Dr Glyn Towlerton
BSc MBBS(hons) MRCP FRCA FIPP FFPMRCA
Dr Towlerton specialises in non-surgical treatments for the back, neck and leg
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About Dr Towlerton
Dr Towlerton specialises in the assessment and non surgical treatments for the back, neck and legs. He has treated many elite athletes and Olympic medal winners from a wide range of sports for over two decades.
He has helped many patients with refractory pain following operations, complex regional pain syndrome, shingles, peripheral nerve pain, myofascial pain syndromes and fibromyalgia.
His special interests, include spinal interventional procedures and spinal cord stimulation.
Medicolegal
He has prepared reports for the over two decades for both causation and quantum on personal injury and clinical negligence in, complex pain causation and personal injury cases, including cauda equina syndrome, spinal cord injury, complex regional pain syndromes, persistent surgical pain.
He has undertaken the Cardiff University Bond Solon Civil Expert Course, attends and presents regularly at medicolegal courses.
He lectures regularly to law firm, clinical teams and medicolegal conferences on the medicolegal aspects of pain medicine.
Dr Towlerton trained as an undergraduate in medicine at St Bartholomew’s Hospital, London. He read for a BSc in experimental pathology and was awarded the Award of Merit, before qualifying as a doctor with distinction in medicine in 1990.
He has written several book chapters, including back pain and pain therapies. He has published articles on Spinal Cord Stimulation for Spinal Cord Injuries and back pains.
He is chair of the British Pain Society medicolegal group.
He is chair of the London Consultants Association medicolegal group.
Services
- Outpatient assessment
- Second opinions
- Multidisciplinary Assessments
- Telephone & Remote consultations
- Imaging reviews
- Day Case interventional procedures
News and Articles
Honoured to be featured in the Tatler Doctors Guide
I was honoured to learn that I’ve been included in the Tatler Doctors Guide as one of their recommended pain specialists. Recognition like this is never something you expect in medicine, particularly in pain management, where much of the work happens quietly, one…
Biopic
His passion is the relief of pain where possible and better understanding of it when not.
Dr Towlerton trained as an undergraduate in medicine at St Bartholomew’s Hospital, London. He read for a BSc in experimental pathology and was awarded the Award of Merit, before qualifying as a Doctor with distinction in medicine in 1990.
He commenced training in postgraduate medical specialties at the Royal Brompton Hospital & Hammersmith Hospital before gaining Membership of the Royal College of Physicians in 1992. He further specialised in Anaesthetics & Pain Medicine and was awarded Fellowship of the Royal College of Anaesthetists in 1995.
He undertook fellowships in Sydney, Australia, and Seattle, USA, before taking up his substantive NHS appointment at Chelsea & Westminster Teaching Hospital, London in 2000.
At Chelsea & Westminster Hospital he led the Clinical Pain Management team involved in acute post-operative & chronic pain conditions (2002-2005). He held the post of Honorary Senior lecturer with Imperial College, London, and has sat on a number of hospital, regional and national committees. He took the post of council member for the interventional pain practice specialist interest group of the British Pain Society in 2005.
He lead the Spinal cord stimulator team at Chelsea & Westminster Hospital. He sat on the integrated spinal multidisciplinary team at Imperial Health Care Trust. He has previously held the post of board member of Fortius Clinic and the Chelsea Clinical Society.
His main professional interests include assessment and treatment of spinal conditions, interventional and regional anaesthesia, the treatment of the chronic painful conditions of neck, shoulder, low back, complex regional pain syndrome and persistent post-operative surgical pain. He sat and passed the World Institute of Pain Interventional Exams and was awarded the Fellowship of Interventional Pain Practice in October 2005.
He has written several book chapters, including back pain and pain therapies.
Positions held:
He is chair of the British Pain Society medicolegal group.
He is chair of the London Consultants Association medicolegal group.
Board member of London Consultants Association
Previous appointments:
Board member of Fortius
Board member Chelsea Clinical society
Board member of Independent Doctors Federation
Instructions : He has been instructed for claimants, defendant, the GMC, as a joint expert and attended court.
Fees : Charged at £385 + VAT per hour
Time : Average time spent on a case is between 5-12 hours depending on complexity.
