Dr. Belitsky is a professor in the Department of Urology at Dalhousie
University and director of Transplantation Services at Queen Elizabeth II
Health Sciences Centre in Halifax, Nova Scotia. He has been the chairperson on
many university and hospital committees. In addition, he has been a visiting
professor at several universities in Canada and the United States.
Dr. Belitsky has been a principal or co-investigator for multiple
transplantation studies. He also has been an invited speaker at numerous
medical conferences in Canada and the United States.
Dr. Belitsky is the chairperson for the Canadian Council for Donation
and Transplantation and was the Co-chairperson for the National Coordinating
Committee on Organ Tissue Donation, Distribution and Transplantation. He is a
member of the editorial board for the Canadian Journal of Urology.
Board Certifications
Fellow, Royal College of Physicians and
Surgeons of Canada
Specialist in Urology, College of Physicians and
Surgeons of the Province of Quebec
Healthwise Knowledgebase Topics Reviewed
Undescended Testicle
Erection
Problems
Urinary Incontinence in Women
Urinary
Incontinence in Men
Education
MDCM: McGill University, Montreal, QC,
1963
Rotating Internship: Montreal General Hospital, Montreal, QC,
1963-1964
Assistant Resident in Surgery: Tufts-New England Medical
Center, Boston, MA, 1964-1966
Research Fellow in Surgery: Harvard
University and Peter Bent Brigham Hospital (now part of the Brigham and Women's
Hospital), Boston, MA 1966-1967
Research Fellow in Urology: Royal
Victoria Hospital, McGill University, Montreal, QC,
1967-1968
Assistant Resident and Resident: Urology, Royal Victoria
Hospital, McGill University, Montreal, QC, 1968-1971
Fellow in
Transplantation: University of Colorado at Denver, Denver, CO,
1971
Fellow in Transplantation: Department of Experimental
Pathology, St. Mary's Hospital Medical School, London, England, 1972
Academic Appointments
Professor: Department of Urology, Dalhousie
University, Halifax, NS, 1986-present
Hospital Affiliations
Staff Urologist, Queen Elizabeth II Health
Sciences Centre, Halifax, NS
Consultant, IWK-Grace Health Centre,
Halifax, NS
Director of Transplantation Services, Queen Elizabeth
II Health Sciences Centre, Halifax, NS
Professional Affiliations
Royal College of Physicians and Surgeons of
Canada
Alpha Omega Alpha Honor Society
Canadian
Urological Association
Canadian Academy of Urological
Surgeons
American Urological Association
The
Transplantation Society
Canadian Society of
Transplantation
American Society of Transplant
Surgeons
Canadian Medical Association
Medical Society
of Nova Scotia
Urologic Society for Transplantation and Vascular
Surgery
Selected Publications
MacDonald AS, Rapamune Global Study Group
(2001). A worldwide, phase III, randomized, controlled, safety and efficacy
study of a sirolimus/cyclosporine regimen for prevention of acute rejection in
recipients of primary mismatched renal allografts. Transplantation, 71: 271-280.
Mahalati K, Belitsky
P, Kiberd B, West K, Fraser A, MacDonald AS, McAlister V, Lawen JG (2001).
Approaching the therapeutic window for cyclosporine in kidney transplantation:
A prospective study. Journal of the American Society of Nephrology, 12: 828-833.
Abrams M, Belitsky P (2001).
Systematic finger guided transrectal needle biopsy of the prostate: Alternative
to trus guided biopsies in clinical practice. Canadian Journal of Urology, 8(5): 1365-1370.
Barama A, Oza U, Panek R,
Belitsky P, MacDonald AS, Lawen JG, McAlister V, Kiberd B (2000). Effect of
recipient sensitization (peak PRA) on graft outcome in haploidentical living
related kidney transplantation. Clinical Transplantation, 14(3): 212-217.
Belitsky P, Dunn S, Johnston A, Levy G (2000). Impact of
absorption profiling on efficacy and safety of cyclosporin therapy in
transplant recipients. Clinical Pharmacokinetics, 39(2):
117-125.
McLellan A, Belitsky P, Fischer T (2000). Perinephric
abscess presenting as chronic diarrhea. Canadian Journal of Urology, 7(2): 983-985.
