Mr Alan Doherty

Practising at

Spire Parkway Hospital

Spire Little Aston Hospital

Treatment information

Some of the principal treatments carried out by Mr Alan Doherty at Spire include:

Urology

• Prostate surgery and laser prostate surgery
• Prostatectomy
• Bladder investigations (cystoscopy)
• Kidney stones treatment

Professional profile

I have been a Consultant Urologist for 15 years working in one of the biggest cancer centres in the UK. I am one of the few (if only) surgeons who has performed over 3000 radical prostatectomies with all three main approaches: robotic, laparoscopic and open. I specialise in nerve sparing and have a tract record or being able to maintain potency in up to 80% of patients (see Birmingham Prostate Clinic results section).

I also treat benign prostatic diseases, being well known for my enthusiasm for Greenlight Laser but also recognising and using the new technologies such as Urolift and the more traditional but effective TURP. I am well known for an enthusiasm for PSA screening, but not for prostate biopsy. I am an advocate of pre biopsy MRI. PCA-3 urine gene testing. I provide an MRI fusion mapping template prostate biopsy service. I am one of the two recognised invasive bladder cancer surgeons at UHB, with one of the largest experience in neobladders.

Private contact details

Journals

Prostate cancer and PSA in the Lancet
Prostate cancer and PSA in the British Journal of Cancer

Qualification and professional memberships

MB BS, BSc, MD, FRCS (Urol), FEBU / The Middlesex Hospital, The Royal Marsden and Charing Cross Hospitals / 1988
Bachelor of Medicine/Bachelor of Surgery, Bachelor of Science, Doctor of Medicine, Fellowship of the Royal College of Surgeons, Fellow of the European Board of Urology

Professional memberships

British Association of Urological Surgeons
European Association of Urologists

Current NHS posts

University Hospital Birmingham NHS Trust, Queen Elizabeth Hospital.

Personal Profile

I enjoy a number of sports including skiing. 

Financial Interests

I am a director of and shareholder in The Birmingham Prostate Clinic Limited which owns 100% of a green light laser kit used at Spire Parkway and Spire Little Aston Hospitals.