National Pain Steering Committee

Chair

Professor Michael Cousins
Kolling Institute
Royal North Shore Hospital - University of Sydney
St Leonards, NSW

Deputy Chair

Dr Penny Briscoe
Dean, Faculty of Pain Medicine
Royal Adelaide Hospital Pain Unit

Other members

Dr Carolyn Arnold
Caulfield Pain Management & Research Centre
Caulfield, Victoria

Ms Diana Aspinall
Arthritis Foundation and Consumer Health Forum Representative
Parramatta, NSW

Associate Professor Leigh Atkinson
Neurosurgeon
Brisbane, QLD

Dr Fiona Blyth
Epidemiologist, Pain Management Research Institute
Royal North Shore Hospital - University of Sydney

Dr Roberta Chow
Research Associate
Nerve Research Foundation
Brain and Mind Research Institute
Camperdown, NSW

Associate Professor Milton Cohen
Rheumatologist and Pain Physician
St Vincent’s Hospital, NSW

Mr Michael Deen
Occupational Therapist
Multidisciplinary Pain Clinic
Royal Brisbane and Women’s Hospital, Qld

Ms Denise Francis-King
Clinical Nurse Consultant
Member Qld Pain Services Development Committee
Multi-disciplinary Pain Centre
Royal Brisbane Hospital, Qld

Professor Stephen Gibson PhD
Deputy director, National Aging Research Institute
Royal Melbourne Hospital, Vic

Dr Stan Goldstein
Head of Clinical advisory
Bupa Australia, NSW

Dr Roger Goucke
Head, Department of Pain Management
Sir Charles Gairdner Hospital, WA

Dr Michael Jennings
Psychiatrist
Royal Prince Alfred Hospital Pain Management Centre QE 11
Camperdown, NSW

Associate Professor Michael Nicholas
Pain Management Research Institute
Royal North Shore Hospital, NSW

Dr Tim Semple
Secretary, Australian Pain Society
Royal Adelaide Hospital Pain Clinic, SA

Ms Coralie Wales
President and CEO, Chronic Pain Australia

Associate Professor Simon Willcock
Associate Dean ( Postgraduate Medical Education)
Associate Professor and Head, Discipline of General Practice, Northern Clinical school, NSW

Ms Lesley Brydon
National Pain Summit - Executive Director
Pain Management Research Institute
Royal North Shore Hospital, NSW