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Just recently in September he was invited to speak at a conference in Iguazo Falls, Argentina. Having not only a very technologically innovative practice, but also one that is on the cutting edge in particular topics has afforded him many invitations to speak and to also do live operations on patients in Egypt, Brazil, Belgium, Israel and Kuwait. In November of 2016 he will be speaking at the World Congress of Plastic Surgery in Monte Carlo, Monaco with other recognized leaders in the field. On top of his speaking opportunities Dr. Hurwitz has a contractual relationship with the Kuwait ministry of health and a teaching professorship at the University of Kuwait to advise at their university hospital. Now the ministry of health sends patients to Pittsburgh for his surgical expertise.
Dr. Hurwitz performs a wide variety of aesthetic and reconstructive plastic surgery on Kuwaiti citizens to provide service and teach technique to the young plastic sur- geons. He works hard for a week at a time every five months. Otherwise he has trained in Pittsburgh plastic surgeon fellows from Mexico, Venezuela, Brazil, Israel, India, South Korea and France.
Another fantastic by product of his world travels has been the chances he has had to meet and then occasionally work with other doctors and doctors in training. One such doctor, Dr. Lucas Baldo, has just spent a month in Pittsburgh learning plastic surgery with Dr. Hurwitz. As he is a clinical professor he is also able to observe other colleagues. He met Dr. Baldo while speaking in Sao Paolo. Dr. Baldo was very intrigued by his presentation and the subject matter and was then able to capitalize upon that by coming to the United States and working with Dr. Hurwitz on a close basis.
Being involved in these international conferences has also afforded Dr. Hurwitz not only the opportunity to travel the world – which is his passion – but also to extend himself and to raise the profile of Pittsburgh and the University of Pittsburgh. He has also been able to cultivate amazing personal relationships between all different types of plastic surgeons, through different ethnicities and cultures and to break the barriers between those by focusing on the common link of plastic surgery.
He has had the opportunity to have rewarding interplay with brilliant plastic surgeons continuously throughout his career. While practicing in Pittsburgh, Dr. Hurwitz and his wife Linda have played host to many trainees and plastic surgeons from all over the world and from that gained valued professional and personal relationships.
Aside from being an internationally known professor, Dr. Hurwitz is known for developing techniques and using the latest technology. He strives to also have the newest and best technology on his side. Five years ago he had the privi- lege of meeting a Dr. Onelio Garcia in Miami and learned the values of us-
ing vaser liposuction which is a type of ultrasound liposuction. Through their meetings and experiences, he began to incorporate it. He has spent well over $150,000 to ensure that his practice offers the most up to date equipment for all procedures. He has attempted to take the quality
of medicine that is found in Pittsburgh and move it to a new lev- el of technology and technique. In 2016 Springer. com published his plastic surgery textbook, Comprehensive Body Contouring: Theory and Practice, which includes these latest techniques
and technologies, which have been well received.
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