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Specialises in
- Pain medicine
About me
Dr Glyn Towlerton is a specialist in the assessment and treatment of non surgical back, neck and leg pain. His expertise covers drug related, non invasive treatments & procedural therapies such as epidurals and facet joint injections.
He has worked at the Hospital of St. John & St. Elizabeth’s since 2001, involved with the Hospice and Shoulder Unit for his specialist expertise in Neck and Shoulder painful conditions.
Dr Towlerton trained as an undergraduate in medicine at St. Bartholomew’s Hospital, London. He read for a BSc in experimental pathology and gained the Award of Merit,
before qualifying as a Doctor with distinction in medicine in 1990.
He commenced training in the postgraduate medical specialities at the Royal Brompton Hospital & Hammersmith Hospital before gaining Membership of the Royal College of Physicians in 1992.
He further specialised in Anaesthetics & Pain management, was awarded Fellowship of the Royal College of Anaesthetists in 1995. He undertook sabbaticals in Sydney, Australia & Seattle,
USA before taking up his substantive NHS appointment at Chelsea & Westminster Teaching Hospital, London in 2000.
He holds the post of Honorary Senior lecturer with Imperial College, London & sits on a number of hospitals, regional committees. He sat and passed the World Institute of Pain Interventional Exams and was awarded the Fellowship of Interventional Pain Practice in October 2005. His social interests include Hogarth and badly hit tennis and golf balls.
His main professional interests include interventional spinal and regional anaesthesia, the treatment of the acute and chronic painful conditions of the nervous and musculoskeletal System.
Areas of interest
Spine & Pain Medicine
Back pain; Spine; Sciatica; Degenerative spine disorders; Hyperextension / hyperflexion of spine ('whiplash');
Spine intervention; Cervical spine (diseases and disorders of); Lumbar spine (diseases and disorders of); Neuropathic pain
CRPS
Neuomodulation
Medical secretaries
- Lynda Lester
- Fortius Clinic 17 Fitzhardinge Street LONDON W1H 6EQ
- 020 3195 2340
- 020 3070 0106
- towlerton@fortiusclinic.com
Information for healthcare professionals (Bupa patients only, last 12 months)
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A5210
Epidural injection (lumbar) - (5-50)
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A7352
Local anaesthetic blockade of named major nerve or plexus +/- Image guidance (as sole procedure) - (1-5)
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A5211
Epidural injection (caudal) - (1-5)
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A7300
Radiofrequency (including pulsed denervation), cryoprobe or phenol for permanent lesion of named peripheral nerve +/- image guidance - (1-5)