Dr. Nicole Damestoy is a physician specializing in public health and preventive medicine, with over two decades of experience in teaching and advancing the field. Among various governance roles she has held, she served as board president and executive director of the Institut national de santé publique du Québec for seven years, including providing steady and strategic leadership throughout the COVID-19 pandemic.
The Nominating Committee values Dr. Damestoy’s exceptional governance and leadership experience, as well as her outstanding contributions to CMPA Council discussions.
Practice Appointments
Hôpital de la Cité-de-la-Santé de Laval
Associate member, clinical department, public health
2022-
Active staff, clinical department, public health
1994-2022
Active staff, department of family medicine
1990-1994
Centre intégré de santé et des services sociaux des Laurentides - Direction de santé publique
Medical assistant and physician advisor - Promotion and prevention team
2022-
Institut national de santé publique du Québec
Chief executive officer
2015-2022
Agence de la santé et des services sociaux de Laval
Physician advisor - on secondment with the ministère de la Santé et des Services sociaux du Québec
2012-2015
Collège des médecins du Québec
Assistant syndic
2012-2012
Agence de la santé et des services sociaux de Laval - Régie régionale de Laval
Executive director of public health
2005-2012
Medical assistant to the director of public health
2003-2005
Coordinator - Promotion-Prevention team
1998-2003
Physician advisor – elder care, smoking cessation, and injury prevention
1994-1998
