Message From the Chair

Thank you for visiting the Memorial University Newfoundland and Labrador's Discipline of Surgery website.

You will find links to key people in the discipline as well as information about our residency programs.

Our Discipline is involved at all stages of medical training. Our Faculty assist Undergraduate learners in gaining surgical knowledge through all phases of Undergraduate training. We contribute lectures and clinical skills teaching on Phases 1-3. In Phase 4, there is a 8 week core surgical rotation and elective/selective options throughout clerkship.

There are two Fully Accredited Postgraduate Surgical Programs under our Discipline. Both General Surgery and Orthopedics start with two years of Surgical Foundations training and both have begun their integration as CBD curriculum.

We have small programs that offer a strong academic, clinical and surgical experience. Early hands on training and graded responsibility helps us produce well-rounded and experienced surgeons that smoothly transition to either clinical practice or fellowship training.

Both residencies have productive and scholarly curriculum to assure we contribute knowledge to our respective specialties, and also provide our graduates with the skills needed for lifelong learning.

Our committed Faculty, Staff, and Residents strive to follow the Faculty of Medicine's Strategic Plan to produce the best trained and healthiest surgeons possible.

Thank you for your interest in the Discipline of Surgery!

Dr. David E. Pace, M.D., FRCSC
Professor and Interim Chair of Surgery
Memorial University

Surgery as an academic discipline

The Discipline of Surgery has also been led by the following chairs:

Dr. F. Maroun: 1989  – 1999
Dr. Pollett: 1999 – 2009
Dr. D. Boone: 2009 – 2017
Dr. C. Stone: 2018-2024
Dr. D. Pace: 2024 - Present

The Discipline of Surgery has 13 full time faculty members and 40 part time faculty in Newfoundland and Labrador, 9 part time faculty in Prince Edward Island, and 53 part time faculty in New Brunswick. Many of our faculty are general and orthopedic surgeons, but there are many other surgeons who are clinically skilled and academically learned in surgical sub-disciplinies, including: trauma, critical care, surgical oncology, bariatric, pediatric surgery, urology, otolaryngology, plastic surgery, thoracic surgery, ophthalmology, cardiac surgery, intenstive care, cardiovascular surgery,  and vascular surgery. During your residency at Memorial, there are elective opportunities in many of these sub-disciplines.

The Discipline of Surgery at Memorial's Faculty of Medicine offers fully accredited residency programs in General Surgery and Orthopedic Surgery.

For more information on our residency programs, please visit our Education section.