Dr. Jerzy B. Gajewski M.D. FRCSC graduated from Medical School in Poznan, Poland (1973) and pursued his urological training in Poland and Germany. He immigrated to Canada in 1982 and completes urology residency and a fellowship in Neurourology and Urodynamics in Dalhousie University in 1986. His main interest is Functional Urology. He was instrumental in establishing one of the first centres in Canada for Sacral Neuromodulation. He also established Fellowship Program in Functional Urology and trained several national and international fellows. He is now Professor Emeritus in the Department of Urology, Dalhousie University, Halifax, Canada. He is very active member of Canadian Urological Association (CUA) and was its Treasurer for several years and than President 2009-2010. He is a recipient of CUA Life Achievement Award (2014). He was also a CUA historian and received CUA Golden Lithotrite Award in 2018 for his contribution to history of CUA. He is a founding member of the Bethune Society (Chinese and Canadian Urological Educational Society) and was in 2009 - 2014 “Guest Professor” Central South University, Changsha Hunan, China.
He was also very involved in establishing and continuing the Educational Exchange Program with the European Association of Urology. He received Honorary Membership of the Polish Urological Society for collaboration in research and education and most recently the Polish Functional Urology Award "Zwierciadlo Duszy" for contribution to development of Functional Urology in Poland.