Mr Alex Torrie

Consultant Spinal Surgeon in Cheltenham & Gloucester

MB ChB MRCS (Eng) PGCertMedEd FRCS (Tr & Orth) MD (Anatomical Sciences)

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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 sciaticalumbar spinal stenosis, back paindegenerative 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 discectomyspinal cord decompression, spinal column reconstructionnerve 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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15/12/2023

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Excellent consultation. Alex was kind and compassionate and I felt very reassured and cared for.

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09/12/2023

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I received a very sympathetic hearing. My condition was explained carefully and options for treatment set out.

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08/12/2023

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I would certainly recommend Mr Torrie. He and all the staff at the hospital were at all times friendly, helpful and professional.

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03/11/2023

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Very approachable and informative


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