Dr Nick Christelis MBBCH, FRCA, FFPMRCA, FANZCA, FFPMANZCA

Pain Specialists Australia, Co-Founder and Medical Director and Dr Nick Christelis holds two specialist medical qualifications in pain medicine: from the Faculty of Pain Medicine of the Australian and New Zealand College of Anaesthetists, and the Faculty of Pain Medicine of the Royal College of Anaesthetists in London (UK). Nick has over 15 years of experience and practices full-time within the field of pain medicine. He is a pain medicine physician with interest in intervention combining the full multidisciplinary team approach with advanced pain interventional techniques like nerve and joint blocks, epidural injections, radiofrequency ablation, pulsed radiofrequency, spinal cord stimulation and other advanced neuromodulation techniques.

Dr Neels (Cornelius) Du Toit MBChB FACSP FIPP

I completed my undergraduate degree in medicine at the University of the Free State, South Africa in 1997 before coming to Australia in 2003. I then commenced specialist training as a sports physician at the Brisbane Orthopaedic and Sports Medicine Centre, and subsequently at Olympic Park Sports Medicine Centre in Melbourne. I completed my fellowship as a Sports and Exercise Physician in 2008. I went on to develop an interest in chronic musculoskeletal pain conditions especially chronic spinal pain, chronic groin and shoulder pain.

Associate Professor Barry Rawicki

Dr Paul Verrills MBBS FAFMM GDMM (Hons) MM (Pain Medicine) FIPP AMA(M)