Dr GR Towlerton
BSc MBBS MRCP FRCA FIPP FFPMRCA
Consultant in Spine & Pain Medicine & Anaesthesia
E: towlerton@fortiusclinic.com T: 020 31952340 F: 0207 060 4363
Curriculum Vitae
Post:
Consultant in Anaesthetics & Pain Management
Magill Department of Anaesthetics
Chelsea & Westminster Hospital, Fulham Road, SW10
Work Tel.: 020 3195 2340
Work Fax: 020 7060 4363
Email: glyn.towlerton@fortiusclinic.com
Date of Birth: 17 April 1966
Nationality: British
GMC Registration: 349 7555
Medical Protection Society: 302844
CCST: January 2000
Medical education: 1984 – The Medical College of St Bartholomew’s Hospital
Qualifications:
1987 – BSc. University of London. Experimental Pathology
1990 – MB BS (Hon) July
1993 – MRCP June
1996 – FRCA June
2008 – FFIPP
2008 – FFPMRCA
Scholarship: 1984 The Fisons’ Educational Scholarship (84-85, 85-86, 86-87)
Prizes:
1990 Distinction in Medicine, London University
1990 Award of Merit, Medicine, St Bartholomew’s College
1990 The Dave Joy Long Prize in Medicine, St Bartholomew’s College,
1990 Honours Colours, St. Bartholomew’s Medical College
1989 BMA Medical Student Journalism Award
Society Membership:
British Medical Association
The British Pain Society
International Association for the Study of Pain
Association Personal injury Lawyers
Positions Past & Present:
Chair of British Pain Society Medicolegal Special Interest Group
Chair of London Consultants Association Medicolegal Group
London Consultants Association, Board Member
Chelsea Clinical Society, Board Member
Independent Doctors Federations, Board member
Independent Doctors Federations, Chair of Specialist Committee
Biopic: Dr Towlerton trained as an undergraduate in medicine at St Bartholomew’s Hospital, London. He read for a BSc in experimental pathology and was awarded the Award of Merit, before qualifying as a Doctor with distinction in medicine in 1990. He commenced training in postgraduate medical specialties at the Royal Brompton Hospital & Hammersmith Hospital before gaining Membership of the Royal College of Physicians in 1992. He further specialised in Anaesthetics & Pain Medicine and was awarded Fellowship of the Royal College of Anaesthetists in 1995. He undertook fellowships in Sydney, Australia, and Seattle, USA, before taking up his substantive NHS appointment at Chelsea & Westminster Teaching Hospital, London in 2000.
His passion is the relief of pain where possible and better understanding of it when not.
At Chelsea & Westminster Hospital he led the Clinical Pain Management team involved in acute post-operative & chronic pain conditions (2002-2005). He held the post of Honorary Senior lecturer with Imperial College, London, and has sat on a number of hospital, regional and national committees. He took the post of council member for the interventional pain practice specialist interest group of the British Pain Society in 2005. He lead the Spinal cord stimulator team at Chelsea & Westminster Hospital. He sat on the integrated spinal multidisciplinary team at Imperial Health Care Trust. He has previously held the post of board member of Fortius Clinic and the Chelsea Clinical Society. His main professional interests include assessment and treatment of spinal conditions, interventional and regional anaesthesia, the treatment of the chronic painful conditions of neck, shoulder, low back, complex regional pain syndrome and persistent post-operative surgical pain. He sat and passed the World Institute of Pain Interventional Exams and was awarded the Fellowship of Interventional Pain Practice in October 2005.
Medicolegal Experience: He has provided medical reports for over two decades. He is instructed for Claimants, Defendants, as a joint expert and has attended Court. He is chair of the medicolegal group of the British Pain Society. He provides reports for clinical negligence, complex pains causation and personal injury cases, including cauda equina syndrome, spinal cord injury, complex regional pain syndromes, persistent surgical pain. He has undertaken the Cardiff University Bond Solon Civil Expert Course, attends and presents regularly in medicolegal courses. He lectured to several law firms and medicolegal conferences on Medicolegal aspects of pain medicine. He has recently published articles on Spinal Cord Stimulation for Spinal Cord Injuries.
Selected Bibliography:
Long-term safety of spinal cord stimulation systems in a prospective, global registry of patients with chronic pain. P Mambalam, McCarty, G Towlerton- Pain …, 2023 – Future Medicine
Acupuncture in the control of vasomotor symptoms caused by tamoxifen. G Towlerton, M O’Brien, A Duncan – Palliative Medicine, 1999 – journals.sagepub.com
Different measures, different outcomes? Survey into the effectiveness of chronic pain clinics in a London tertiary referral center. BM Kuehler, SR Childs, G Towlerton… – Journal of pain …, 2015 – Taylor & Francis
Low back pain during pregnancy. D fahy, g towlerton – Co-kinetic Journal, 2016 – search.ebscohost.com
Low back pain: diagnosis and management. R Cowen, G Towlerton – Prescriber, 2015 – academia.edu
Spine and pelvis. JR Harvey, G Towlerton, SA Corbett – … to the Symptoms & Signs of …, 2021 – taylorfrancis.com
Therapies for chronic chest pain in Ramos-Galvez, GR Towlerton – Clinical Pain Management …, 2008 – api.taylorfrancis.com
Po123/# 650 burst spinal cord stimulation to treat bilateral lower limb neuropathic pain secondary to transverse myelitis; a … d fernando, i patrao, G Towlerton 2022 – neuromodulationjournal.org
Clinical Pain Management, Rice 2008. Topical Analgesia. ASC Rice – (No Title), 2008 – cir.nii.ac.jp
Intrathecal pumps for giving opioids in chronic pain: a systematic review. J E Williams 1, G Louw, G Towlerton
Clinics
My clinics are held in the following London locations
Fortius Clinic
My main clinic is the Fortius Clinic located at 17 Fizthardinge Street, London, W1H NNN