Prof Michael Veltman FFPMANZCA

Joined the FPM Board from May 2022, and currently holds the roles of:

• Chair, FPM Training Unit Accreditation Committee
• Member, FPM Training and Assessment Executive Committee
• Member, ANZCA ICT Governance Committee

Professor Veltman is a procedural pain medicine specialist, with a strong background in a range of clinical areas including perioperative medicine and echocardiography. He is keen to further the role of the faculty in helping grow pain medicine as the definitive group for providing care and advice in pain management.
 
Professor Veltman is currently a consultant pain physician Sir Charles Gairdner Hospital and consultant pain physician Joondalup Hospital, with substantial experience in running hospitals and in building training units in both a public sector and private sector capacity.
 
Professor Veltman has a keen interest in building pain medicine as a specialty to increase its recognition, to maintain and increase the treatment options for people who need specialist pain medicine management.