Dr. Raymond Ko

About Dr Raymond Ko

Dr Ko is an established Urologist and Surgeon with a busy practice specializing in the treatment of kidney and ureteric stones.

Dr Ko has carried out over 3,000 stone cases using various minimally invasive surgical techniques.

Dr Ko specializes in minimally invasive stone surgery, including:

• retrograde intrarenal surgery (flexible ureteroscopy and flexible pyeloscopy),
• keyhole surgery- percutaneous nephrolithotomy including mini PCNL,
• laser stone surgery, and
• extracorporeal shock wave lithotripsy (ESWL)
• no stent stone surgery

Complex Stone Treatments

Dr Ko also provides treatment for tertiary referral complex stone cases referred by other Urologists across Sydney and regional New South Wales.

Dr Raymond Ko is accredited by the Endourological Society for having met the requirements for academic research and treatment of

• Bladder stones,
• Ureteric stones, and
• Kidney or renal stone disease.

Stone Prevention

Dr Ko is also a strong patient advocate for non-surgical stone treatment options and prevention strategies through lifestyle, dietary modification, and appropriate medical therapies.

Qualifications

Undergraduate

• Bachelor Medicine, Bachelor of Surgery (MB,BS Syd Hons1) First Class Honours Sydney University 1995
• Awarded The Robert Craig Prize in Surgery (graduation)

Postgraduate

• Fellow of Royal Australasian College of Surgeons (FRACS Urology) in 2007

Subspecialty

• Endourological Society Fellow (2007)
• Fellowship in Endourology, Laparoscopy and Robotic Surgery University of Western Ontario, London, Canada (2006-2007)

Dr Ko spent another two years in Canada training specifically world-leading experts in the field of Endourology (Professors John Denstedt & Hassan Razvi) in:

• laser stone treatment and
• minimally invasive kidney stone surgery.

Registration

• Medical Board of Australia (Registration No: MED0001170959)

Current Positions

• Clinical Senior Lecturer, Macquarie University Hospital (since 2011+)
• Supervisor of Training in Urology Royal Australasian College of Surgeons, Nepean Hospital, Sydney since 2008
• Supervisor of Junior Accredited Urology Trainees in NSW, Board of Urology NSW Section, Urological Society of Australia and New Zealand
• Visiting Consultant Surgeon at Concord General Hospital.

Memberships

• Fellow, Royal Australasian College of Surgeons
• Member, Urological Society Australia and New Zealand
• Member, American Urological Association Fellow
• Member, The Endourological Society
• Member, Urological Association of Asia
• Member, European Association of Urology

Hospital Appointments

Private Hospitals

• Nepean Private Hospital
• Norwest Private Hospital
• Macquarie University Hospital
• Westmead Private Hospital

Teaching Hospitals

• Concord General Hospital
• Nepean Hospital

Honours, Distinctions and Awards

Dr Ko has received major international awards for his work and research on the treatment of kidney stones.

As a result of his findings, the Western University and the Lawson Research Institute in Canada received grants from the United States government of over US$500,000 to further develop this research.

• Awarded The Robert Craig Undergraduate Prize in Surgery 1994, University of Sydney
• Awarded Johnson and Johnson Ethicon Prize for Best Poster The Annual Registrars’ Scientific Meeting: RACS (NSW) State Committee, Sydney, NSW 2002
• Awarded Christopher Richard Farrell Prize for Best Urology Registrar Presentation NSW Section of the Urological Society of Australasia, Bowral, NSW 2007
• 1^st Prize in The Annual Endourological Society Essay Contest-Best Research Paper Endourological Society and Journal of Endourology World Congress Endourology, Cancun, Mexico 2008
• 1^st Prize, New Investigator’s Award, Society for Infection and Inflammation in Urology, The 103^rd American Urological Association Annual Meeting, Orlando, Florida, USA 2008
• Awarded The Alban Gee Prize for Best Scientific Research Poster Presentation, The 61^st Annual Scientific Meeting of The Urological Society of Australia and New Zealand, Hong Kong, China
• Winner, Chairman’s Research Award, Patient education decreases re-presentation rates. Nepean Hospital Quality Awards, Sydney, NSW 2018

Speaker Roles (invited)

