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  Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania Plastic Surgery | Welcome to the Office of Dr. Dennis Hurwitz
Hurwitz was an honored lecturer at the Royal College of Physicians and Surgeons in Toronto, speaking on his experience in Total Body Lift surgery.
Hurwitz is sought for his mastery of such procedures as facelift, lipoaugmentation, body contouring, and reconstructive surgery.
Hurwitz and Dr Agha, whose office is located in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, are known around the globe as a guru of body contouring plastic surgery.
www.hurwitzcenter.com   (721 words)

  
 [No title]   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-04)
Hurwitz is one of a few doctors across the country who have been indicted for overprescribing drugs, and he is among the first to be charged with orchestrating a widespread conspiracy.
Hurwitz has long maintained that he is an honest doctor who prescribed painkillers to patients who desperately needed them and had nowhere else to turn.
Hurwitz is not a newcomer to criticism and oversight, as he has previously lost his medical licenses for allegedly overprescribing painkillers and was most recently placed on probation in Virginia in May. He has appeared on the show "60 Minutes" to talk about his practice and runs an Internet Web site advocating his treatment.
www.paincare.org /about/message.php?id=148   (1120 words)

  
 Latest News - Life Sentence Sought For VA Pain Doctor
Hurwitz was convicted of running a drug conspiracy out of his McLean office and trafficking in narcotics that caused the death of one patient and seriously injured two others.
Hurwitz's is one of the first major cases to come up for sentencing in federal court in Alexandria since that decision.
Hurwitz is the prominent, cutting edge pain specialist who was convicted in federal court in Alexandria in December of over-prescribing opioid pain medications and conspiracy to distribute controlled substances in a trial that put the clash between the imperatives of drug law enforcers and those of medicine, and pain management in particular, in stark relief.
www.november.org /stayinfo/breaking3/VAPainDoc.html   (1240 words)

  
 News from DEA, News Releases, 04/14/05
On December 15, 2004, Hurwitz was convicted, following a six-week jury trial, of 50 counts of illegal drug distribution, including, conspiracy to distribute controlled substances, and charges related to drug trafficking that resulted in one death and serious bodily injury to others.
Hurwitz would regularly perform perfunctory exams, if at all, and rubber stamp and facilitate the patients' insatiable demand for excessive and obscene amounts (e.g., 1,600 pills per day) of Oxy or other pills.
Hurwitz was one of a very small number of doctors who grossly abused his authority, recklessly exploiting the term ‘pain treatment’ to deal street narcotics like a common drug dealer.”
www.dea.gov /pubs/pressrel/pr041405.html   (494 words)

  
 Charles Hurwitz Strikes Again | The Public Responds | The Rape of Humboldt County | Timber Workers Industrial Union ...   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-04)
In other words, Hurwitz' new financing plan is based on a rate of cut that would liquidate the forest in one generation.
Charles Hurwitz is not in the business of cutting trees; he is in the business of raiding companies, breaking them up, and selling off the pieces.
And of course this latest Hurwitz get-rich scheme is not in the interest of the loggers either, since the jobs will be liquidated along with the trees.
www.iww.org /unions/iu120/local-1/PALCO/JBari27.shtml   (982 words)

  
 At Least 20 Years Await Convicted Doctor [Hurwitz] - doctordeluca.com
Hurwitz, 59, was surrounded by controversy and the prospective long sentence is reverberating among doctors who treat pain.
Since the Hurwitz case began, 30 state attorneys general have assailed the Bush administration's Justice Department for its pain-pill policies, saying in a joint letter in January that state and federal policies were increasingly at odds on how to balance legitimate pain treatment with drug enforcement.
And during the Hurwitz trial, a group of eminent medical authorities, all past presidents of the American Pain Society, lambasted one of the Justice Department's expert witnesses for "misrepresentations" that have damaged the ability of doctors to treat pain without fear of prosecution.
www.doctordeluca.com /Library/WOD/Hurwitz-20plusYearsAwait05.htm   (1098 words)

