1st April 2019

St Lucia Medical & Dental Association Elects New Executive

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By SLMDA

Press Release - Dr. Merle Clarke is the new President of the St Lucia Medical & Dental Association (SLMDA).

A Nephrologist by specialisation, Dr. Clarke, heads an eleven-member Executive comprised of eight women medical and dental practitioners, considered a forward step for the Association.

Dr. Clarke is also the head of the Renal Unit at the Owen King EU Hospital (OKEU) and the host of the weekly SLMDA’s education and discussion programme, “HealthWise” hosted on HTS.

The new Executive was elected at the SLMDA’s Annual General Body Meeting held on Saturday, March 30th, 2019, at the Auberge Seraphine Hotel Conference Room.

Dr. Clarke succeeds Dr. Alphonsus St Rose, who automatically stays on the new Executive as Immediate-Past President.

The full SLMDA Executive comprises:

President: Dr. Merle Clarke

Vice President: Dr. Leonard Surage

Immediate-Past President: Dr. Alphonsus St. Rose

Secretary: Dr. Marisa Jacob-Leonce

Assistant Secretary: Dr. Twyla Louis-Fernand

Treasurer: Dr. Lisa Charles

Specialists' Representative: Dr. Tamara Semei-Spencer

Dentists' Representative: Dr. Janin Dublin McIntyre

Junior Doctors' Representative: Dr. Johnoma Giffard

Public Relations Officer: Dr. Monique Monplaisir

The AGM received the President’s Report by Dr. Alphonsus St Rose, as well as the auditor’s report, presented by certified accountant Mr. Mario Lendor.

SLMDA Executive members serve for a two-year term, but the Association also holds two Annual General Meetings in the two-year period.

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