Hurvitz to Chair PM&R
Edward A. Hurvitz, M.D., associate professor of physical medicine
and rehabilitation, became chair of the Department of Physical Medicine and
Rehabilitation September 1.
Hurvitz joined the U-M faculty in 1988 with a focus on pediatric and adolescent
rehabilitation services. His clinical interests include pediatric onset disabilities
such as cerebral palsy and spina bifida, neuro-musculoskeletal problems, and
electrodiagnosis. In the research arena, Hurvitz works to improve the treatment
of spasticity, stroke and traumatic injuries in the pediatric population.
The PM&R director of pediatric rehabilitation research, Hurvitz has been
principle investigator or co-director of a number of research grants and training
grants, including one from the National Institutes of Health for $1.3 million
awarded in May.
A recipient of his department’s Silver Crutch Excellence in Teaching Award,
Hurvitz is an educator of fellows, residents and students alike, including providing
research mentoring for fellows and students in rehabilitation, as well as in
kinesiology. He has been the department’s director of medical education
since 2001.
Active in numerous professional societies, Hurvitz is a reviewer for the Archives
of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation, and is a frequently invited national
lecturer. He is author of more than 85 articles and abstracts and seven book
chapters.
Hurvitz received his medical degree in 1984 from the Wayne State University
School of Medicine, performing his residency in physical medicine and rehabilitation
at Sinai Hospital in Detroit. He then completed two fellowships at the U-M,
first in pediatric rehabilitation, and then as a rehabilitation fellow through
the National Institute on Disability and Rehabilitation Research.
—Mary Beth Reilly
ALSO:
The Robert C. and Veronica Atkins Professorship in Metabolism
The Carl Vernon Weller Professorship in Pathology
The Reed O. Dingman Collegiate Professorship in Plastic Surgery
The R. Jamison and Betty J. Williams Professorship in Otolaryngology
The David A. Bloom Professorship in Urology
