AMA executive directors
The first executive directors of the AMA were called registrars.
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.
Executive directors and registrars
Cameron Plitt
Acting Executive Director: 2023-present
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
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
