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Plastic Surgery with Dr. Dennis Hurwitz
Since 1977, Dr. Dennis Hurwitz, headquartered in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, has devoted his life to plastic surgery and body contouring. For decades, patients from around the country have turned to Dr. Hurwitz to help them refine and rejuvenate their appearance through cosmetic surgery. Now, Dr. Hurwitz is opening plastic surgery centers nationwide so that even more people can benefit from his unique, powerful integrated surgical approach. Dr. Hurwitz is extending his expertise through the plastic surgeons he has trained to now serve at each Hurwitz Center for Plastic Surgery location.
Dr. Hurwitz is frequently invited by plastic surgery organizations worldwide to present special lectures and to demonstrate surgery at their meetings and seminars. His scientific and technical advances are regularly published in outstanding peer reviewed journals. Patients from all walks of life seek out Dr. Hurwitz for his unparalleled skill in performing facelift, lipoaugmentation, breast augmentation, skin rejuvenation, body contouring, and other complex procedures. As Clinical Professor of Plastic Surgery at the University of Pittsburgh, he assisted in the training of over 125 skilled plastic surgeons. A select few practice at Hurwitz Centers.
Best Doctors
“Your superior skills have enabled you to consistently improve the lives of patients and to exemplify high quality care.”
-From Dr. Hurwitz’s “Best Doctors” Award. Dr. Hurwitz has been ranked by his peers among the top 5 percent of physicians in the entire United States for the past eight years.
Superior Skill in Body Contouring
Body contouring requires a plastic surgeon to determine which combination of procedures will best enhance the body. Dr. Hurwitz practices primarily in Pittsburgh, but also has offices in Brandywine (Philadelphia), Pennsylvania and Beverly Hills and Newport Beach, California to serve patients nationwide. He is not only fluent in existing procedures and techniques, but he also has a well-earned reputation for innovation in the field. Dr. Hurwitz has been a consistent leader in developing newer and better techniques that open up new possibilities in what can be achieved through plastic surgery.
He created the Total Body Lift, a procedure in which multiple techniques, including abdominoplasty, liposuction, breast lift, thighplasty, and brachioplasty are combined and customized to treat the entire body in as few stages as possible. This extraordinary development marked a new era in body contouring surgery, forever raising the bar of excellence for surgeons worldwide.
Dr. Hurwitz has helped thousands of patients reshape their bodies in a way that many believed was not possible. By opening new offices across the United States, Dr. Hurwitz will have the opportunity to transform even more lives through his revolutionary vision for body contouring surgery.
>>Read more about body contouring plastic surgery
Hurwitz Center for Plastic Surgery – Media Center
With new clinics throughout the U.S. and a main office in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, Dr. Hurwitz and his plastic surgeon associates have expanded his body contouring expertise nationwide. Combined with his vast knowledge and experience, his camera-friendly personality has made him a favorite of the media. Dr. Hurwitz has been featured in People magazine and appeared on television’s Inside Edition, The Montel Williams Show, The Today Show, the Discovery Health Channel, and numerous local, regional, and national news programs.
Feature Spotlights
Dr. Hurwitz was featured discussing massive weight loss and his signature Total Body Lift during a segment on NBC.
>>See Dr. Hurwitz on NBC Today Show
News and Publications
Dr. Hurwitz’s plastic surgery work was featured in recent issues of USA Today and Consumer’s Digest. Check out these and other articles in which Dr. Hurwitz has been featured or referenced.
>>Read more about Dr. Hurwitz in the media
The Total Body Lift – Dennis Hurwitz, M.D.
The Total Body Lift, a book by Dr. Dennis Hurwitz, is an introspective report that details plastic surgery as experienced by eight actual patients. The book describes Dr. Hurwitz’s signature Total Body Lift procedure in detail, both from the surgeon’s perspective and his that of his patients. For the most insightful review of this exciting procedure, order your own copy here, today!
Complete a consult with Dr. Hurwitz for $100 and receive a free copy!
Take an inside look at The Total Body Lift by Dr. Hurwitz. Each month a short installment will be posted online.
>>Read this month's selection from The Total body Lift
The Chase for Beauty – Robert Mendelson
In 2005, Robert Mendelson approached Dr. Hurwitz. Mendelson wanted to write a book on Dr. Hurwitz’s remarkable experiences. Dr. Hurwitz agreed, and Mendelson conducted about 100 interviews over the next 18 months. The resulting book, The Chase for Beauty, is a harrowing tale of murder, love, and medicine. According to Mendelson, the book is "about faith, about perseverance, about achievements, about relationships, and above all about one man's struggle to triumph over a devastating fate." It is available from most book retail websites, including Amazon.com; BN.com; BAMM.com; and Borders.com.
We offer a summer reading special for our loyal friends. Visit www.thechaseforbeauty.net to read the full length version of Robert Mendelson’s gripping book about the travails of Dennis Hurwitz. If you love the book as we hope you will, please recommend they purchase it through www.amazon.com. Also submit your comments about The Chase on Amazon.
Recent International Speaking
After performing a facelift on live television in Istanbul, Turkey and lower body lift on live television in Haifa, Israel, Dr. Hurwitz gave a presentation about his signature Total Body Lift procedure during the Plastic Surgery Educational Foundation Cruise, traveling from St. Petersburg, Russia to Stockholm, Sweden. In August of 2007, Dr. Hurwitz was selected to speak at the Harvard University Grand Rounds.
Dr. Hurwitz gave a keynote presentation on Breast Reshaping and a Master Course on Brachioplasty at the annual IMCAS ( International Master Course on Aging Skin) in Paris January 2008. Dr. Hurwitz was an invited speaker for the body contouring seminar sponsored by Johnson & Johnson at the annual meeting of EURAPS ( Europe Association of Plastic Surgeons) in Madeira, Portugal in June 2008.
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Dr. Dennis Hurwitz is proud to announce the opening of the Hurwitz Rejuvenation Center, a state-of-the-art Med Spa that is located inside his flagship Pittsburgh office. At the Hurwitz Rejuvenation Center, patients can experience comprehensive treatments for the face, mind, and body that are designed to refresh, reaffirm, and revive.
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Plastic Surgery for the Obese
This article outlines the Hurwitz Center’s unique approach to plastic surgery for overweight patients. It was published in the first issue of the Journal of Adipose Tissue. Read More…
Body Contouring of the Arms and Brachioplasty
Massive weight loss patients suffer severe arm deformity, extending through the axilla and onto the chest. Read More...
Traveling for Plastic Surgery the Hurwitz Center Way
The days of visiting the local doctor down the street, more for his address than his credentials, have passed... The ability to find creative solutions for out-of-town patients has become one of the new marks of excellent service. Read More...
Article from Cosmetic Surgery Times
Plastic surgeons who perform a Total Body Lift operation... must have the skill and confidence in performing the individual operations before embarking on combined surgery... Read More...
More Than Just Skin Deep
For massive weight loss patients, recovery encompasses not only physical but also psychological and behavioral aspects... Read More…
Breast Surgery in the Massive Weight Loss Patient
-by Dr. Dennis Hurwitz and Dr. Siamak Agha Mohammadi
After massive weight loss, obese women experience laxity of the skin proportional to the excess localized adiposity... Read More...
Breast Reshaping - Innovative Advances in Body Contouring Surgery
-by Dr. Dennis Hurwitz and Dr. Siamak Agha Mohammadi
Body contouring surgery offers many post-bariatric patients an opportunity to regain their physical appearance and to rejuvenate their body at the same time.... Read More...
