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