  
 ObesityHelp.com - The Total Body Lift, by Dr. Dennis Hurwitz
Hurwitz has innovated new techniques in surgery after weight loss and is sought out worldwide for this groundbreaking total body lift surgery he offers.
Dennis Hurwitz is the Clinical Professor of Surgery (Plastic) at the University of Pittsburgh Medical School and is the former director of the Aesthetic Plastic Surgery Center in Pennsylvania.
Hurwitz has innovated new techniques in obesity surgery, and is sought out worldwide, at his Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania office for the groundbreaking total body lift surgery.
www.obesityhelp.com /advertisement/hurwitz/Hurwitz.phtml?D=072105   (1431 words)

  
 Bookreporter.com - DO NO HARM by Gregg Andrew Hurwitz
As one of the characters in Gregg Andrew Hurwitz's DO NO HARM so succinctly points out, a hospital may have the mission of preserving life (at least in most cases) but it is full of instruments of death, and they come at you from all sides.
Hurwitz's maligned subject is David Spier, MD, chief emergency room physician at a hospital where he is a legacy, thanks to his physician parents.
Hurwitz, without sacrificing the sustained suspense of DO NO HARM, deftly explores the ethical dilemma that Spier faces as a physician: whether to give the best possible care to an individual who wishes to, and is capable of, inflicting severe physical damage upon the physician and his loved ones.
www.bookreporter.com /reviews/0060008873.asp   (698 words)

  
 Dr. Hurwitz, M.D. On Trial   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-04)
Hurwitz, appearing in court in a green jail jumpsuit, did not speak during the sentencing; he blew a kiss to family members as he was led away after the hearing.
Hurwitz had also seen what appeared to be track marks on the woman's arms, which she said she had received by hauling some wood.
Hurwitz, though, decided to keep treating the patients and prescribe opiates in amounts that were at times massive, as much as 1,600 pills a day in one case.
www.cpmission.com /main/painpolitics/htrial.html   (13842 words)

  
 American Trauma Society: News: News Detail #1
Hurwitz removed his tie, handed the change in his pockets to his attorneys and walked out of the courtroom in the custody of U.S. marshals.
Hurwitz, a major figure in the growing field of pain management who was once profiled on "60 Minutes," faces up to life in prison even with the acquittals.
Supporters of Hurwitz looked on as prosecutors called more than 60 witnesses and played tapes of the doctor unknowingly talking to patients who were government informants.
www.amtrauma.org /news/news_detail_415.html   (781 words)

  
 Drug Policy Alliance: Convicted Pain Doctor Hurwitz Could Receive Life Sentence
William Hurwitz, a prominent Virginia pain management physician, was convicted yesterday on 50 of 62 counts of over-prescribing pain medications to needy patients nationwide.
Hurwitz is only the latest victim of a Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) seemingly bent on maximizing the suffering of those already in pain -- and the dwindling number of doctors willing to care for them.
Hurwitz's arrest and conviction, part of an eightfold increase in physician prosecutions over the past three years, provides startling evidence of just how serious the problem of undertreatment of pain has become.
www.drugpolicy.org /news/12_16_04hurwitz.cfm   (292 words)

  
 University of Oregon School of Music and Dance: About Us: Robert Hurwitz
Hurwitz is a member of the viola section of the Oregon Mozart Players, a locally based professional chamber orchestra, which he served as music director and conductor from 1982 to 1991.
Hurwitz has served as consultant to theory programs at other colleges and universities and as a pre-publication reviewer for several publishers in the area of music theory.
From 1969 to 1970 Hurwitz was a Fulbright lecturer in England.
music.uoregon.edu /About/bios/hurwitzr.html   (351 words)

  
 Hurwitz & Associates - News and Events
Hurwitz first launched the Hurwitz Group in 1992, and founded Hurwitz and Associates in 2003.
Hurwitz - one of the first software industry analysts to recognize and write about key technology trends such as client/server computing, systems and applications management and e-business practices - continues to be a leading voice on emerging industry developments.
Hurwitz and Associates is a research and consulting firm that provides objective guidance to buyers and sellers of information technologies in the United States and Europe.
www.hurwitz.com /content/view/41/111   (818 words)

  
 Torah Productions web site - "Educator Hurwitz to be honored"
Hurwitz will be honored February 6 as Educator of the Year by the Coalition for Jewish Learning, the education program of the Milwaukee Jewish Federation.
For Hurwitz, the devastation was his profession as an oncologist, which, he said became too much for him.
Hurwitz calls his web site "literary techno-art." Together with his son Aryeh, he is in the process of upgrading the site.
www.torahproductions.com /press/wjc_1_99.html   (510 words)

