Pain Management Committee

The Pain Management Committee provides support, training, and education for anaesthesia practitioners (both medical and non-medical) who specialise or have a special interest in pain management (acute, chronic, and cancer), with a particular focus on resource-constrained settings. 

Key Committee Aims:

• Develop educational and training materials in Pain Management. 

• Support and develop WFSA publications and educational activity covering Pain Management. 

• Ensure WFSA guidelines and standards relevant to Pain Management are appropriate. 

• Seek funding and other support for WFSA’s activities related to Pain Management and work to expand those activities. 

2024-2026 Pain Management Committee Activities

• Expanding the Essential Pain Management (EPM) course 

• WFSA Briefing Document: Acute Pain Management: Available in English / Français / Español

• ATOTW 
  • Pain in Sickle Cell Disease and Acute Varicella Zoster Pain 

Resources

• WFSA position statement on opioids
• Acute Pain Management: A Global Health Priority

Members of the Pain Management Committee:

Chair
Sean Chetty	South Africa
Deputy Chair
Gauhar Afshan	Pakistan
Africa and the Middle East
Anisa Bhettay	South Africa
Arthur Polela	Zambia
Abhijit Sukumaran Nair	Oman
Elizabeth Ogboli Nwasor	Nigeria
Asia
Fumimasa Amaya	Japan
Nantthasorn Zinboonyahgoon	Thailand
Central and South America, Mexico and the Caribbean Islands
Ana Schwartzmann Bruno	Uruguay
Sidonia Suazo Reyes	Honduras
João Batista Santos Garcia	Brazil
Onica Tiffany Higgins-Gill	Guyana
Europe
Viktor Kubricht	Czech Republic
North America
Jason McVicar	Canada