Mr Alan Li is a specialised Da Vinci Robotic Surgeon. 

Mr Alan Li was educated in Oxford and qualified as a Doctor in 1990 after graduating from The University of Bristol Medical School. His early training took him to The University of Manchester as a Lecturer and to Leeds as the University Tutor in Surgery where he was a Research Fellow for the Medical Research Council and The Royal College of Surgeons.

Having completed his training in Yorkshire and Scotland, Mr Li obtained a travelling fellowship to the National Cancer Centre Hospital in Tokyo, Japan, to refine his surgical techniques in gastric cancer surgery. This was followed by a prestigious 1 year position in 2006 as the Senior Clinical Fellow at the Princess Alexandra Hospital in Brisbane, Australia where he developed his practice in pioneering thoracosopic and laparoscopic (keyhole) surgery for oesophageal and gastric cancer, reflux and hiatus hernia surgery, as well as for other surgical conditions. He has since trained other surgeons in Manchester and the North West in these techniques.

Mr Li gained an appointment as a Consultant Surgeon at Whiston and St Helen’s NHS Trust which he took upon his return to the UK in Feb 2007, with a specialist interest in keyhole surgery. He then joined the Manchester Royal Infirmary (MRI) as an Upper Gastro-Intestinal, Bariatric and Laparoscopic Surgeon later in 2007 whilst still holding an honorary contract in Merseyside.

In over a decade, he became the Senior and Lead of the Oesophago-Gastric (OG) Unit at the Manchester Royal Infirmary and oversaw a 10-fold increase in the number of stomach and oesophagus cancer operations, the development of a minimally invasive (keyhole) oesophago-gastric cancer surgery service and the delivery of a comprehensive NHS bariatric service.

After 33 years in the NHS, and over 17 years of consultant experience, he recently retired from Salford Royal Hospital as a senior oesophago-gastric and bariatric surgeon, but remains dedicated to NHS patients and continues to deliver expert surgery to the most challenging bariatric and weight loss patients in the North West. He retains honorary NHS contracts in the region and continues to operate by invitation in the most difficult cases.

He continues to provide training and mentorship to many other surgeons and senior clinical fellows, and remains an invited guest lecturer around the world at many cross-specialty conferences, including: surgery, gastroenterology and radiology. He is also the Surgical Director of a medical innovation charitable foundation trust, Minnova.

His more recent innovations include minimal scar weight loss surgery and completing his robotic surgery training (Da Vinci) which will soon be available to bariatric and upper GI surgery patients at The Alexandra Hospital. Ultimately, Mr Li believes in an individualised, tailored and holistic approach to patient care and that trust, good communication, empathy, experience and expertise are the foundations to good outcomes.

All new self-pay consultations (including weight loss surgery) are FREE.

Useful links:

• www.alanlisurgery.com

• Bariatric, metabolic, obesity and weight loss surgery
• Sleeve gastrectomy
• Gastric bypass (RYGB) and mini gastric bypass (OAGB)
• Revision and complex bariatric surgery
• Gastric band
• Gastric balloon
• ESG (Endoscopic Sleeve Gastroplasty/plication) for weight loss
• Minimal scar and single incision SILS surgery
• Acid reflux
• Hiatus hernia surgery
• Barrett’s oesophagus
• Achalasia
• LINX anti-reflux device
• Surgery for all types of hernia
• Gallbladder and gallstone (cholecystectomy) surgery
• Robotic surgery
• Cancer of the oesophagus and stomach

• Association of Upper Gastrointestinal Surgeons (AUGIS)
• British Obesity & Metabolic Surgery Society (BOMSS)
• International Federation for the Surgery of Obesity (and Metabolic Diseases) (IFSO)
• Society of Gastrointestinal Intervention (SGI) – Faculty Member
• British Society of Interventional Radiology (BSIR) – Faculty Member, 2023
• Minnova Medical Foundation (MMF) – Director of Surgery