Committees of the Faculty

The Faculty's work is delivered by our key committees

There are two principle strands to these work-streams: professional standards and training & assessment.

FPM Professional Standards Committee

The FPM Professional Standards Committee (FPMPSC) is responsible for Pain Medicine matters relating to the standards, good practice documentation, revalidation and events, policies relating to patient safety, competencies, clinical audit and doctors in difficulty.

Committee Members

  • Dr Manohar Sharma (Chair)
  • Dr Lorraine de Gray (Ex-officio: Dean)
  • Dr Ganesan Baranidharan (Vice Dean)
  • Dr Matthew Brown
  • Dr Suzanne Carty
  • Dr Sue Jeffs
  • Dr Saravanakumar Kankarajan
  • Dr Sailesh Mishra
  • Dr Devjit Srivastava 
  • Dr Emma Baird (Co-optee: Acute Pain Representative)
  • Dr Lucy Southee (Co-optee: Lay Committee representative)
  • Dr Cathy Price (Corresponding member)
  • Dr Rob Searle (Corresponding member)

 

FPM Training & Assessment Committee

The FPM Training & Assessment Committee (FPMTAC) is responsible for Pain Medicine matters relating to the curriculum, assessment tools, the logbook, e-learning, examinations, specialty area training, recruitment and selection, the EWTD and quality assurance.

Committee Members

  • Dr Victor Mendis (Chair)
  • Dr Peter Cole (Vice Chair)
  • Dr Lorraine de Gray (Ex-officio: Dean)
  • Dr Ganesan Baranidharan (Ex-officio: Vice Dean)
  • Dr Sheila Black (Women in Pain/Logbook Representative)
  • Dr Paul Rolfe (Paediatric Pain Representative)
  • Dr HooKee Tsang (Credential Lead) 
  • Dr Sonia Pierce (Deputy Chair, FPMESC) 
  • Dr Allistair Dodds (Pain and Communications Skills Representative)
  • Dr Helen Makins (Co-optee: Essential Pain Management Representative) 
  • Dr Jonathan Rajan (RAPM Chair)
  • Dr Narasimha Varanasi (Co-optee: SAS Representative)
  • Dr Victoria Winter (Co-optee: Trainee Representative)
  • Dr Emma Baird (Acute Pain Representative) 
  • Dr Vivek Mehta (Vice Chair FFPMRCA Examination)
  • Dr Sailesh Mishra (MTI Representative)
  • Dr Sachin Rastogi (Paediatric Pain Representative)

 

Pain Consortium 

The Faculty meets quarterly with the leads of the British Pain Society and the Chronic Pain Policy Coalition, and the Clinical Lead for Pain of the Royal College of General Practitioners as a Consortium.  This group ensures harmonious working across the bodies and, where appropriate, responds collectively to issues of joint interest.

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