Philip Belitsky, BA, MD, FRCSC - Urology
Dr. Philip Belitsky reviews medical content for
Healthwise, a nonprofit organization with a mission to help people make better
health decisions. Dr. Belitsky is a professor emeritus in the Department of
Urology at Dalhousie University in Halifax, Nova Scotia. He has been director
of Transplantation Services at Queen Elizabeth II Health Sciences Centre in
Halifax. 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 and abroad.
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 and internationally.
Dr. Belitsky is
the inaugural 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 was
also 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
- 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
- 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.
- 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.
- 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.
Financial Disclosure
This reviewer reported no
financial conflicts.
