Professor Alan McNeill

Practising at

Spire Edinburgh Hospitals Murrayfield and Shawfair Park

Treatment information

Some of the principal treatments carried out by Professor Alan McNeill at Spire include:

Urology

• Benign prostate treatments
• Bladder lesion removal
• Bladder investigations (cystoscopy)
• Circumcision
• Epididymal cysts removal
• Hydrocele surgery
• Kidney X-ray (retrograde pyelogram)
• Prostatectomy
• Prostate surgery and laser prostate surgery
• Testicular implants
• Urinary slings and sphincters
• UroLift
• Vasectomy

Other treatments

Professional profile

Having undertaken fellowship training in minimal access surgery (MAS) techniques at the Cleveland Clinic, Ohio, and the University Hospital, Leipzig, I have led the development of the programme in urology at local and national levels. I have the broadest range of minimal access surgery skills in Scotland and have performed over 350 laparoscopic nephrectomies and almost 1000 laparoscopic prostatectomies. I am trained in Green Light Laser prostatectomy and will soon be trained in the UroLift procedure. I undertake rigorous audit of my surgical outcomes and contribute to national audits by the British Association of Urological Surgeons (BAUS).

A former Programme Director of the East of Scotland training Programme in Urology, I remain very active in skills training for minimal access surgery, organising and participating in several courses which are run for BAUS. I am currently Chairman of the Executive Committee of the BAUS Section of Oncology, which I have served in various roles since 2011.

Qualification and professional memberships

Professional memberships

Specialty Advisory Board in Urology to Royal College of Surgeons of Edinburgh
Member of British Association of Urological Surgeons
European Association of Urology
Association of Academic European Urologists
Honorary Professor in Engineering & Physical Sciences at Herriot Watt University

Current NHS posts

Consultant Urological Surgeon and Honorary Senior Lecturer, Lothian University Hospitals NHS Trust

Personal Profile

In 2006 I helped establish Prostate Scotland with my wife and a group of like-minded individuals. The charity aims to raise awareness and educate Scottish men about the prostate and the diseases that affect it. Following significant growth, the charity was appointed its first director in 2008. 2009 marked the launch of Prostate Scotland's website and information campaign. 

Whilst work commitments currently demand a lot of time, I enjoy family life with my wife Alison and our son and daughter. When time permits I play golf, work in the garden and enjoy a bit of shooting.

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