Richard Link MD PhD

Minimally Invasive Surgery, Stone Disease, Kidney Transplantation

Carlton-Smith Endowed Chair of Urologic Education, Associate Professor of Urology, Director, Division of Endourology and Minimally Invasive Surgery

Summary

Dr. Richard Link is an urologist in Houston, TX and is affiliated with multiple hospitals in the area, including Baylor St. Luke's Medical Center, Michael E. DeBakey Veterans Affairs Medical Center, Ben Taub General Hospital, Texas Children's Hospital, and St. Luke's Sugar Land Hospital. He received his medical degree from Stanford University School of Medicine and has been in practice 20 years. He specializes in minimally invasive surgery, stone disease, and kidney transplantation and is experienced in renal cell carcinoma, laparoscopy, nephrectomy, urologic oncology, and minimally invasive urologic surgery.

Johns Hopkins UniversityFellowship, Minimally Invasive Urologic Surgery, 2003 - 2005
Baylor College of MedicineResidency, Urology, 1999 - 2003
Baylor College of MedicineResidency, Surgery, 1997 - 1999
Stanford University School of MedicineClass of 1997
Stanford UniversityPh.D., Molecular and Cellular Physiology, 1990 - 1995

CMS Meaningful Use Stage 1 Certification EpicCare Ambulatory - Core EMR, Epic Systems Corporation, 2011, 2013-2017
CMS Meaningful Use Stage 2 Certification EpicCare Ambulatory 2014 Certified EHR Suite, Epic Systems Corporation, 2011, 2013-2017
CMS Meaningful Use Stage 2 Certification EpicCare Ambulatory EHR Suite, Epic Systems Corporation, 2011, 2013-2017

Genetic Susceptibility to Kidney Cancer Start of enrollment: 2008 Jul 01
Terminated

PubMed

Benign Prostatic Hyperplasia Patient Outcomes in Various Robotic-Assisted Simple Prostatectomy ApproachesProstate Enucleation in Large Prostates: A Systematic Review a...
David E Hinojosa-Gonzalez, Gal Saffati, Jackson Cathey, Troy La, Beatriz S Hernandez
Journal of Endourology. 2026-01-01
Single port robotic partial nephrectomy via a retroperitoneal approach.
Joon Yau Leong, Vignesh Prasad, Carlos J Perez Kerkvliet, Andrew A Wagner, Richard E Link
The Canadian Journal of Urology. 2025-10-30
10 citations
The current landscape of single-port robotic surgery in urology.
Arianna Biasatti, Nicolas A Soputro, Francesco Porpiglia, Sisto Perdonà, Firas Abdollah
Nature Reviews. Urology. 2025-09-02

Books/Book Chapters

Campbell-Walsh Urology
Chapter: Section IV: Infections and Inflammation, Chapter 15
Link REEditors: Wein AJ, Kavoussi LR, Novick AC, Partin AW, Peters CA.Elsevier Science Ltd., LondonEdition 10th,2011
Robotic and Laparoscopic Radical Prostatectomy
Chapter: Early Diagnosis and Treatment of Cancer: Prostate Cancer, Chapter 6
Page 121 - 136Avila D, Link REEditors: Su L-M.Saunders/Elsevier, Philadelphia, PA2009
Glenn’s Urologic Surgery
Chapter: Energy Sources in Urology
Kim MM and Link REEditors: Graham SD and Keane TE.Lippencott Williams and Wilkins, Philadephia, PA2009

Abstracts/Posters

Recurrent Symptoms following Pyeloplasty with a Normal Endoscopic Evaluation: Assessment and Outcomes of a Challenging Patient Cohort
Lee D, Link RE, 31st World Congress of Endourology, New Orleans, LA, 10/22/2013
Enucleation of Renal Masses versus Standard Wedge Resection during Robotic-assisted Laparoscopic Partial Nephrectomy
Choi J, Mayer WA, Bian SX, Goh A, Link RE, 29th World Congress of Endourology, Kyoto, Japan, 11/1/2011
Exploring the Early Learning Curve of Laparoendoscopic Single-site (LESS) Donor Nephrectomy
Choi J, Stamatakis L, Sanchez E, Knight R, Link RE, 29th World Congress of Endourology, Kyoto, Japan, 11/1/2011

Lectures

Innovations in Minimally Invasive Retroperitoneal Surgery
Methodist Hospital, Houston, TX - 2/26/2014
Less Workshop: Instrumentation, Laparoscopic and Robotic
New Orleans, LA - 10/22/2013
Swimming Safely with Sharks: Bleeding during Laparoscopic Surgery
Santa Fe, NM - 9/27/2013

Other

Video Session #V15: Robotics: Upper Tract III
Link RE, 31st World Congress of Endourology
New Orleans, LA - 10/22/2013
Robotic-assisted Laparoscopic Caliceal Diverticulectomy
Link RE, Lee D, 31st World Congress of Endourology
New Orleans, LA - 10/22/2013
Recurrent Nephrolithiasis in Adults

The John M. Eisenberg Center for Clinical Decisions and Communications Science, Baylor College of Me - 1/1/2013