Dr. Stewart Whalen
Assistant Professor
Phone: 902-425-3940
Fax: 902-422-0033
Mailing Address:
- Functional urology
- Incontinence
- Voiding dysfunction
- Urologic prostheses
- Benign prostatic hyperplasia
- General urology
Recent Publications
Whalen, S., Vuthiwong, J., Qu, L. G., & Gani, J. (2025). Urodynamic changes following a staged trial of sacral neuromodulation in patients with detrusor underactivity. Neurourology and urodynamics, 44(4), 804–810. https://doi.org/10.1002/nau.70035
Vuthiwong, J., Whalen, S., Lg, Q., & Gani, J. (2024). Clinical features and sequelae of detrusor underactivity: a study of possible cause and effect. World Journal of Urology, 42(1), 562. https://doi.org/10.1007/s00345-024-05237-1
Vuthiwong, J., G Qu, L., Whalen, S., & Gani, J. (2024). Is detrusor overactivity with detrusor underactivity limited to the elderly? Neurourology and Urodynamics, 43(7), 1582–1590. https://doi.org/10.1002/nau.25482
Education
- BSc (McGill University)
- MD (Dalhousie University)
- Urology Residency (Dalhousie University)
- Fellowship in Functional and Reconstructive Urology (Austin Health, University of Melbourne)
Designations
- Fellow of the Royal College of Surgeons Canada (FRCSC)
Current Department Roles
Biography
Dr. Whalen grew up in Halifax, Nova Scotia. He completed a Bachelor of Science at McGill University prior to returning to Halifax for medical school and urology residency training at Dalhousie. Dr. Whalen joined the Department of Urology at Dalhousie after completing a fellowship in functional and reconstructive urology in Melbourne, Australia. He practices all aspects of general urology with subspecialty expertise in male and female incontinence, sacral neuromodulation, urologic prostheses and urologic care of patients with spinal cord injury.