Medical Society Awards Presitgious Honor To Dr.s Vince And Vance Moss

Jan. 5, 2012 - PRLog -- OCEAN COUNTY MEDICAL SOCIETY (OCMS) , NJ awards twin brothers Dr. Vince Moss and Dr. Vance Moss the (OCMS) DISTINGUISHED SERVICE AWARD at a dinner ceremony in Point Pleasant Beach, NJ, on October 19, 2011.

According to the (OCMS) website, The Ocean County Medical Society has been serving the needs of physicians and their patients in Ocean County since the 1800's.  Ocean County Medical Society members are dedicated to a healthy Ocean County by working to ensure the sanctity of the physician/patient relationship.

The ceremony included a moving speech by their colleague and thoracic surgeon, Lewis Wetstein COL(Ret.) who is also a former commander within the NJ Air National Guard.  After he presented the plaques to the brothers for their “dedicated service to the community”, they spoke to the crowd who gave them a generous standing ovation.  

Dr. Vance Moss, a urologist by trade and a Robotics expert and transplant surgeon by specialty was first to speak and thanked all of his supporters including his parents who were unable to make the trip up from Maryland.  He also touched on how grounded he and Vince have become throughout an exciting few years of extraordinary events and opportunities as a result of their work in and out of the country.  

Vincent  Moss, a thoracic surgeon and critical care/trauma specialist enlightened the society members after saying, “As you may or may not know of the many national and international accolades that we have been awarded over the past several years, it is this amazing moment that I’m honored to share with you , Dr. Wetstein and my brother here at home which matters  the most.  This award will mean the most to me because this token of appreciation is a reflection of service to the people who come first in our profession.”  Vince Moss is currently deployed on a mission in Logar Province, Afghanistan with his Forward Surgical Team, the 628th FST.

The Moss’s assistant and press agent, Chris Myers, explained why he believes the twins were awarded such a prestigious honor.  “The doctors Moss have been very busy balancing their responsibilities to their patients as well as meeting the demands of multiple requests for speaking engagements and appearance on large scale media outlets."

Their most recent activities can probably be  explained in the mission statement of the PR team who exclusively represents the Moss brothers.  The Moss twins have significant responsibilities to their patients and their primary focus is their safety and welfare.  While maintaining a private practice serving patients in New Jersey, Pennsylvania and New York, they have amassed numerous history making accomplishments reflective of pure bravery and heroism which has demanded the attention of the United States and the world.  After completing their training several years ago, their practice has rapidly grown at an exponential rate while the Moss Brother's popularity outside of surgery has increased as well subjecting them to respond to the numerous requests for feature stories from media giants such as The Oprah Winfrey Show, ABC, NBC, CNN, Fox, The Rachael Ray Show, The Monique Show and others.  

Vince and Vance Moss have served the Ocean County community for over the last 5 years, fresh out of training.  During that time, they were also deployed to Iraq where they served as combat surgeons and have been awarded numerous combat medals for their service.  

According to several published documents and nationally televised interviews related to Vince and Vance Moss, one particular accomplishment, however, has gained  worldwide honors and recognition for them , as well as an invitation to the White House on multiple occasions.  Apparently, starting in December 2006, the doctors Moss conducted and personally financed three private and unique special missions in Afghanistan which was primarily focused on treating war related wounds on civilian women and children that were left untreated.  Whether it was their intelligence gathering in and out of theater, modes of operation or any other special operations type of resources but the Moss brothers entered Afghanistan during a time when it was mostly violent while also traveling throughout the most dangerous tribal regions of rural eastern Afghanistan without being harmed or killed.  Case in point, in August 2010, six Americans, a Briton and a German all working for a Christian medical charity in Afghanistan were ambushed and killed by militants.  Among those killed was Dr. Tom Little, an American optometrist from Delmar, N.Y, and a female British doctor Karen Woo. It was one of the largest death tolls for foreign aid workers in Afghanistan in a single incident, and the deadliest episode for American civilians there since a suicide bomber killed seven CIA agents at a base in eastern Afghanistan.


The details of their mission have not been released to the public, however, the Moss brothers say that they have spoken to the State Department in 2009 .  Many experts may agree that once the State Department and other federal agencies learned of some of the details of the mission directly from the Moss brothers, including contacts, resources and strategy,  it is possible that Vince and Vance's ability to gain the trust of the tribesmen, warlords and possibly others was a simple but major component to their strategy contributing to their success in treating over 500 civilian women in a culture where, even today, men can be killed for touching another elder's wife in any capacity.  Some can argue that the US strategy may be following in their lead.

You can find more information about Vince and Vance Moss, the Ocean County Medical Society and photos of the event @ vinceandvancemoss.com