Barrie J. Hurwitz, MD

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• Family Medicine
• Neurological Disorders

Department / Division:
Medicine / Neurology

Address:
DUMC 3184
Durham, NC 27710

Appointment Telephone:
(919) 668-7600

Office Telephone:
(919) 684-4126

Fax Telephone:
(919) 681-7936

• M.B.B.C.H., F.C.P., M.R.C.P., Witwatersrand University, South Africa, 1968

• Internal Medicine, Pediatrics, Surgery, Witwatersrand University, South Africa, 1969-1970
• Internal Medicine, Witwatersrand University, South Africa, 1971-1973
• Neurology, Witwatersrand University, South Africa, 1971-1973
• Neurology, Cornell University, New York, 1974-1976

Clinical Interests:
Multiple sclerosis, Parkinson's disease, movement disorders, cerebrovascular disease and stroke, complex neurologic illnesses, neurologic complications of medical and surgical illnesses

Research Interests:

The general focus of my work is clinical neurology and teaching, including the diagnosis of neurologic conditions and their specific treatment.

I am not engaged in any laboratory research.

I am involved in the following clinical trials:  (1) Principal investigator of double-blind, placebo-controlled research study on the safety and efficacy of Betaseron in patients with secondary progressive multiple sclerosis; (2) principal investigator of compassionate administration of open label Ropinirole in the treatment of Parkinson's disease; (3) NORG neurology consultant; and (4) investigator for the collaborative study of hereditary basis of Parkinson's disease with Dr. Allen Roses.

My academic work is as a clinical neurologist with special interests in Parkinson's disease, multiple sclerosis and cerebrovascular disease.

Representative Publications:
McKhann GM, Griffin JW, Cornblath DR, et al. Plasmapheresis in GBS: Analysis of Prognostic Factors and the Effects of Plasmapheresis. Annals of Neurology 23, 347-353, 1988. (1988)

Heyman A, Wilkinson WE, Hurwitz BJ, Haynes CS, Utley CM, Rosati RA, Burch G, Gore, TB. Risk of Ischemic Heart Disease in Patients with TIA. Neurology 34:626-630, 1984. (1984)

The Guillain-Barre Syndrome Study Group. Plasmapheresis and Acute Guillain-Barre Syndrome. Neurology 35:1096-1104, 1985. (1985)

Hurwitz BJ, Heyman A, Wilkinson WE, Haynes CS, Utley CM. Comparison of Amaurosis Fugax and Transient Cerebral Ischemia: A Prospective Clinical and Arteriographic Study. Ann. Neurol.18:698-704, 1985. (1985)

The Multiple Sclerosis Study Group: Efficacy and Toxicity of Cyclosporine in Chronic Progressive Multiple Sclerosis: A Randomized, Double-Blinded, Placebo-Controlled Clinical Trial. Annals of Neurology 27:591-605, 1990. (1990)