Philip Belitsky, BA, MD, FRCSC - 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

Alpha Omega Alpha Honor Society

American Society of Transplant Surgeons

American Urological Association

Canadian Academy of Urological Surgeons

Canadian Medical Association

Canadian Society of Transplantation

Canadian Urological Association

Medical Society of Nova Scotia

Royal College of Physicians and Surgeons of Canada

The Transplantation Society

Urologic Society for Transplantation and Vascular Surgery

Selected Publications

1. 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.
2. 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.
3. 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.
4. 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.
5. Dominguez J, Clase C, Mahalati K, MacDonald AS, McAlister V, Belitsky P, Kiberd B, Lawen JG (2000). Is routine ureteric stenting needed in kidney transplantation? A randomized trial. Transplantation, 70(4): 597–601.
6. 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.
7. McLellan A, Belitsky P, Fischer T (2000). Perinephric abscess presenting as chronic diarrhea. Canadian Journal of Urology, 7(2): 983–985.

Financial Disclosure

This reviewer reported no financial conflicts.