Dr. Fay Whitbourne
Chairman, Central Medical Labs

Dr. Fay E. Whitbourne is one of the most accomplished members of the medical fraternity in Jamaica, with a diverse and impressive list of academic and professional achievements.

She is one of the architects of Central Medical Laboratories’ formula for success. Armed with her passion for Laboratory Medicine, extensive professional experience and dedication to the vision of the Company’s founder, Roy Clarke, she has piloted the Laboratory to world-class standards and has skillfully positioned the company on the path to future success. Dr. Whitbourne’s penchant for careful analysis and keen attention to detail is an attribute that has served this company well, transforming a fledgling business into a solid organization whose reliability and integrity have earned the respect of the medical fraternity.

This super administrator opened her docket 23 years ago as a Consultant Clinical Pathologist, and she now serves from the Chair of the Board of Directors of one of the largest and most successful laboratories in Jamaica, a position she assumed in 2005. Dr. Whitbourne confesses that she works best where she is happiest, and at Central Medical Laboratories she found ‘a home away from home’ - a comfortable environment that drew on her capabilities and honed her skills. Admittedly and without reservation, this was certainly a job worth doing; and Dr. Fay Whitbourne did it in her signature quiet and gracious style. In the process, she has won the admiration of the management and staff of the organization and, even more importantly, the community that it serves.

A past Director of the National Public Health Laboratory Services, Dr. Whitbourne supervised the establishment of several other private laboratories in Jamaica. She also influenced the legislation of standards and guidelines for laboratory performance.

A self-confessed “people person” who enjoys interacting with patients, Dr. Whitbourne currently operates a private practice where she lends her expertise in Diabetes and Menopause Management. She is among the three certified Menopause Practitioners in Jamaica and is Founder/President of the Jamaica Menopause Society.

In 2005, she received the prestigious Medical Association of Jamaica Award, in acknowledgement of her outstanding service in the field of medicine.

How does she accomplish so much as a career woman, mother and wife? She says, “Maintaining balance has always been very important to me and being comfortable in one’s skin, is an ideal place to be. But my relationship with God since I was 16-years old has given me an anchor which has buffered me through life.”

Still yearning to do more and to recreate herself, as she has done in the past, she now looks forward to her retirement and to getting more involved in church work, which provides an avenue through which she can give more to the needy.

Dr. Fay Whitbourne, Central Medical Laboratories proudly recognizes your sterling achievements in the field of medicine, and hails your contribution in directing our Company on the road to success.

 

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