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
| L-R: Jennifer Mackey (Medical Student rep), Dr. Mo Yu Lanny Li, Dr. Susan MacDonald, Dr. Tracey Bridger, Dr. David Metcalfe, Dr. Gert Nel, Dr. Stephen Major, Dr. Cynthia Slade, Dr. Doug Angel, Dr. Amer Qureshi Missing from photo: Dr. Melinda Noel, Dr. Paul Pitts (Resident rep) |
Officers of the Board
Directors At-Large
Non-Voting
Dr. Cynthia Slade, MD
President
Dr. Cynthia Slade is a psychiatrist in St. John’s. On June 7, 2025, she was installed as the 100th president of the NLMA.
Dr. Stephen Major, MD
Past-President
Dr. Stephen Major 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.
