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Website- Bupa Platinum consultant
- Fee assured
- Verified account
- Open Referral network
Specialises in
- Urological oncology
Offers
- Face-to-face consultations
- Video and telephone consultations
About me
As a Consultant Urological Surgeon at the Western General Hospital, Edinburgh for 24 years, Alan provided a specialist urology service with subspecialist interests in all forms of prostate diseases and kidney surgery. He was Lead Clinician for Urology from 2007-2011 and was elected as Secretary, then Chairman, of the British Association of Urological Surgeons Section of Oncology Executive Committee in serving from 2011-2017. He has also Chaired the Surgical Specialty Board for Urology at the Royal College of Surgeons of Edinburgh, and has been Trustee, Treasurer and is currently Chairman of the Board of Trustees of the British Journal of Urology International Charity, which supports education in urology across the world with proceeds from the publication of the BJUI Journals and BJUI Knowledge online educational platform.
Having undertaken fellowship training in minimal access surgery (MAS) techniques at the Cleveland Clinic, Ohio and the University Hospital, Leipzig, he led the development of the laparoscopic and then robotic surgery programmes in Urology at local and national levels.
Alan has the largest experience of minimal access surgical procedures in Scotland and is amongst the most experienced laparoscopic/robotic urological surgeons in the UK. He has performed over 500 laparoscopic nephrectomies and almost 3000 laparoscopic/robot assisted prostatectomies � the results of which are subject to rigorous audit, as part of local and national audit programmes, which Alan was involved in establishing. Alan has experience of the extraperitoneal approach to radical prostatectomy, Retzius-sparing and salvage radical prostatectomy as well as robot assisted simple prostatectomy and bladder diverticulectomy. As a result of his extensive experience, accrued over 20 years, he was named as one of the top ten prostate cancer surgeons by the Daily Mail and he will undertake surgery in more challenging cases where other surgeons may have demurred.
In addition to offering both Bipolar TURP and Green Light Laser ablation surgery for benign prostate enlargement, he recently led the introduction of robot-assisted Aquablation of the prostate in Scotland and provides this service as Spire Edinburgh Hospitals.
He has published many peer-reviewed papers and is actively involved in research into prostate disease with a collaborative project between Edinburgh and Heriot Watt Universities that has funded by grants from the Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council, The Urology Foundation. The resulting spinout company IntelliPalp Dx has received support from Scottish Enterprise and ScottishEDGE.
A former Programme Director for the East of Scotland Training Programme in Urology (2004-2007) Alan remains very active in skills training for minimal access surgery, he has organized and participated in courses run for the British Association of Urological Surgeons and has helped several other surgeons implement their own laparoscopic and robotic surgery programmes.
In 2006 he initiated and helped establish Prostate Scotland, a charity that aims to raise awareness and educate Scottish men about the prostate and the diseases that affect it. Sir Tom Farmer was Patron of the charity that goes from strength to strength, providing valuable support and information to men affected by prostate disease and their families.
As a consequence of a successful research collaboration with Professor Bob Reuben spanning more than two decades, Alan holds Honorary Professor titles in the School of Engineering and Physical Sciences at Heriot Watt University and The University of Edinburgh.
Areas of interest
Prostate disease including prostate cancer; Minimal access / invasive surgery
General urology, haematuria, scrotal lumps
Medical secretaries
- Linda Fletcher
- Spire Murrayfield Hospital 122 Corstorphine Road EDINBURGH EH12 6UD
- 0131 380 6373
- enquiries@edinburghurologyspecialists.com
Anaesthetists worked with
- Dr Damien Mantle
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- Dr Irwin Foo
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- Dr Alastair Partridge
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Information for healthcare professionals (Bupa patients only, last 12 months)
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M6192
Robotic assisted radical prostatectomy, reconstruction of bladder neck including bilateral pelvic lymphadenectomy (including cystoscopy) - (5-50)
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M4510
Diagnostic endoscopic examination of bladder (flexible cystoscopy) including any biopsy - (5-50)
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M6530
Endoscopic resection of prostate (TUR) (including cystoscopy) - (5-50)
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N3030
Circumcision - (1-5)
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M7071
Transurethral water jet ablation for lower urinary tract symptoms caused by benign prostatic hyperplasia - (1-5)
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