1995 to Present

The current Divisional Director, Dr. Michael Chetner graduated from the University of Alberta in 1983. His rotating internship was taken at St. Paul’s Hospital in Vancouver. He started his residency in the Urology Training Program at the University of Alberta in 1984, was certified in Urology in 1988, and received his Fellowship in 1989. During his training, he completed an MSc in Experimental Surgery focusing on photodynamic therapy in a rat prostate cancer model. He did further Fellowship training in Seattle at the Veteran’s Administration Hospital at the University of Washington under Dr. M.K. Brawer, specializing in the diagnosis and management of prostate cancer.

Dr. Michael Chetner

Further training in Seattle, under Drs Paul H. Lange & Michael E. Mayo, was in the fields of continent diversion, neurogenic voiding dysfunction (spinal cord injury). He established his Urology practice in Calgary in the fall of 1990. He returned to Edmonton in the fall of 1991 to join Dr. Donnelly and Dr. Robinson in practice at the Misericordia Hospital. His current clinical practice focuses on prostate disease and uro-oncology. His research activities are focused on clinical trials in prostate cancer, bladder cancer, impotence, and benign prostate obstruction. In 1991, he was elected President of the Alberta Society of Urologists, a position that he stepped down from in 1996. Also in 1991, he was elected to the Executive of Canadian Uro-Oncology Group, and became its Treasurer in 1996. In 1993, he was selected as a member of the POS Nucleus Exam Committee, and in 1995 was selected as a member of the Nucleus Exam Committee and The Examination Board of the Royal College in Urology. In 1994, Dr. Malcolm McPhee charged Dr. Chetner with the responsibility of establishing the Edmonton Prostate Center to provide the public with information concerning prostate disease and to act as a focus for the Division in clinical research. In 1995 when Dr. McPhee retired, he was named as Acting Divisional Director of Urology and in the fall of 1996 was selected as the Director of the Division of Urology at the University of Alberta. In 1997 at the Canadian Urologic Association annual meeting in Quebec City, he was elected Secretary.

During his term, Dr. Michael Chetner, Dr. Gerry Todd and members of the Resident Program Committee have had to deal with the restructuring of the Residency Training Program because of the changes in the delivery of medical services in the Edmonton region. As Section Leader, he has had to deal with fiscal restraint, managed care maps, and hospital closures. He has involved all members of the staff in the difficult decisions, and provides a strong voice for the Urology Section with regard to these changes.

In 2005, Dr. Michael Chetner moved the Division of Urology and the Urology Residency Program from the University of Alberta Hospital and joined the newly formed Alberta Urology Institute Inc. This site provides a dedicated environment for urological practice with 12 practicing urologists in the office and includes the Alberta Urology Institute Research Centre. Dr. Chetner’s hope is to continue to move the Division forward in these times of change and redevelopment.

Residents who graduated during Dr. Michael Chetner’s years:

Current residents in the Urology Training Program at the University of Alberta
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