Dr. Richard Link

Richard E. Link, M.D., Ph.D., Professor, is a board-certified and fellowship-trained urologist specializing in the treatment of urologic disease affecting the kidney, ureter, and prostate. He holds the Carlton-Smith Endowed Chair in Urologic Education at BCM. He focuses on the use of laparoscopic, robotic-assisted, percutaneous, and endoscopic techniques to treat kidney tumors, renal and ureteral obstruction, and urinary tract stones. He is an established leader in the application of single site robotic surgery to urologic disease and teaches these surgical techniques to surgeons around the world. He directs the BCM Division of Endourology and Minimally Invasive Surgery and is active, nationally, in teaching these techniques to other urologists through the American Urological Association Office of Education. He serves as Director of Living Donor Procurement for several major kidney transplant programs in Houston, including Baylor St. Luke's Medical Center, Texas Children's Hospital, and the Houston Methodist Hospital.


Dr. Link completed his Ph.D. in Molecular and Cellular Physiology at Stanford University. His research laboratory studies the genetic basis for renal cell carcinoma using a combination of genetically engineered mouse models, stem cell biology, and sophisticated whole genome molecular techniques. His clinical research interests include surgical simulation, decision analysis modeling, and the application of 3D reconstruction and printing techniques to surgical education.