Mr Alex Torrie

Mr Torrie studied at the University of Bristol and qualified in 2004, after which he gained an anatomy prosectorship at the University of Oxford, then returned to complete higher surgical training on the Severn Deanery Trauma and Orthopaedic training programme, followed by a Neurosurgical Spinal Fellowship.

Recognising the clinical importance of understanding and practicing evidence-based medicine he also completed a doctorate in anatomical sciences investigating the aetiology of Degenerate Lumbar Scoliosis.

 He took up a substantive consultant post at Gloucestershire NHS Foundation trust in 2017 as a Trauma and Orthopaedic surgeon with a special interest in spinal surgery.

 Since starting his consultant practice he has been committed to prospectively collecting Patient Related Outcome Measures, in-line with the British Spine Registry recommendations.

 He is dedicated to developing and providing a comprehensive spinal service in Gloucestershire, that reflect his patients’ needs.

 Mr Torrie’s performs spinal operations, inclusive of the lumbar, thoracic and cervical spine in both the trauma and elective settings.

 His surgical practice includes the management of routine and complex spinal conditions including, spine trauma and reconstruction, sports injuries affecting the spine, degenerative spinal disorders, back pain, lumbar disc prolapse, low back pain with sciatica, spinal stenosis, spondylolisthesis, cervical disc prolapse with neck and arm pain, myelopathy, secondary spinal tumours affecting bone, spinal cord compression and spinal instability, spine infections and adult degenerative deformity with regional spinal imbalance.