Mr Alaiyi West

Mr Alaiyi West is a Consultant Urological Surgeon currently practising at the private Nuffield Health Tees Hospital. He has expertise in the medical and surgical management of symptoms and complications of Benign Prostatic Hyperplasia (BPH), and the comprehensive management of urinary tract stone disease (kidney, ureteric and bladder stones). He has extensive experience in all aspects of general and diagnostic urology, including rapid access prostate and haematuria (blood in urine) assessments, and penile and scrotal surgery.

Mr West was awarded an MD for his research focused on the molecular biology of prostate cancer at the Newcastle University. After completing his higher specialist urology training, and a clinical attachment in Vellore, India, supported by awards from the British Urology Foundation and the Royal College of Surgeons of England, he took up his consultant post at South Tees Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust.  He is the clinical lead for BPH surgery services in his Trust, leading service development and improvement, and implementing national GIRFT guidance in reconfiguring services for patients needing surgery for urinary symptoms due to an enlarged prostate.

An expert in BPH surgery, Mr West offers holmium laser prostate enucleation (HoLEP) and TURP, as well as the less invasive, daycase surgery options of prostatic urethral lift (UroLift) and Rezum steam ablation. With over 14 years’ experience regularly performing the HoLEP procedure, Mr West is one of the most experienced HoLEP surgeons in the UK, and has mentored surgeons nationally and internationally in this technically challenging procedure. He offers an individualised approach for each patient with symptoms of prostate enlargement, tailoring investigations and treatment to the specific wishes of each man. Mr West takes the time necessary to fully discuss each patient’s particular symptoms and clinical situation before full counselling on the most appropriate surgical treatment option(s).

HoLEP is an effective operation for any size or shape of prostate, and Mr West receives numerous referrals to perform HoLEP for men who have larger prostates than most urologists are able to tackle, and for men who have had unsuccessful results from other surgical procedures such as UroLift (implants to hold the prostate open), Rezum steam ablation (steam to shrink the prostate), TURP, prostate artery embolization or greenlight laser prostatectomy.

His other main area of subspecialty interest and expertise is in the surgical treatment of kidney stones, with extensive experience in both ureteroscopic laser stone surgery and percutaneous surgery for the larger kidney stones (PCNL). For PCNL, he is one of only a few urological surgeons in the UK able to obtain percutaneous access to the kidney.

As well as his clinical work, Mr West has been local principal investigator for large national multicentre clinical trials in urinary stone disease (SUSPEND; TISU), and is actively involved in clinical audit. He is committed to surgical training and has mentored several surgeons in HoLEP, in the UK and overseas, and taught on several courses on surgical procedures for urinary tract stones.

Mr West continually increases his knowledge and awareness of new developments for urological conditions by regularly attending national and international urology conferences and courses, ensuring his patients receive current evidence-based best clinical care. He holds a PgCert in Medical Ultrasound (with Distinction) and is thus able to use point-of-care ultrasound to further streamline his clinical practice.

Outside of work and family, Mr West’s interests include: golf, skiing, music and dancing.

Patient Testimonial: HoLEP Surgery (April 2024)
“It gives me great pleasure to inform you both and your nursing team how happy I am with the HOLEP procedure Mr West carried out at the Nuffield  Health Tees Hospital on my Prostate gland.

It has made me so happy and I am now enjoying life to the fullest having suffered for many years with BPH. The procedure I have to say was totally pain free and a trip to the dentist was more of a unpleasant experience! To this day, 5 weeks post-op I have not taken a painkiller at all.

 Memory’s that I will never forget during my hospital procedure, the anaesthetist and the nurse that wheeled me into the operating theatre, the smile, warmth and personalities from these two happy faces was such a joy and confidence boosting for me obviously being anxious and tense for what was to come, two lovely dedicated people.

 The aftercare following my morning procedure was unbelievable - every 10 minutes a nurse entered my private room to check on me on an ongoing basis that went on for hours.

The morning after the op (Yes - nurses checking in on me throughout the whole  midnight hours)a  nurse removed my catheter and 3 hours after a memory I will never, “ever” forget my bladder emptied naturally, and having had endured 14 months previously with a indwelling catheter this was an absolute delight!! 

Mr West with his expertise, skill and experience, and his nursing team I have to say VERY PROFESSIONAL!!  Thank you for giving me back what my body was designed to do and the ability to empty my bladder naturally!!

Kindest of Regards to Mr West and the Nuffield Tees Hospital nursing team.”