Mr Alan Farthing

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  • Title: Mr
  • Forenames: Alan
  • Surname: Farthing
  • Gender: Male
  • Primary Medical Qualifications: MB BS
  • Date of registration: 10/08/1987
  • GMC number: 3140664

Areas of Expertise

  • Obstetrics and gynaecology

    Specialist Areas

    • Gynaecological oncology
    • Laparoscopic and hysteroscopic surgery
    • Colposcopy

    Special Interests

    • Minimal access surgery
    • Gynaecological surgery
    • Endometriosis
    • Complex abdominal and vaginal surgery
  • Medical oncology

Practices


Qualifications

  • Medical School: St George's Hospital Medical School, London
  • Qualification: MB BS
  • Date of award: 1986
  • Professional College: Royal College of Obstetricians and Gynaecologists
  • Qualification: MRCOG - Member Royal College of Obstetricians and Gynaecologists
  • Date of award: 1991
  • Professional College: Royal College of Obstetricians and Gynaecologists
  • Qualification: FRCOG - Fellow Royal College of Obstetricians and Gynaecologists
  • Date of award: 2003

Professional profile

Trained in the UK and Australia in gynaecological surgery. He is a specialist in the surgical managment of patients with gynaecological cancer and is the team member at the NorthWest London Gynaecological Cancer Centre with particular expertise in minimal access (keyhole) surgery. He chairs the weekly multidisciplinary meeting that discusses the management of all the gynaceolgical cancer cases for North West Thames.
He also runs the tertiary referral endometriosis service. He has a large number of referrals from other gynaecologists specifically for surgery, in particular for patients with complicated endometriosis, cancer and prolapse.

Professional affiliations and memberships

  • Fellow of Royal College of Obstetricians and Gynaecolgists
  • British Society of Gynaecological cancer
  • British Society of Gynaecological Endoscopy
  • Royal Society of Medicine

Research interests

Fertility sparing treatments for patients with gynaecolgical cancer
Treatment of complex endometriosis