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Mr Alan Li
Consultant General Surgeon
MB ChB, FRCS (Eng), FRCS(Gen Surg)
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I have been a consultant surgeon since 2005 and at the Manchester Royal Infirmary since 2007 where I oversaw a 10-fold increase in the number of OG cancer operations and developed a minimally invasive (keyhole) cancer surgery service and a comprehensive bariatric surgery service.
I am currently a senior OG cancer and bariatric surgeon in Manchester with 15 years’  experience and an expert and experienced lead in cancer, reflux and bariatric surgery including complex revision operations. I provide training, mentorship and support for other surgeons.
I am currently in training to undertake robotic surgery and already provide operations with a minimal scar surgery technique.
I was educated in Oxford and graduated from the University of Bristol Medical School before my apprenticeship took me to Manchester as a Lecturer and Yorkshire as a Surgical Trainee and the University Tutor in Surgery at Leeds.
Having completed my training in Yorkshire and Scotland, I obtained a fellowship to the National Cancer Centre Hospital in Tokyo, Japan in 2005, followed by a prestigious one year position as the Senior Clinical Fellow at the Princess Alexandra Hospital in Brisbane, Australia in 2006, where I developed my practice in thoracosopic and laparoscopic (keyhole) surgery for oesophageal and gastric cancer, reflux and hiatus hernia and started my practice in bariatric surgery.
I am currently the Chair of the Bariatric Working Group at Spire Manchester Hospital.
I lecture, chair sessions and provide hands-on workshop training on an annual basis at the Society for Gastrointestinal Intervention International Conference and previously at BOMSS.
Treatment information
Some of the principal treatments carried out by Mr Alan Li at Spire include:
General surgery
- Gallbladder / gallstone removal (cholecystectomy)
- Hernia surgery
- LINX system
- Gastroscopy
Bariatrics
- Gastric balloon (weight loss balloon)
- Gastric band surgery
- Gastric bypass surgery
- Gastric sleeve surgery (sleeve gastrectomy)
Endoscopy
Other treatments
- Achalasia
- Barrett's oesphagus
- Bowel surgery
- Endoscopic sleeve gastroplasty
- Fundoplication
- Minimal scar gastric sleeve (SILS)
- Reflux treatment
- Revision surgery
- Stomach and oesophagus cancer
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Additional information
Clinical interests
Gallstone surgery
Gastrointestinal surgery
General surgery
Hernia repair surgery
Laparoscopic surgery
Obesity
Upper gastrointestinal cancer
Weight loss surgery
Special Clinical Interests: Acid reflux, Gallbladder disease, Oesophageal and gastric disorders, LINX treatment for acid reflux, Metabolic treatment.
Research and publications
Upper GI cancer Barrett’s oesophagus Gastro-oesophageal reflux Obesity surgery Laparoscopic surgery
Current NHS posts
Consultant Surgeon, Salford Royal Hospital and Manchester Royal Infirmary.
Personal profile
I am an occasional / retired rugby player with ongoing interests in mountain biking, climbing, winter mountaineering, windsurfing and tennis. I also have more sedate interests as a violinist, pianist and calligrapher. However, my passion is to single-handedly work my sheep and chicken farm and to develop a fully self-sufficient and self-sustainable life. Any spare time is spent herding my animals (or children!).
Contact information
| Telephone | 01925 215 087 (Spire Cheshire) or 0161 447 6700 (Spire Manchester) |
| Private secretary | Claire Jenkinson |
| Private secretary telephone | 0161 447 6766 |