• Novel uropathogenic-resistant coatings inspired by marine mussels, 25^th World Congress of Endourology Annual Meeting Cancun, Mexico, Nov 2007
• Plenary Session Podium Presentation- 1st Prize in Basic Science Research (Endourological Society),
• Point-Counterpoint Debate: The upper tract stone The Urological Society of Australia and New Zealand (New South Wales Section) Annual Scientific Meeting Sydney, Australia, Nov 2011
• A paradigm shift: single-use digital flexible ureteroscopy Co-convenors: Professor Damian Bolton and Dr Raymond Ko The 69^th Annual Scientific Meeting of The Urological Society of Australia and New Zealand, Gold Coast, Queensland, Australia, 2017
• Urology Residents’ Course,   Singapore General Hospital, National University of Singapore, Singapore, 2017
• Current Trends of fURS around Asia Pacific- 106^th Japanese Urological Association Meeting, Kyoto, Japan, 2018

Medical Advisory Boards

• Selection Panel Subcommittee for selection Urology Trainees, Urological Society Australia and New Zealand 2017 +
• NSW Health Tender Governance Committee for Urology Equipment Procurement 2018

Journal Reviewer (invited)

Dr Ko has served as an invited journal reviewer for the following publications:

• Australian and New Zealand Journal of Surgery
• British Journal of Urology International
• Cochrane Renal Group
• Journal of Urology

Selected Peer Reviewed Journal Publications

• Robotic Surgery and Anaesthesia, Ko R, Woo K, Ramanathan T, Pautler SE, McConahie I
  CPD Anaesthesia, 2007; 9(2): 99-108
• Current Understanding of the Molecular Mechanisms of Kidney Cancer: A Primer for Urologists Lim DL, Ko R, Pautler SE, Canadian Urology Association Journal, 2007; 1(2 Suppl): S13- 20
• Antegrade percutaneous endopyelotomy, Ko R, Duvdevani M, Denstedt JD Current Urology Reports. 2007; 8(2): 128-33. Ko R, Razvi H
• C-arm Laser Positioning Device to Facilitate Percutaneous Renal Access Urology, 2007; 70: 360-61
• Transitional cell carcinoma recurrence rate following nephroureterectomy in patients who undergo open excision of bladder cuff versus transurethral incision of ureteral orifice, Ko R, Chew BH, Hickling DR, Razvi H, Luke PP,Chin JL, Izawa JI, Pautler SE. Journal of Endourology, 2007; 21(7): 730-34
• Thermal and histologic tissue effects of bipolar versus monopolar surgical resection of the prostate in a canine model, Ko R, Chew BH, Tan AH, Rowe E, Razvi HA, Photonic Therapeutics and Diagnostics III, Reza S Malek (Editor),, Proceedings of SPIE, 2007; 6424: 64240Y
• Percutaneous nephrolithotomy made easier: a practical guide,tips and tricks, Ko R, Soucy F, Denstedt JD, Razvi H, British Journal of Urology International, 2008; 101: 535-9
• First Prize: Novel uropathogen-resistant coatings inspired by marine mussels, Ko R, Cadieux PA, Dalsin JL, Lee BP, Elwood C, Razvi H, Journal of Endourology, 2008; 22: 1153-60
• First Prize for Best Research Paper in The Annual Endourological Society Essay Contest
• The current status of percutaneous nephrolithotomy in themanagement of kidney stones, Yuhico M, Ko R Minerva Urologica e Nephrologica, 2008; 60: 159-75
• Occupational noise exposure during endourological procedures, Soucy F, Ko R, Denstedt, Ko R Journal of Endourology, 2008; 22 :1609-11
• Percutaneous nephrolithotripsy in patients with diabetes mellitus, Duvdevani M, Nott L, Ray A, Ko R, Denstedt JD, Razvi H Journal of Endourology, 2009; 3: 21-6
• Anti-adhesive coating and clearance of device-associated uropathogenic Escherichia coli cystitis, Pechey A, Elwood CN, Wignall GR, Dalsin JL, Lee BP, Vanjecek M, Welch I, Ko R,Razvi H, Cadieux PA, Journal of Urology, 2009; 182: 1628-36
• Comparison of the thermal and histopathological effects of bipolar and monopolar electrosurgical resection of the prostate in a canine model, Ko R, Tan AH, Chew BH, Rowe PE, Razvi H British Journal of Urology International, 2010; 105(9): 1314-7
• Knotted proximal loop of ureteric stents: Review of the literature and five case reports, Ahmadi N, Tran M, Elms M and Ko R, Journal of Clinical Urology, DOI: 10.1177/2051415814532810 published online 8 May 2014