Professor Michael Veltman joined the FPM Board from May 2022.
He currently serves as:
Professor Veltman has previously held a number of key roles within the faculty, including Chair of the FPM Training Unit Accreditation Committee and member of the FPM Training and Assessment Executive Committee, Professional Standards Committee, FPM Scientific Meetings Committee, and ICT Governance Committee. He has also served as Chair of the FPM WA Regional Committee.
A procedural pain medicine specialist, Professor Veltman has extensive experience across perioperative medicine, acute pain services, and echocardiography. He is committed to strengthening pain medicine as a recognised and influential specialty, and elevating the Faculty’s role in shaping high-quality, safe, and patient-centred care.
He is a consultant pain physician at Sir Charles Gairdner Hospital and Joondalup Health Campus, where he also serves as Director of Medical Services. Professor Veltman has played a significant role in establishing and leading training units across public and private healthcare settings, contributing to the development of future specialist pain medicine physicians.
Professor Veltman holds a certification with the American Society of Echocardiography, and is a Graduate of the Chapter of Perioperative Medicine. He is endorsed to perform interventional pain procedures across all levels of complexity and is an Accredited Procedural Supervisor with FPM. He has also chaired and contributed to a number of document development groups.