Mr Alex Torrie
Consultant Spinal Surgeon
Cheltenham

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Mr Alex Torrie

Consultant Spinal Surgeon in Cheltenham & 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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Credentials

GMC: ‍6102978

Professional experience

• More than 15 years of experience
• Consultant Spinal Surgeon, Ramsay Winfield Hospital, Gloucester (present)
• Consultant Spinal Surgeon, Nuffield Health Cheltenham Hospital, Cheltenham (present)
• Consultant Spinal Surgeon, Cobalt Imaging Centre (present)
• Consultant Spinal Surgeon, Gloucester Royal and Cheltenham General Hospitals NHS Trust (present)

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Sub-specialties

• Sciatica
• Discectomy
• Lumbar spinal stenosis
• Degenerative spinal conditions
• Spinal cord compression
• Spinal instability
• Nerve root blocks
• Kyphoplasty
• Fusion
• Sacroiliac joint injections
• Spine trauma
• Sports injuries
• Spondylolisthesis
• Myelopathy
• Cervical disc prolapse (neck and arm pain)
• Thoracic disc prolapse
• Sacro-iliac joint dysfunction
• Back pain
• Spinal Infections

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Education

• CCT Trauma and Orthopaedic Surgery (2017)
• MD (Anatomical Sciences) University of Bristol (2017)
• FRCS (Trauma & Orthopaedic Surgery) (2015)
• PGCertMedEd University of Dundee (2010)
• MRCS (Eng) (2008)
• MB ChB University of Bristol (2004)

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Publications and conferences

• Mr Torrie has published numerous peer-reviewed scientific research papers concerning a broad spectrum of spinal issues.
• He is a reviewer for the European Spine Journal and Annals of the Royal College of Surgeons of England.
• Mr Torrie's research is available to view on ResearchGate.

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Prizes and awards

• Mr Torrie was nominated for BORG (Bristol Orthopaedic Registrar Group) Trainer of the Year Award (2019).
• He was awarded the Biedermann Motech research grant (£58K) in 2012 for his MD research project “Degenerative Lumbar Scoliosis: the role of neural arch asymmetry and lumbosacral transitional vertebrae”.
• He received the Anatomy Teaching Award from the Department of Physiology, Anatomy and Genetics, University of Oxford (2007)
• He was nominated for teaching ‘Above and Beyond the Call of Duty’ in 2006 from the Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, University of Oxford
• Mr Torrie was awarded 'Reviewer of the month' by the European Spine Journal in May 2022.

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Professional membership

• British Association of Spinal Surgeons (BASS)
• British Orthopaedic Association (BOA)
• Fellow of the Royal College of Surgeons (FRCS)

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Languages spoken

English