Executive Leadership

Karina Guy, Alberta Medical Association CEO

The Alberta Medical Association was first led by a registrar then by an executive director.

In 1906, Dr. James D. Lafferty, the AMA's first registrar, organized a meeting of all physicians practicing in Alberta. Thirty-one physicians met in Calgary that year to form the Alberta Medical Association.

From these small beginnings, the AMA has grown into a complex organization that represents over 13,000 Alberta physicians, resident physicians and medical students.

Chief Executive Officers (CEOs)

Karina Guy
CEO: 2024-present

Executive Directors

Cameron Plitt
Acting Executive Director: 2023-2024

Michael A. Gormley
Executive Director: 2002-2023 

Dr. Robert A. Burns
Executive Director: 1988-2001
Assistant Executive Director: 1988

Dr. Robert F. Clark
Executive Director: 1972-87
Executive Secretary: 1967-72

Dr. Robert Woolstencroft
Executive Director:1967-72

Registrars

Dr. William Bramley-Moore
Registrar: 1946-67

Dr. George R. Johnson
Registrar: 1922-45

Alberta Medical Association and College of Physicians & Surgeons of Alberta merged in 1922-1923.

Dr. John Park
Registrar: 1919-21

Dr. George Macdonald
Registrar: 1912-19

Dr. James D. Lafferty
Registrar: 1906-11

Alberta Medical Association Mission: Advocate for and support Alberta physicians. Strengthen their leadership in the provision of sustainable quality care.