A New Brunswick urologist and his wife have donated $1 million to support research into the disease to which he devoted much of his professional life. The Arthur and Doris Chesley Chair in Prostate Disease, which will be based in Saint John, NB, will be part of the Atlantic Health Sciences Corporation, a teaching hospital affiliated with Dalhousie University in Halifax.
Dr. Arthur Chesley, a 1955 Dalhousie graduate, says his interest in prostate disease began about 20 years ago when he realized that male physicians and their patients both appeared unaware of the threat posed by prostate cancer. He said the $1-million donation is “not a tremendous amount of money” but interest earned from it should give a urologist based in Saint John the time needed to pursue clinical research.
“Physicians have to put something back into the system if they want it to work,” Chesley said. “We just felt that if we had the money, why give it to the government in taxes?”
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Patrick Sullivan
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