Governance
The NLMA Annual General Meeting (AGM) is held each June. Board members and officers are elected annually through a general election. NLMA members are represented at the national level through the CMA Board of Directors.
The Professional Association of Residents of Newfoundland and Labrador and the Medical Students’ Society at Memorial University each have one non-voting member on the NLMA Board of Directors.
By-Laws
Enacted pursuant to the Corporations Act, the Medical Act, 2011, and the Articles of Association of the Newfoundland and Labrador Medical Association
Board of Directors
| Top Row L-R: Tiffany Furneaux (past Medical Student Rep), Dr. Stephen Major, Dr. David Harvey, Dr. Amer Qureshi Bottom Row L-R: Dr. Gerard Farrell, Dr. Cynthia Slade, Dr. Tracey Bridger, Dr. Mo Yu Lanny Li, Dr. Heather O’Dea Missing from photo: Dr. Desmond Whalen, Dr. David Metcalfe, Dr. Paul Pitts, Jennifer Mackey |
Officers of the Board
Directors At-Large
Non-Voting
Dr. Stephen Major, MD
President
He was born in St. John’s to parents Rev. Carl Major, an Anglican minister from Stephenville, and Norma Scott from Bay L’Argent on the Burin Peninsula. Throughout his childhood he travelled with his family, living in Antigua, Toronto, Whitbourne, Trinidad and Tobago before attending High School in Bay Roberts.
In 1999, Dr. Major relocated to St. John’s and started his practice at the Campbell Medical Group where he continues to practice to this day. Outside of his regular clinic hours he reserves one day a week for visiting his patients in nursing homes and making house calls.
He has also spent more than 20 years working as an emergency room physician, taking a hiatus in 2023 while serving on the Board of the Newfoundland and Labrador Medical Association (NLMA).
On June 8, 2024, Dr. Major was installed as the 99th president of the NLMA.
Dr. Gerard Farrell, MD
Past-President
Dr. Gerard Farrell has been taking care of cancer patients in St. John’s for more than 25 years. He began this career as a general practitioner in oncology at the H. Bliss Murphy Cancer Centre, and now offers After Cancer Care to patients who have completed their care at HBMCC. He is currently involved in curriculum development with Memorial’s Office of Professional Education and Development. He has also been involved in postgraduate medical education and has supervised graduate students in the faculties of Medicine, Computer Science, and Pharmacy.
