Professor
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Vice Chair, Global Health; Past Chair, Department of Ophthalmology & Vision Sciences
Jeffrey Hurwitz
Ophthalmology & Vision Sciences
MD, FRCS(C)
Location
Mount Sinai Hospital
Address
60 Murray Street, Suite 1-003, Toronto, Ontario Canada M5T 3L9
Qualification
- MD University of Toronto 1967
- FRCS(C) University of Toronto 1973
- Fellow in Orbital and Lacrimal unit, Moorefields Eye Hospital Jan-Dec 1974
Research Synopsis
- Ophthalmologist-in-Chief, Mount Sinai Hospital, Toronto 1985-2017
- Director, University of Toronto Oculoplastics Program 1985-2013
- Past President ACUPO 2005 - 2007
- Co-Founder, Kensington Eye Institute
- OMA Section of Ophthalmology Executive 2004 - present
- Board Member, Kensington Research Institute
- Editor, Ophthalmology Rounds ed. Snell
- Current research: Lacrimal outflow investigation and surgery
- OMA Ophthalmology Lifetime Achievement Award 2012
- Awards: ASOPRS Lester Jones Anatomy Award 2006
- Accomplishments: Book - The Lacrimal System 1996 Lippincott-Raven
Recent Publications
Hurwitz J.J., Friel T., DeAngelis D., Oestreicher J., Fox G.: Monitored Anesthetic Care Provided by RRCPs During Dacryocystorhinostomy Surgery: A Report of 445 Cases. Clinical and Surgical Journal of Ophthalmology 25(1) 8-13, January 2007.
Hurwitz J.J., Pavlin C.J., Rhemtulla E.K.: Identification of Retained Intracanalicular Plugs with Ultrasound Biomicroscopy. Canadian Journal of Ophthalmology 39(5):533-537, August 2004.
Hurwitz J.J.: A New Wider-Diameter Crawford Tube for Stenting in the Lacrimal Drainage System. Ophthalmic Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery 20(1)40-43, Jan. 2004