Dr. Peter Anderson reviews medical
content for Healthwise, a nonprofit organization with a mission to help people
make better health decisions. Dr. Anderson is a professor of urology and past
director of the Residency Training Program at Dalhousie University in Halifax,
Nova Scotia. He is on the medical staff at the IWK Health Centre and the Queen
Elizabeth II Health Sciences Centre, both in Halifax.
Board Certifications
Medical Council of Canada
Examination-1982
Fellow, Royal College of Surgeons of
Canada-1988
Healthwise Knowledgebase Topics Reviewed
Circumcision
Bed-Wetting
Undescended Testicle
Urinary Problems and Injuries, Age 11 and Younger
Urinary Tract Infections in Children
Congenital
Hydrocele
Education
MD: Dalhousie University,
1982
Rotating Internship: St. Joseph's Hospital, London, ON,
1982-1983
Residency in General Surgery: Dalhousie University,
1983-1985
Residency in Urology: Dalhousie University,
1985-1988
Laboratory Research in Urinary Tract Infections:
Gothenburg University, Gothenburg, Sweden, 1988-1989
Pediatric
Urology: Royal Liverpool Children's Hospital, Liverpool, UK, 1989-1990
Academic Appointments
Training Programme Director, Dalhousie
University Urology Residence, Dalhousie University, Halifax, NS,
1997-present
Professor of Urology, Dalhousie University,
2004-present
Vice President of Education, Canadian Urological Association,
2007-present
Council member, Royal College of Physicians and
Surgeons of Canada, 2006-present
Hospital Affiliations
Active Medical Staff, IWK Health Centre,
Halifax, NS
Active Medical Staff, Queen Elizabeth II Health
Sciences Centre, Halifax, NS
Professional Affiliations
American Academy of
Pediatrics
American Urological Association
Canadian
Academy of Urological Surgeons
Canadian Medical Protective
Association
Canadian Urological Association
College of
Physicians and Surgeons of Nova Scotia
Doctors Nova Scotia
(formerly known as Medical Society of Nova Scotia)
Pediatric
Urologists of Canada Society (Past President)
Physicians for a
Smoke-Free Canada
Royal College of Physicians and Surgeons of
Canada
Society for Fetal Urology
Selected Publications
Nicolle L, Anderson PA, Conly J, et al. (2006). Uncomplicated
urinary tract infection in women. Canadian Family Physician, 52(9): 612-618.
Pelletier AK, Anderson PA,
Schwarz RD. (2005) Comparison of different substances for subureteric injection
in the management of vesicoureteric reflux in children. Canadian Journal of Urology, 12(4):
2774-2777.
Metcalfe PD, Anderson PA, Wright JR. (2002) MCDK not
excluded by virtue of function on renal scan. Canadian Journal of Urology, 9(6): 1690-1693.
Wong CD, Anderson PA, et al.
(1999). Congenital hydronephrosis: Who requires intervention? Canadian Journal of Urology, 6(3):
812-818.
Padmore DE, Anderson PA, et al. (1997). Evaluation of a
non-invasive method to determine bladder volume in children. Canadian Journal of Urology, 4(1):
305-308.
Anderson PA (1994). An alarming approach to the treatment
of nocturnal enuresis. Canadian Journal of Paediatrics,
1: 204-207.
