BPS Council

The Council is the primary decision-making group within the Society. Our elected Officers and Council Members provide leadership, insight, and expertise to drive forward the mission and objectives of the British Pain Society.

If you would like to contact any of our Officers and Council Members, please email info@britishpainsociety.org.

Contents

  1. Officers
  2. Elected members of Council
  3. Co-opted members of Council
  4. Dates of future Council meetings

Officers

Prof. Roger Knaggs
President 
Dr Tacson Fernandez
Honorary Treasurer
                  

Qualifications: BSc(hons) MRPharms PhD BMedSci
Term of office: 2023-2027

Qualifications: MBBS FRCA FFPMCAI FCARCSI FIPP RYT
Term of office: 2023-2027

Dr Neil Collighan
Honorary Secretary 

Dr Arun Bhaskar
Immediate Past President

                        

Qualifications: MBChB FRCA
Term of Office: 2023-2027

Qualifications: MBBS FRCA FFPMRCA FFICM FIPP
Term of office: 2023-2024

Dr Ashish Gulve
Vice President

Dr Catherine Price
Vice President

Qualifications: FFPMCAI, Dip Pain Med FCARCSI MD DNB FCPS DA MBBS
Term of Office: 2023-2026

Qualifications: FRCA MB ChB DCH
Term of office: 2023-2026
Dr Rajesh Munglani
Vice President
 
 
Qualifications: DCH FRCA
Term of Office: 2023-2026
 

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Elected members of Council

Dr Sumit Gulati
Qualifications: MBBS, FRCA, FFPMRCA, MD
Term of office: 2022-2026

Mr Martin Hey
Qualifications:GDip Physio MSc
Term of Office: 2019-2023

Dr Ramanarayanan Krishnamoorthy
Qualifications:
Term of Office: 2022-2026 (2nd term)

Ms Celia Manson
Qualifications: Registered Nurse - adult.
Term of office: 2020-2024

Dr David Pang
Qualifications: FFPMRCA
Term of Office: 2022-2026 (2nd term)

Dr Mahindra Chincholkar
Qualifications: MBBS, MD, Dip Health (EBM), FRCA, FFPMRCA
Term of Office: 2023-2026

Dr Manojit Sinha
Qualifications: MRCA, FCAI, FFPMRCA
Term of Office: 2023-2026

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Co-opted members of Council

Victoria Abbott-Fleming MBE
Chair, The Patient Voice Committee 
Term of office: 2020-2023

Ms Felicia Cox
Editor, British Journal of Pain
Term of office: 2014-2026

Dr Lorraine de Gray
Representative: Faculty of Pain Medicine of the Royal College of Anaesthetists
Term of office: 2022-2026

Dr Andreas Goebel
Chair, Science & Research Committee
Term of office: 2019-2026

Dr Patrick Hill
Respresentative: British Psychological Society
Term of office: 2019-2026

Dr Martin Johnson
Representative: Chronic Pain Policy Coalition & Royal College of GP's
Term of office: 2019-2026

Dr Edmund Keogh
Chair, Scientific Programme Committee
Term of office: 2023-2026

Elsje de Villiers
Representative: Physiotherapy Pain Association
Term of office: 2023-2026

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Dates of future Council meetings

The British Pain Society Council usually meets four times a year at the Society’s headquarters in London.

2023

  • 7th February 
  • 28th June
  • 28th September
  • 5th December

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