Dicken Ko

Dr. Dicken Ko is a Professor of Surgery and Urologic and Transplant Surgeon at Rhode Island Hospital, The Warren Alpert Medical School of Brown University. He is also an Adjunct Professor of Urology at Tufts University School of Medicine and an Adjunct Associate Professor of Surgery at Harvard Medical School. He has worked at Massachusetts General Hospital, Harvard Medical School for 22 years, overseeing affiliates sites, integrating clinical practices, sharing academic and community practices, developing lean practice programs and exploring regional growth opportunities. In 2015, Dicken was awarded the inaugural W. Scott McDougal Prize for Teaching and Mentoring in the Department of Urology. He was instrumental in identifying, coordinating, and facilitating new developments for areas of unmet needs in urology. Dicken co-led the team that performed the first successful penile transplant in the USA; his groundbreaking innovation has been featured in many media outlets worldwide.

Dicken holds an MD from Queen's University. He served on national committees and boards including the UNOS kidney and pancreas committee and on Harvard Medical School committees as well as the American Board of Urology. Dicken has over 75 publications in peer-reviewed journals. He was the 28th President of the Urological Society for Transplantation and Renal Surgery.