Murray Urowitz

Biography

Dr. Murray Urowitz, MD is Professor of Medicine at the University of Toronto and Director of the Centre for Prognosis Studies in the Rheumatic Diseases and the University of Toronto and the Lupus Clinic at the Toronto Western Hospital. Dr. Urowitz serves as a Member of Clinical Advisory Board of XTL Biopharmaceuticals Ltd. Dr. Urowitz established the University of Toronto Lupus Clinic and Lupus Databank Research Program in 1970. He was President of the Lupus Council of the American Rheumatology Association. He was a founding member of the Systemic Lupus International Collaborating Clinics (SLICC) group and directs the SLICC Registry for Atherosclerosis. In 1995, he was the recipient of the Distinguished Rheumatologist Award of the Canadian Rheumatology Association and in 2009 he was recipient of the Evelyn V. HESS Award for outstanding contributions to lupus research, awarded by the Lupus Foundation of America. In 2012 he was awarded a Queen Elizabeth Diamond Jubilee Medal nominated by the Canadian Rheumatology Association in recognition of his longstanding contributions to lupus research and his work in the field of rheumatology. Dr. Urowitz has published over 300 peer-reviewed papers and 40 book chapters. Dr. Urowitz was a founding member of the Ontario Lupus Association (now Lupus Ontario). Dr. Urowitz received his M.D. from the University of Toronto and completed his post-graduate training in rheumatology at the Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore and at the University of Toronto.

Research Interest

Biotechnology , Pharmaceutical Sciences