Anthony J Bella

Dr Bella is a urological surgeon, researcher and educator. He is the Greta and John Hansen Chair in Men's Health Research, one of only four globally and the first in CA, Assistant Professor of Urology and Director of Basic Urologic Research at the University of Ottawa, CA, and Associate Scientist (Neuroscience) at the Ottawa Hospital Research Institute, University of Ottawa, CA. Dr Bella was accepted to medical school at McMaster University, and after completing his studies trained in General Surgery at McMaster followed by Urological Surgery at University of Western Ontario. Dr Bella then completed a combined research and clinical fellowship under Dr Tom F. Lue at the University of California San Francisco; he was the first American Foundation for Urologic Disease Robert J. Krane Scholar, received a California Urology Foundation Award for stem cell research, and was named the American Urologic Association Foundation Outstanding Graduate Scholar while at UCSF. Dr Bella primary clinical interests are management of post-prostate cancer treatment complications, surgical management of Peyronie's disease, and complex reconstructive urogenital surgeries. The ultimate goal of Dr. Bella's research is to develop novel approaches to prevent or repair the nerve damage that can occur during treatments for prostate cancer.