Professor and Ophthalmologist-in-Chief at Mount Sinai Hospital in Toronto since 1986 to 2017, and has been the Director of the Oculoplastics Program at the University of Toronto from 1986 to present. He was promoted to Professor of Ophthalmology at the University of Toronto in July 1994. He assumed the role as Chairman of the Department of Ophthalmology and Vision Sciences at the University of Toronto in 2001. Prof. Hurwitz is also affiliated with the Hospital for Sick Children and Sunnybrook Health Sciences Centre in Toronto as an Oculoplastic consultant. He is also involved at the Kensington Eye Institute (KEI) as the Academic Director and also sits on the KEI Board. He is a member of several medical societies both nationally and internationally and belongs to many medical committees both locally and nationally. Over the years, he has received many awards one of which was the Lester Jones Surgical Anatomy Award from the American Society of Ophthalmic Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery at the American Academy of Ophthalmology (AAO) in 2006. He also acts as a reviewer for many ophthalmological journals and has also served as an external reviewer for various Ophthalmology Programs in the country. His peer-reviewed publications number over one hundred and fifty-six, and he has given over three hundred and eighty scholarly presentations. Prof. Hurwitz also provides his expertise in the underserviced areas in Thunder Bay and the Caribbean where he visits yearly. He enjoys sports and belongs to the “World Greatest Garage Band” as the bass guitarist.