Mr Alex Torrie
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Mr Alex Torrie
in Cheltenham y Gloucester
MB ChB MRCS (Eng) PGCertMedEd FRCS (Tr & Orth) MD (Anatomical Sciences)
GMC: 6102978
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Mr Alex Torrie is a consultant spinal surgeon who holds regular private practice clinics across Gloucestershire.
As a specialist in spinal surgery, he provides surgical management for issues involving the whole spine, the spinal cord and the nerves of the spine. To date, he has performed more than 1200 spinal and trauma operations. Among his specialist interests are sciatica, lumbar spinal stenosis, back pain, degenerative spinal conditions (of the whole spine) and spinal instability. Furthermore, he provides surgical care for trauma and sports injuries of the spine.
Mr Torrie is extensively trained in a wide range of routine and complex procedures, such as discectomy, spinal cord decompression, spinal column reconstruction, nerve root blocks, kyphoplasty, fusion and sacroiliac joint injections. He is dedicated to developing and providing a comprehensive spinal service in Gloucestershire that reflect all his patients’ individual needs.
After undergoing training at the University of Bristol Medical School, he pursued basic and higher surgical training in trauma and orthopaedics on the Bristol Orthopaedic Registrar training scheme. He continued to hone his skills through a specialist neurosurgical complex cervical spinal fellowship and completed a doctorate in Anatomical Sciences investigating the aetiology of degenerate lumbar scoliosis.
Mr Torrie remains actively involved in clinical research and has published numerous peer-reviewed scientific research papers concerning a broad spectrum of spinal issues. His research includes the risk factors associated with degenerate spondylolisthesis, the influence of lumbar spine subtypes on intervertebral disc degeneration in the young, the basic science of spinal degeneration, the relationship between sacral kyphosis and pelvic incidence and factors influencing the diagnosis of spondylodiscitis.
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L B. Verified Patient
04/10/2024
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His manner was very approachable and I felt that he was very understanding of my problem He fully explained his diagnosis and clearly outlined :treatment.
B. Verified Patient
19/08/2024
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I found Mr Torrie professional, approachable and very thorough. Would recommend his services.
C E. Verified Patient
16/08/2024
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Friendly, efficient, not rushed.
J P. Verified Patient
29/07/2024
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I was very impressed with Mr Torrie - in addition to being extremely knowledgable, he's also friendly, approachable and very caring. Back problems are worrying, but he put me at ease and I feel I'm in safe hands with him.