  
 TOBIAS HURWITZ - "You just found another killer review!"
Hurwitz mimics the rapid fills of the tabla with hammer-ons and harmonics.
When Hurwitz goes for a clean solo sound, he can't quite cut the mustard - his time is off and his phrasing unconfident.
Hurwitz says "that that was mostly me slapping the guitar, not a bass".
www.eer-music.com /reviews/thurwitz.html   (369 words)

  
 Abdominoplasty Surgery and Body Contouring in Pennsylvania – Hurwitz Center for Plastic Surgery
Hurwitz is widely published and lectures worldwide on body contouring techniques; together with Dr. Siamak Agha-Mohammadi, he has helped set the standard for modern liposuction around the world.
Hurwitz was recently featured on ABC Prime Time “Medical Mysteries” where he discussed his Total Body Lift after Massive Weight Loss in Males.
Hurwitz describes in detail his signature Total Body Lift™, illustrating the procedure from both his perspective and that of his patients.
www.usalipo.com   (839 words)

  
 Reason: Trust Busters: A pain doctor's drug trafficking conviction sets a chilling precedent
I have to admit I'm impressed by the achievement of the federal prosecutors who call McLean, Virginia, pain doctor William Hurwitz "a major and deadly drug dealer." Although the evidence they presented in his trial made it clear Hurwitz was not a drug trafficker, they still managed to convict him of drug trafficking.
One former patient said Hurwitz's concern for his patients was his vulnerability; another recalled using makeup to cover injection marks on his arm and smoking crack before appointments so he would not seem suspiciously sleepy.
Writing in USA Today during Hurwitz's trial, Karen Tandy, head of the Drug Enforcement Administration, said "doctors acting in good faith and in accordance with established medical norms should remain confident in their ability to prescribe appropriate pain medications." Notice that "good faith" is not enough to keep the DEA at bay.
www.reason.com /sullum/121704.shtml   (836 words)

  
 A Painful Decision
William E. Hurwitz may face life in prison for prescribing medication to sufferers of chronic pain as a result of the federal government successfully prosecuting him in the federal district court in Alexandria, Virginia.
Hurwitz was one of the leading advocates of prescribing very high doses of pain medication necessary to relieve their suffering.
In the case, the government took the position that Hurwitz was running a "pill mill" for profit and that it was necessary to prosecute him and other pain doctors in order to stem the growing use of OxyContin and other potent prescription painkillers.
www.cato.org /dailys/12-21-04.html   (769 words)

  
 Leo Hurwitz - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Look for Leo Hurwitz in the Commons, our repository for free images, music, sound, and video.
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Leo_Hurwitz   (135 words)

  
 Chilling conviction - The Washington Times: Commentary - December 26, 2004   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-04)
Hurwitz was not afraid, which is why desperate patients flocked to him.
One former patient said Dr. Hurwitz's concern for his patients was his vulnerability; another recalled using makeup to cover injection marks on his arm and smoking crack before appointments so he would not seem suspiciously sleepy.
Prosecutors repeatedly invited the jurors to judge Hurwitz's performance as a doctor, suggesting he was arrogant, negligent and indifferent to his patients.
www.washtimes.com /commentary/20041225-112308-4749r.htm   (746 words)

  
 Customers- Mach V Motorsports. - iCode,Inc.
Hurwitz opted not to use the inventory management capabilities of QuickBooks, the software March V used until the business exceeded the capabilities of the software.
A Hurwitz estimate that 30% of time employees time - including his own - was spent chasing down order status among the company's unwieldy systems.
Hurwitz has a bright outlook for the future of the business.
www.icode.com /Customers/successstories/Standard/machV.asp   (841 words)

  
 Kidsreads.com - Johanna Hurwitz
Johanna Hurwitz is the author of over five dozen books for young readers.
Johanna Hurwitz always knew she wanted to be a writer.
Although she had told original stories to her children, it was not until they were well along in school that Mrs.
www.kidsreads.com /authors/au-hurwitz-johanna.asp   (407 words)

