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

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  Dr Shyam Balasubramanian

• Dr David Pang
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• 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 Peter Cole (Co Chair)
• Dr HooKee Tsang (Co Chair and Credential Lead)
• 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 (RAPM Chair Elect and Women in Pain/Logbook Representative)
• Dr Allistair Dodds (Pain and Communications Skills Representative)
• Dr Helen Makin (FPM Board Member)
• Dr Sailesh Mishra (CESR and Quality Management Lead Representative)
• Dr Sonia Pierce (Deputy Chair, FPMESC)
• Dr Sachin Rastogi (Paediatric Pain Representative)
• Dr Alex Hollis (Co-optee: Trainee Representative)
• Dr Narasimha Varanasi (Co-optee: SAS Representative)
• Dr Emma Baird (Corresponding Member: 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.