Australian Pain Society Office Bearers

Email contact details for the office bearers available in the members' section.

	President - Professor Stephen Gibson National Ageing Research Institute Royal Melbourne Hospital PO Box 2127, Parkville Vic 3050 Tel 03 8387 2329 Fax 03 9387 4030 Prof Gibson (BBSc.(Hons), PhD, MAPsS) has been involved in clinical pain research for over 20 years and is currently the Deputy Director of the National Aging Research Institute, Australia (NARI). In 1990, Prof Gibson helped establish the first laboratory in Australia to investigate age-related changes in pain perception, the development of age appropriate assessment tools and evaluation of treatment approaches with a focus on multidisciplinary care. He has contributed to more than 100 publications on pain and its management, has served on numerous expert panels and is on the editorial board and/or a consultant referee for several leading scientific journals.
	Vice President/Secretary: Dr Timothy Semple Royal Adelaide Hospital Pain Clinic, North Terrace, Adelaide SA 5000 Tel 08 8222 5403 . Fax 08 8222 5904 Tim (MBBS, FANZCA, FFPMANZCA) is a senior specialist at the Royal Adelaide Hospital with clinical time shared equally between pain medicine and anaesthesia. He enjoys providing outreach services to regional South Australia and Northern Territory. He has had a long interest in implementing pain management approaches at a primary health level and raising the profile of pain management activities within the Commonwealth coding of healthcare.
	Treasurer: Dr Geoffrey Speldewinde 15 Napier Close, Deakin ACT 2600 Tel 02 6282 6240 Fax 02 6282 5510 Geoffrey has specialist medical qualifications in Rehabilitation, Pain and Musculoskeletal medicine working in a private practice "Capital Rehabilitation and Pain Management Centre" with a C-arm X-ray machine, psychologists, physiotherapists, Rehabilitation Exercise Therapists and Massage Therapists in Deakin, ACT. He is also a VMO in the Pain Management Unit at TCH, and a VMO (currently Acting Director) in Rehabilitation Medicine at The Canberra Hospital.
	Immediate Pat President: Ms Amal Helou Royal Prince Alfred Hospital Pain Management Centre QE II 59 Missenden Road, Camperdown NSW 2050 Tel 02 9515 9739
	Queensland State Councillor: Michael Deen, Multidisciplinary Pain Centre, Royal Brisbane and Women's Hospital, Herston QLD 4029 Tel 07 3636 8111 Michael (B.Occ Thy(Hons) M.Phil) is an occupational therapist at the Royal Brisbane and Women’s Hospital Professor Tess Cramond Multidisciplinary Pain Centre. He has worked with people experiencing persistent pain in both the community and hospital settings. Michael has a special interest in exploring the impact of persistent pain on a person’s ability to function in daily life and in the process of adjustment for people with persistent pain.
	Tasmania State Councillor: Dr Gajinder Oberoi Royal Hobart Hospital, 460 Churchill Ave, Sandy Bay, TAS 7005 Tel 03 6222 8308 Fax 03 6225 4423 Specialist experience includes work in Papua New Guinea from 1987, including duties as in-charge of the country’s anaesthesia, pain medicine and intensive care services. Formal Australian anaesthesia (FANZCA) and pain medicine (FFPMANZCA) qualifications were gained in 1995- 1997 while working in Flinders Medical Centre. Founding Director of Pain Management Unit of Royal Hobart hospital since 1998 and have since developed this facility into an accredited pain unit. Has published more than 20 scientific papers related to anaesthesia, pain and lately regarding TMS (Transcranial Magnetic Stimulation) use in persistent pain. Also published a text book, co-authored by Prof G Phillips, Anaesthesia and emergency situations - A management guide (McGraw Hill), in 2001.
	South Australia State Councillor : Ms Lynne Haley Pain Management Unit Royal Adelaide Hospital North Terrace, Adelaide SA 5000 Tel 08 8222 5163 Fax 08 8222 5904 Lynne has always had a special interest in chronic disease, its treatment and management and worked as a nurse specialising in cancer for many years, with a specific interest in palliative care. Looking for a focus change about 14 years ago Lynne was appointed as the Clinical Nurse Consultant of the Pain Management Unit of the Royal Adelaide Hospital. Her particular areas of interest and expertise involve ensuring the best cancer pain management is available to everyone and ensuring that the support is made available in the community to maintain the systems put in place. Lynne believes that working in this specialised discipline has given her the most professional and personal satisfaction in her very long career. She is a passionate and committed advocate for those with persistent pain and for the staff who care for them.
Western Australia State Councillor: Dr Stephanie Davies Anaesthetic Department and Pain Medicine Unit Fremantle Hospital Health Service Alma St, Perth WA 6160 Tel 08 9431 3296 Fax 08 9431 3696 Dr Stephanie Davies is the Head of Service, Pain Medicine Unit, Fremantle Hospital, Perth WA. She also has a private practice based at Bethesda Hospital.Her interests are in combining self-management options with medical options. She worked with the team at Fremantle to introduce the Self-Training Educative Pain Sessions (STEPS), an 8 hour pre-clinic patient group educative program that aims to increase the patient’s knowledge and skills of a broad range of pain management strategies. She has developed interactive web-based technologies to access evidence at the point-of-care (www.MyLibrary.net.au) and to enable real-time analysis of patient outcomes by health professionals & researchers (www.ResearchAustralia.net.au).
	Victoria State Councillor: Dr Malcolm Hogg. Department of Anaesthesia and Pain Management. Royal Melbourne Hospital, Parkville VIC 3052 Tel 03 9342 7540 Fax 03 9342 8623 MBBS, Grad Dip in Med (Pain Management), FANZCA, FFPMANZCA Head of Pain Services, Melbourne Health Following Anaesthesia training at The Royal Melbourne Hospital, a Pain Fellowship was completed at The Prince of Wales and Sydney Children’s Hospital, Sydney. After several years on staff at these hospitals, Malcolm returned to Melbourne to contribute to the development of pain services at the RMH.
	Northern Territory Councillor: Dr Gavin Chin. Royal Darwin Hospital. POBox 41326, Casuarina, NT 0811 Tel 08 8922 8888 Fax 08 8922 8900 MBBS, FFARM (RACP), Grad Dip in Med (Pain Management). Director of Rehabilitation Services and Territory Integrated Pain Services at the Royal Darwin Hospital, Northern Territory Gradated from Flinders University of South Australia and completed Rehabilitation Medicine training in Adelaide. He has established a multidisciplinary Chronic Pain Service for the Northern Territory in close liaison with the Royal Adelaide Hospital Pain Service
	New South Wales State Councillor: Dr Michael Jennings RPA Hospital Pain Management Centre QE 11 59 Missenden Road Camperdown, NSW 2050 Tel: 02 9515 9870 Fax:02 9515 9831 MB, BS,DPM, FRANZCP, FRCP(Can), FFPMANZCA Psychiatrist and V.M.O. at Royal Prince Alfred Hospital, with long- time interests in Psychotherapy Consultation-Liaison Psychiatry and Pain Medicine.
Australian Capital Territory Councillor: Dr Jayantilal Govind The Canberra Hospital Pain Medicine Clinic PO Box 11, Woden ACT 2606 Tel: 02 6244 3313 Fax:02 6244 3657 MBChB. DPH. M.Med. FAFOEM. Director & Senior Staff Specialist in Occupational and Chronic Pain Medicine at Canberra Hospital Senior Lecturer: Australian National University, University of Otago, University of Newcastle. Special interests: Whiplash related injuries, Cervicogenic Headaches. Musculoskeletal Pain.