Mr Alan Doherty Urology Consultant, Solihull, West Midlands, private hospital specialist.

Mr Alan Doherty

Name:

Mr Alan Doherty MB BS, BSc, MD, FRCS (Urol), FEBU

Practising at:

Spire Parkway Hospital and Spire Little Aston Hospital

Specialties:

Urology
- Bladder cancer
- Prostate cancer

Special clinical interests:

PSA, BPH, brachytherapy, laprascopic radical prostatectomy, GreenLight laser and renal and testicular cancer

Research interests:

PSA and prostate cancer

Current NHS and /or university posts:

University Hospital Birmingham NHS Trust, Queen Elizabeth

Year of first medical qualification:

1988

Current membership(s) of professional, national and regional bodies:

British Association of Urological Surgeons
European Association of Urologists
Royal Society of Medicine: Section of Urology

Contact Details

Private secretary telephone number:

0870 225 0885

Private secretary fax:

0121 446 1686

Personal email address:

mail@birminghamprostateclinic.co.uk

Website:

http://www.birminghamprostateclinic.co.uk

Background Information

Professional profile:

Mr Alan Doherty is the founder of the Birmingham Prostate Clinic and has had extensive exposure to radical prostatectomy for early prostate cancer. Mr Doherty was taught by Timothy Christmas (Charing Cross Hospital; over 300 radical prostatectomies), Urs Studer (Berne, Switzerland), Roger Kirby, Christopher Woodhouse (Royal Marsden Hospital) Neil O'Donoghue (Institute of Urology).

Mr Doherty has had recent publications on prostate cancer and PSA in the Lancet and British Journal of Cancer (BJC 2000 Dec; 83(11):1432-6, Lancet 354 (9195): 2053-2054, 1999)

Mr Doherty is currently working at the Queen Elizabeth Hospital, Birmingham with sub-specialist interest in uro-oncology where a one-stop testicular and PSA clinic is provided. In these one-stop visits, patients are assessed, counseled and investigated at the same time. Trans-rectal ultrasound and prostate biopsies or scrotal ultrasound are performed by the urologist who recommends the management of plan.

Mr Alan Doherty has completed numerous research projects into prostate, renal and bladder cancer with some ongoing or in preparation. Other interests include bladder cancer including orthotopic reconstruction, BPH and lower urinary tract symptoms, infertility and andrology.

Mr Doherty has had a great deal of experience in prostate cancer (laparascopic radical prostatectomy 200+ cases, open radical prostatectomy 250+ cases) and is being trained in High Intensity Focused Ultrasound (HIFU) and cryotherapy. He also has experience in renal cancer (open radical nephrectomy 150+ cases, laparascopic radical nephrectomy 60+ cases) and bladder cancer (radical cystectomy 60+ cases).

Personal profile:

Mr Doherty's personal interests include tennis, swimming, golf and motor racing in the sporting field. He also enjoys going to the theatre, reading, cinema, photography and current affairs.

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