Doctors Dicken Ko and Curtis Cetrulo announce that they have performed the nation's first penile transplant.

First Penile Transplantation in the USA

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Dr. Ko is an Associate Professor of Surgery at Harvard Medical School and has worked at Massachusetts General Hospital, Harvard Medical School for 22 years. He was Director of Regional Urology for MGH, overseeing affiliates sites, integrating clinical practices, sharing academic and community practices, developing lean practice programs and exploring regional growth opportunities. Before joining the Department of Urology full-time, Dr. Ko worked at MGH as a multi-organ transplant surgeon in the Departments of Surgery and Pediatric Surgery where he was Surgical Director of the Renal Transplant Program. In 2015, Dr. Ko was awarded the inaugural W. Scott McDougal Prize for Teaching and Mentoring in the Department of Urology.

Dr. Ko was instrumental in identifying, coordinating, and facilitating new developments for areas of unmet needs in urology. He co-led the team that performed the first successful genitourinary vascularized composite allograft (penile) transplant in the USA. His groundbreaking innovation has been featured in the New York Times, Time Magazine, CNN, and over many media outlets worldwide.

Dr. Ko has 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 where he is an examiner. His scholarly activities focus on tolerance models of transplantation, urologic outcomes research, and economics of transplantation. Dr. Ko has over 75 publications in peer-reviewed journals including the New England Journal of Medicine, Journal of Urology, Transplantation, and American Journal of Transplantation. He was the 28th President of the Urological Society for Transplantation and Renal Surgery.

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Doctors Dicken Ko and Curtis Cetrulo announce  that they have performed the nation's first penile transplant.
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Doctors Perform First Penile Transplant In US | NBC News

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The United States’ first recipient of a transplanted penis is recovering well from the delicate surgery, doctors said on Monday.
Massachusetts General Hospital confirmed that Thomas Manning of Halifax, Massachusetts, received the transplanted penis in a 15-hour procedure last week.
The organ was transplanted from a deceased donor.
Manning issued a statement on Monday saying: “Today I begin a new chapter filled with personal hope and hope for others who have suffered genital injuries.”
Dr. Dicken Ko of Massachusetts General Hospital told reporters the surgery had three key aims: ensuring the transplanted penis looks natural, is capable of normal urination and can eventually achieve normal sexual function.
Ko says people who lose their genitals suffer a loss of self-identity, so the transplant will help with psychological healing as well.
The recipient was not present at Monday’s news conference.

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The Quint: Man Gets A Penis From The First Organ Transplant in US

A team of surgeons at Massachusetts General Hospital (MGH), led by Curtis L. Cetrulo, Jr., MD, and Dicken S.C. Ko, MD, announced on Monday May 16, 2016, that they have performed the nation’s first genitourinary reconstructive (penile) transplant. The 15-hour operation, which took place earlier this month, involved surgically grafting the complex microscopic vascular and neural structures of a donor organ onto the comparable structures of the recipient. 

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