Perioperative medicine was introduced as a key pillar of ANZCA’s 2018-2022 strategic plan and is also a key objective of the 2026-2028 strategic plan. Updates are provided in the ANZCA Bulletin.
Board members
ChPOM Board Chair
Immediate Past President
ANZCA Councillor
ChPOM Board Deputy Chair
ChPOM Advocacy and Policy Committee Chair (interim)
Graduate of Chapter of Perioperative Medicine
ChPOM Board member
ChPOM Education and Assessment Committee Chair
ChPOM Board member
Director of Professional Affairs, Perioperative Medicine
ChPOM Board member
POM Special Interest Group Chair
ChPOM Board member
Community representative
ChPOM Board member
Executive Director, ANZCA Education and Research
ChPOM Board member
ANZCA President (ex-officio)
ChPOM Board member
GChPOM (via course)
Committees of the POM Board
The Chapter of Perioperative Medicine's Advocacy and Policy Committee (ChPOM APC) has a membership of multidisciplinary clinicians that support policy and advocacy activities relating to the broad perioperative medicine community of practice, including nursing, allied health and non-medical contributors.
The Chapter of Perioperative Medicine Education and Assessment Committee (ChPOM EA Committee) is a multidisciplinary committee that reports to the Board of the Chapter of Perioperative Medicine (ChPOM Board).
Find out more about perioperative medicine
The Chapter of Perioperative Medicine has key strategic objectives to promote research, enhance professional development and oversee the quality of the perioperative medicine certification, whilst also fostering cross-specialty collaboration.
The ANZCA Course in Perioperative Medicine enables specialist doctors enhance their skills and knowledge in perioperative medicine.
The Perioperative Care Framework was developed by the Perioperative Care Working Group approved by ANZCA Council in December 2021, and updated in December 2023.
Perioperative medicine emphasises the importance of an integrated, planned, and personalised approach to patient care before, during, and after any surgical procedure involving anaesthesia. The goal is to improve the patient experience and outcomes, lower the occurrence of postoperative issues, decrease the number of days spent in the hospital, and minimize readmissions after surgery. We call this approach a "perioperative care model".