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Dr. Alykhan Abdulla
Family medicine
Dr. Alykhan Abdulla is past chair of the OMA Section on General and Family Practice and an award-winning physician who aims improve the lives of both physicians and patients.

Disorders and diseases

Areas of care/specialties
Dr. Zainab Abdurrahman
Clinical immunology and allergy
Dr. