined the University of Utah
College of Medicine as associate professor of surgery. He
joined MCG in 1955 as professor and chairman of the Department of
Surgery.
He was named MCG's fourth president in 1972 and embarked on a mission of expanding MCG's student body and physical plant. During his tenure, the number of MCG graduates almost doubled, and more than $25 million in renovations and new construction were completed. Those additions included the Sydenstricker wing of the MCG Hospital; the Carl T. Sanders Research and Education Building; a radiation therapy center; enlarged hospital surgical suites; and expansion of the library. Dr. Moretz oversaw organization of the MCG Research Institute, which aids researchers in the search for funding, in 1981. He stepped down from the presidency in 1982 and was named professor emeritus of surgery by the University System of Georgia Board of Regents in 1984.
Dr. Moretz was former vice chairman of the American Board of Surgery, a fellow of the American College of Surgeons and a member of the Society of University Surgeons and the American Surgical Association. He was a former president of the Southeastern Surgical Society, the Georgia chapter of the American College of Surgeons and the Georgia Surgical Society. He was honored by the American College of Surgeons for a teaching film he co-authored. He was presented a Distinguished Service Award in 1967 by the University of North Carolina Medical Association. The Moretz Surgical Society, established in 1972, was named in his honor to promote the exchange of scientific research and observation by surgeons affiliated with MCG who worked under Dr. Moretz when he was chairman of the department.
The Beeper
Thursday, January 11, 1990