Dr Landan MacDonald

Hometown: Saint John, NB

Education:

MD: Dalhousie University, 2019
MSc Atmospheric Science: Colorado State University, 2015
BSc Physics (Hons): Dalhousie University, 2013

Current Projects

Standardizing Urological Anatomy Teaching using a Clinical Enrichment Video

An in depth analysis on the effects of body composition in patients receiving neoadjuvant chemotherapy for urothelial cell carcinoma

Preoperative factors that predict upstaging in non-invasive bladder cancer patients undergoing radical cystectomy: results from a multi-institutional canadian cohort

Outcomes of patients undergoing salvage radical cystectomy post-trimodal therapy: results of a multi-institutional canadian cohort

Publications

Donnelly, L., J. Tang, F. Lian, P. Higgins, R. Samarakoon, K. Doersch, K. Abston, H. Kim, X. Li, and J. Bjazevic. “Northeastern Section of the AUA 72nd Annual Meeting Abstracts.” Canadian Urological Association Journal= Journal de L’association Des Urologues Du Canada 14, no. 9 Suppl 3 (2020): S169–232.

Gillis, Charlie J., Ricardo Rendon, Landan P. MacDonald, Michael AS Jewett, Christopher French, Henry Ajzenberg, Ashraf Almatar, Mohammed Abdolell, and Michael Organ. “Identification of Tumor Size as the Only Factor Associated with Nondiagnostic Biopsies in Patients with Small Renal Masses.” Canadian Urological Association Journal 14, no. 5 (2020): E220.

Hearn, Jason, Rebecca J. Power, Landan MacDonald, Paul Johnston, and Michael Organ. “Nephroureterectomy of Right-to-Left Crossed Fused Renal Ectopia with Urothelial Carcinoma.” Cureus 12, no. 6 (2020). https://www.cureus.com/articles/31817-nephroureterectomy-of-right-to-left-crossed-fused-renal-ectopia-with-urothelial-carcinoma.pdf.

Keefe, Daniel T., Mandy Rickard, Peter Anderson, Darius Bagli, Anne-Sophie Blais, Stéphane Bolduc, Luis H. Braga, Natasha Brownrigg, Michael Chua, and Sumit Dave. “Prioritization and Management Recommendations of Pediatric Urology Conditions during the COVID-19 Pandemic.” Canadian Urological Association Journal 14, no. 6 (2020): E237.

MacDonald, Landan, Ashley Cox, Keith Jarvi, Paul Martin, Christopher French, Yuding Wang, Luis H. Braga, and Michael Leveridge. “Navigating Urology’s New Normal and Mitigating the Effects of a Second Wave of COVID-19.” Canadian Urological Association Journal 14, no. 11 (2020): E543.

Macdonald, Landan, Ronald Kool, Gautier Marcq, Girish Kulkarni, Rodney Breau, Bobby Shayegan, Michael Kim, et al. “MP32-11 FACTORS THAT PREDICT EARLY SALVAGE CYSTECTOMY POST-TRIMODAL THERAPY: RESULTS OF A MULTI-INSTITUTIONAL CANADIAN COHORT.” Journal of Urology 209, no. Supplement 4 (April 2023). https://doi.org/10.1097/JU.0000000000003265.11.

MacDonald, Landan, Jesse Ory, Ricardo A. Rendon, Gregory Bailly, Thomas Skinner, Ashley Cox, Gavin Langille, and David Bell. “Using GoPro to Create an Educational Database of Open Urological Procedures for Residents.” Canadian Urological Association Journal 15, no. 6 (2021): 207.

MacDonald, Landan P., M. Luke Armstrong, Kyle J. Lehmann, Matthew R. Acker, and Gavin M. Langille. “Outcome Analysis of Patients with Peyronie’s Disease Who Elect for Vacuum Erection Device Therapy.” Canadian Urological Association Journal 14, no. 9 (2020): E428.

Mahboubi, Kiana, Landan MacDonald, Beau Ahrens, Ciaran Lane, Dawn MacLellan, Peter Anderson, and Rodrigo LP Romao. “Geospatial Analysis of Hypospadias and Cryptorchidism Prevalence Rates Based on Postal Code in a Canadian Province with Stable Population.” Journal of Pediatric Urology 19, no. 1 (2023): 91-e1.

Organ, Michael, Landan P. MacDonald, Michael AS Jewett, Henry Ajzenberg, Ashraf Almatar, Mohamed Abdolell, Matthew R. Acker, and Ricardo Rendon. “Classification Tree for the Prediction of Malignant Disease and the Prediction of Non-Diagnostic Biopsies in Patients with Small Renal Masses.” Canadian Urological Association Journal 13, no. 4 (2019): 115.

Ory, Jesse, Landan MacDonald, and Gavin Langille. “Noninvasive Treatment Options for Peyronie’s Disease.” Sexual Medicine Reviews 8, no. 4 (2020): 603–14.

Background

Landan is a graduate from the New Brunswick campus of Dalhousie Medical School. He grew up in Saint John, NB and moved to Halifax for his undergrad degree. He finished a degree in physics at Dalhousie University in 2013 and moved to Colorado soon after to complete his Masters in Atmospheric Science. He was part of a team that studied atmospheric emissions from natural gas fracking sites. Although he loved where he was living and what he was studying, he couldn’t stop the feeling that his life was missing something, so he threw in some applications to medical school and the rest is history. The nature of his studies before medical school meant that he spent a lot of his time programming and as a result many of his interests revolve around electronics, especially collecting vintage electronics. Landan also enjoys travelling; his favourite location so far has been Latvia. His dream trip is to visit Russia and the Ukraine.