Board of Directors

BSc, MD, LMCC, CCFP, DipSportMed CASEM, FCFP, CTH (ISTM), CCPE, Master Cert Phys Leader, ICD.D

Dr. Abdulla is a comprehensive family doctor, palliative, sports, cosmetic and travel medicine consultant. He is assistant professor Department of Family Medicine and Academic Consultant Level 1 Faculty of Nursing at University of Ottawa. He was awarded the OCFP Family Physician of the Year for Eastern Ontario in 2008, Award of Excellence in 2022, Faculty Professionalism Award from the University of Ottawa in 2020. He mentors health sciences, medical students and family medicine residents. He was awarded the OMA Advocate for Students and Residents in 2020, Department of Family Medicine Mentorship's Award in 2023.

He is past Chair of the Section of General and Family Physicians, past President of the Academy of Medicine Ottawa and District 8 Chair. He has earned a Masters Certificate in Leadership from the Schulich Business School, the Canadian Certified Physician Executive in Health Care designation from the CMA, and the ICD.D Directors Education Program designation from the Rotman Business School.

He is serving on the boards of the Ontario Medical Association Section of General and Family Physicians Executive Committee, Beechwood Cemetery Foundation, College of Family Physicians of Canada, and the Bruyere Continuing Care. He serves on Audit and Financing for Canada Games Council and The Rideau Club. He has served on the Boards of the Eastern Ontario Regional Lab Association, Ottawa Regional Cancer Foundation, Physician Services Incorporated, eHealth Connecting Ontario for Eastern Ontario, the Shepherds of Good Hope, Carleton University Migration and Immigration Studies, Ontario Medical Foundation, and the Bruyere Foundation. He was awarded the United Way Community Builder Award in 2009.

He is the Director for Leadership Curriculum at University of Ottawa Faculty of Medicine Undergraduate Medical Education. He is involved in organizing educational events for doctors, providing interviews to radio, newspapers and TV. He is a published poet. He had a long running TV show on Rogers community TV called Med Talks. He was awarded a Queen Elizabeth II's Diamond Jubilee Medal in 2013.

Personally, he enjoys travel, pickleball, badminton, ballroom dancing, and public speaking. Dr. Abdulla’s expertise lies in complexity science, resilience training, disruptive innovations, quintuple aim in all disciplines, and empowering those around him. He is married to photographer Tia MacPherson and has 5 children.