Vadim Beletsky, MD, PhD, FRCPC.

Associate Professor

Attending Psychiatrist

Med School: Moscow Medical Academy (Internal Medicine)
Residency: National Institute of Neurology (Russia) and Western University (Canada)
Doctorate:
Post Doc:		 PhD in Neuroimaging
Cerebrovascular Fellowships in USA and Canada
Additional Training: Cerebrovascular Ultrasound
Clinical Area of Expertise: General Adult Psychiatry, Neuropsychiatry
Contact Information: vadim.beletsky@sjhc.london.on.ca
Administrative Partner: Paulina OrdenesNunez
paulina.ordenesnunez@lhsc.on.ca
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Profile

Born and raised in Russian Federation. Graduated 1st Moscow Medical Institute (now 1st Moscow State Medical University) in Internal Medicine, followed by the Neurology residency at the National Institute of Neurology (now Neurology Research Center). Worked as staff neurologist at the same institution, obtaining additional training in vascular ultrasound. Continued with studies in ultrasonography at Santa Barbara, California in 1991. Joined the Department of Neurology at University of Miami as Stroke Fellow in 1994, followed by relocation to Louisiana State University Medical Center as Faculty Instructor. Upon return to Moscow in 1997 worked as vascular neurologist and defended a Thesis in Neuroimaging (US/MRI-based caveats of carotid plaque composition and potential for embolism). Started clinical stroke fellowship in 1999 at University of Toronto, moved to UWO in 2002 to assume the position of the Senior Stroke fellow. Clinical work included acute thrombolysis and stroke prevention clinic. Research-wise, continued to work on pathophysiology of stroke with grants from American Heart Association and other agencies. As part of the Canadian Stroke Consortium has led the national study of cervical arterial dissections as co-PI. Served as STROKE Assistant Editor and later as STROKE CME Editor in 2005-2008. Publications, including book chapters, revolved around the main area of expertise – ischemic stroke pathophysiology and treatment. In 2009 following passing all the examinations in Canada, joined the Department of Psychiatry as a resident and later in 2014 as Assistant Professor, changing career paths. Past academic appointments included Clerkship Director (UGE) and Program director (PGE). Schulich Excellence in Education award in 2022. Clinical area of expertise: SPMI, neuropsychiatry. Primary academic interests: professional education in Medicine, eclectic psychotherapeutic approaches.

Publications

  1. Kuk M, Wannarong T, Beletsky V, Parraga G, Fenster A, Spence JD. Volume of carotid artery ulceration as a predictor of cardiovascular events. Stroke, 2014 May 1; 45 (5): 1437-41, Coauthor, DOI: 10.1161/STROKEAHA.11.

  2. Kuk M, Wannarong T, Beletsky V, Parraga G, Fenster A, Spence JD. Volume of carotid artery ulceration as a predictor of cardiovascular events. Stroke, 2014 May 1; 45 (5): 1437-41, Coauthor, DOI: 10.1161/STROKEAHA.114.005163.

  3. Beletsky V, Mirsattari SM. Epilepsy, mental health disorder, or both? Epilepsy Res Treat, 2012 Jan 1; 2012: 163731, Principal Author, DOI: 10.1155/2012/163731.

  4. Chiu B, Beletsky V, Spence JD, Parraga G, Fenster A. Analysis of carotid lumen surface morphology using three-dimensional ultrasound imaging. Phys Med Biol, 2009 Mar 7; 54 (5): 1149-67, Coauthor, DOI: 10.1088/0031-9155/54.

  5. Ozdemir O, Beletsky V, Chan R, Hachinski V. Thrombolysis in patients with marked clinical fluctuations in neurologic status due to cerebral ischemia. Arch Neurol, 2008 Aug 1; 65 (8): 1041-3, Coauthor, DOI: 10.1001/archneur.65.

  6. Murphy BD, Fox AJ, Lee DH, Sahlas DJ, Black SE, Hogan MJ, Coutts SB, Demchuk AM, Goyal M, Aviv RI, Symons S, Gulka IB, Beletsky V, Pelz D, Chan RK, Lee TY. White matter thresholds for ischemic penumbra and infarct core in patients with acute stroke: CT perfusion study. Radiology, 2008 Jun 1; 247 (3): 818-25, Coauthor, DOI: 10.1148/radiol.24730.

  7. Ozdemir O, Beletsky V, Hachinski V, Spence JD. Cerebrovascular events on awakening, patent foramen ovale and obstructive sleep apnea syndrome. J Neurol Sci, 2008 May 15; 268 (1-2): 193-4, Coauthor, DOI: 10.1016/j.jns.2007.1.

  8. Clarke SE, Beletsky V, Hammond RR, Hegele RA, Rutt BK. Validation of automatically classified magnetic resonance images for carotid plaque compositional analysis. Stroke, 2006 Jan 1; 37 (1): 93-7, Coauthor, DOI: 10.1161/01.STR.00001.

  9. Nadareishvili ZG, Beletsky V, Black SE, Fremes SE, Freedman M, Kurzman D, Leach L, Norris JW. Is cerebral microembolism in mechanical prosthetic heart valves clinically relevant? J Neuroimaging, 2002 Oct 1; 12 (4): 310-5, Coauthor

  10. Nadareishvili ZG, Rothwell PM, Beletsky V, Pagniello A, Norris JW. Long-term risk of stroke and other vascular events in patients with asymptomatic carotid artery stenosis. Arch Neurol, 2002 Jul 1; 59 (7): 1162-6, Coauthor

  11. Norris JW, Beletsky V, Nadareishvili ZG. Sudden neck movement and cervical artery dissection. The Canadian Stroke Consortium. CMAJ, 2000 Jul 11; 163 (1): 38-40, Coauthor

  12. Khan A, Beletsky V, Kelley R, Ehsan T. Orthostatic-mediated hypoperfusion in limb-shaking transient ischemic attack. J Neuroimaging, 1999 Jan 1; 9 (1): 43-4, Coauthor

  13. Beletsky VY, Kelley RE, Fowler M, Phifer T. Ultrasound densitometric analysis of carotid plaque composition. Pathoanatomic correlation. Stroke, 1996 Dec 1; 27 (12): 2173-7, Principal Author