Jordan Moore, a 2018 Powell High School grad, was inspired down his current path by his older sister — and his handwriting.

“My older sister has Down syndrome and wanting to care for others like her inspired me to pursue a career in medicine,” he said.

Moore recently started his years-long journey to become a Wyoming physician. A medical student at the University of Washington’s Wyoming WWAMI program at the University of Wyoming, Moore is one of 20 medical students in the Wyoming 2025 cohort.

His path started in middle school thanks, in part, to his signature.

“I decided I wanted to be a doctor when Mr. Bonander and Mrs. LaFrentz (Powell Middle School teachers) started calling me “Doc” in middle school due to my flowery and questionably legible signature,” Moore said.

Now, he’s in position to help solve the nationwide phsyician shortage, predicted to worsen over the next decade, according to a University of Wyoming release.

Wyoming WWAMI was his top choice for a medical school. Moore and his older brother, Kaden, who began medical school in 2023, are charting a new path as the first in their family to enter medicine. After high school, Jordan completed his undergraduate degree at the University of Wyoming with a major in physiology and a minor in disability studies. 

He will spend the next four years in medical school learning the Foundations of Clinical Medicine, rotating through core medical specialties and electives, collaborating with other health care professionals, and learning about professional ethics and leadership. Moore will train in both rural and urban environments, determining what type of medicine he wants to pursue for his career, taking licensing exams, and finally graduating and starting a residency program. Once he completes his residency program, he hopes to return to Wyoming to practice as a physician in his home state — which is a core goal of the WWAMI program.

“I loved growing up in Wyoming and would be happy to raise my children here,” he said.

His main passion is his family.

“I love spending every spare minute with my wife and our sweet son, who just turned 8 months,” he said.

His other hobbies include going on walks, playing card games, watching movies, playing piano by ear and creating ultra realistic 1:12 scale figures of characters from his favorite movies.