Alan Doherty: Consultant Urologist and Prostate Specialist, Harley Street, London

Experienced prostate cancer specialist who has undertaken more than 1,300 procedures. Mr Doherty specialises in nerve-sparing prostatectomy and laparoscopic techniques to reduce side-effects and complications from surgery.

Mr Alan Doherty completed his undergraduate training at The Middlesex Hospital before undergoing his surgical training at the Royal Marsden and Charing Cross hospitals in London.  Mr Doherty also studied at The Institute of Urology before taking up his position as a Consultant Urologist at Queen Elizabeth Hospital in 2001, a large tertiary referral centre.  He is one of the most experienced surgeons in prostatectomy within the UK, having undertaken a total of more than 1,300 procedures.

Mr Doherty was one of the first surgeons to carry out prostatectomy as a laparoscopic procedure. He has now completed 600 laparoscopic prostatectomies and is highly experienced in nerve-sparing techniques.

Mr Doherty’s commitment to using minimally invasive techniques where appropriate includes all major specialties in urological surgery, including laparoscopic cystectomy (bladder removal) and laparoscopic nephrectomy (kidney removal), both of which are only performed by a small number of UK surgeons. He has published extensively on prostate cancer, including articles in the Lancet.

Urological expertise and treatments offered

Treatment for kidney stones and kidney obstruction 

Kidney stone treatment

• Non-surgical treatment

• Lithotripsy

• Ureterorenoscopy for kidney stones in the ureter

• Ureterorenoscopy for kidney stones in the kidney                                 

• Percutaneous nephrolithotomy (PCNL)
  
  

Kidney obstruction treatment

• Robotic and laparoscopic pyeloplasty

• Endopyelotomy

• Prevention of kidney stones
  
  

Treatment of prostate cancer and other prostate conditions

Men's sexual health

• Treatment of Peyronie’s disease can involve non-surgical or surgical treatment.  Non-surgical treatments such as medication and counselling can be helpful, while surgical treatments include the Nesbit procedure, incision and grafting, and penile prostheses

• Vasectomy reversal
• Treatments for male infertility

Stress, urge and mixed incontinence treatment

• Acupuncture

• Artificial Urinary Sphincter (AUS)
• Botox injections for the overactive bladder
• Male sling for stress incontinence
• Step-by-step treatment for incontinence
• Sacral neuromodulation
• Tension Free Vaginal Tape – Transobturator Route (TVT-O)
• Urethral bulking agents

Where can I get private treatment?

Mr Doherty is a Consultant Urologist at Harley Street Urology.  Harley Street Urology consists of a group of urologists who provide comprehensive services of the highest standard for prostate cancer, bladder, kidney and sexual problems.  They are committed to offering minimally invasive treatments whenever possible and they undertake laparoscopic, robotic and laser surgery.  Their consulting rooms are in Harley Street and the Hospital of St John and St Elizabeth in north-west London and they welcome patients from across the UK and abroad.