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He has been practicing in Danbury for more than 40 years, both in private and group practice. Currently, he sees patients twice a week as part of his work with Danbury Hospital's Office of Physicians' Services, and is also a Clinical Professor of Medicine at Yale University. Dr. Belsky has been volunteering his services at the Danbury clinic since 1998, seeing patients once a month at the specialty clinic for Endocrinology & Diabetes. "There is an increase in the incidence of diabetes in the general population. We see many people who have come here from different cultures who are at increased risk for Type II Diabetes, because there is less physical activity here and a different diet," he says. Dr. Belsky has had some interesting experiences outside of Danbury, too: He served in the U.S. Navy in '45 and '46. He lived in Japan for three years, working as the Chief of Medicine at the Atomic Bomb Casualty Commission in Hiroshima/Nagasaki, studying the late effects of atomic radiation on the population. He has also visited Russia and China as a "Diabetes Educator" for People to People, and worked in the Marshall Islands with the people there who were exposed to hydrogen bomb testing. "We're very lucky to have him," says Dina Valenti, clinic director for AmeriCares Free Clinic of Danbury. "He has a great ability to make everything understandable for our patients and that is a real plus."
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Dr. Joseph Belsky brings a wealth of experience to the Danbury clinic.