Advisory Board President
Alan B. Retik, M.D. has been Chief of Pediatric Urology for the Children’s Hospital of Boston for 27 years, and also serves as its Chief Surgeon. Dr. Retik has been one of the primary editors of three editions of the medical review ‘Campbell’s Urology’. He has worked as visiting professor at over a 100 institutions nationally and internationally. His bibliography comprises more than 350 contributions to scientific literature, including editorship of several articles. Because of his academic and professional achievements and leadership qualities, he’s served as Professor of Surgery (Urology) at Harvard Medical School since 1981.
Dr. Retik has worked in numerous leadership positions including President of the Society for Pediatric Urology of the American Urological Association and President of the New England Section of the American Urological Association. He was also involved in cancer research work for two years at the National Cancer Institute in Bethesda, Maryland. Dr. Retik undertook further specialization in pediatric urologic surgery at the Hospital for Sick Children in London. He has also worked as a research fellow in the laboratory of Dr. Joseph E. Murray.
He currently serves as Vice Chairman of the SAB. Dr. Retik has also served as Chairman of the Section of Urology of the American Academy of Pediatrics. He serves as a Member of Research and Development for the Advisory Board of Tengion Inc. and has been awarded the Pediatric Urology Medal from the American Academy of Pediatrics and the Ferdinand C. Valentine Medal from the New York Academy of Medicine. Dr. Retik received a B.A. from Cornell University and an M.D. from Cornell Medical School. He trained at Peter Bent Brigham Hospital and at Harvard Medical School.