Committees of the Faculty

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 Saravanakumar Kanakarajan (Vice-Chair)
• Dr Lorraine de Gray (Ex-officio: Dean)
• Dr Ganesan Baranidharan (Ex-officio: Vice-Dean)
• Dr Sibtain Anwar

• Dr Shyam Balasubramanian

• Dr David Pang

• Dr Richard Sawyer
• Prof Ashish Shetty 
• Dr John Titterington
• Dr Emma Baird (Co-optee: Acute Pain Representative)

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