  
 Federal judge slaps FDIC for case against Hurwitz   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-04)
Hurwitz, former chairman of United Financial Group, the parent company of United Savings Association of Texas, is accused by the FDIC of conducting risky deals that masked deepening financial problems at the thrift.
Hurwitz has maintained he never had operating control over United Savings and wasn't responsible for its 1988 collapse that cost taxpayers $1.6 billion.
His comments were in opinions discussing the release of an FDIC document that Hurwitz's attorneys have been trying to obtain for a some time, the Chronicle reported.
www.lubbockonline.com /news/110997/ld0864.htm   (394 words)

  
 TheAgitator.com: Hurwitz Convicted: Comments
Virginia pain specialist William Hurwitz was convicted of drug trafficing today.
Hurwitz's lawyers wanted the pamphlet admitted as evidence, on the assumption that if a doctor followed recommendations published by the DEA, he ought not be convicted of drug trafficking.
Hurwitz's conviction is a particularly sad and troubling chapter in America's drug war.
www.theagitator.com /archives/016449.php   (129 words)

  
 Untitled Document
MAXXAM and Hurwitz are defendants in actions brought by the federal government in connection with the fifth largest S&L failure in American banking history, that of United Savings Association of Texas in 1988.
Instead of paying Hurwitz more tax dollars, the entire Headwaters Forest could be acquired through a Debt-for-Nature exchange, in which the settlement of Hurwitz's S&L debt would include the Forest and all its ancient groves.
Hurwitz can veto the deal if he does not approve of the final HCP or the SYP.
www.forestsforever.org /reaction.html   (824 words)

  
 DR. HURWITZ'S CASE AND FUNDRAISING APPEAL
On December 15, 2004, Dr. William Hurwitz, formerly a pain specialist in McLean, Virginia was convicted of 50 counts of drug trafficking in federal court in Alexandria, Virginia.
Dr. Hurwitz's case is a microcosm of the deepening tensions between police authorities and the pain treatment community.
For this reason, the Hurwitz family is appealing to the public for financial support for the appeal.
www.cpmission.com /main/painpolitics/hurdefense.html   (402 words)

  
 06/16/01 -- Redwood 'scheme' attacked; GOP-led panel wants Hurwitz case dropped   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-04)
The task force rejects the claim that it was Hurwitz who first forwarded the idea of a debt-for-nature swap.
Hurwitz is in the process of defending himself against claims brought against him by the agency that regulates savings associations, which accused him and his associates of committing reckless banking practices that sank United Savings Association of Texas.
Hurwitz to submit and give up his redwoods to the government, the banking claims would not even have been brought," the report reads.
www.forests.org /archive/america/redwcadr.htm   (926 words)

  
 Barry E. Hurwitz, Ph.D.   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-04)
Hurwitz, B.E., Goldstein, R., Massie, C.A., Llabre, M.M., & Schneiderman, N. Low-flow circulatory state and the pathophysiological development of cardiovascular disease: A model of autonomic mediation of cardiovascular regulation.
Fillion, L., Hurwitz, B.E., Fletcher, M.A., Graves, J.A., Klimas, N., G., & Schneiderman, N. Reliability and validity of the SARS in assessing the cognitive appraisal of being HIV infected.
Nagel, J.H., Hurwitz, B.E., Schneiderman, N. Noninvasive assessment of cardiovascular reactivity and its significance as an indicator of risk for hypertension.
www.psy.miami.edu /faculty/bhurwitz/publications.phtml   (846 words)

  
 Jail Hurwitz!!!
With looted money funneled from the S and L, Hurwitz engaged in a hostile takeover of the Pacific Lumber Company, commenced rabid clearcutting, and tripled the rate of logging of the world's largest stands of privately held ancient redwood forests, including Headwaters Forest, a precious, sacred and irreplaceable international treasure of the ages.
Hurwitz simultaneously raided Pacific Lumber's worker pension fund, removing $55 million from the retired loggers and millworkers' nest egg, and began raping the company, selling off much of it's other liquitable assets for the quick cash he needed to make his pressing junk bond payments.
Hurwitz had previously looted the Simplicity Pattern worker pension fund in 1982, reducing worker benefits by nearly $4000 per year.
www.jailhurwitz.com   (415 words)

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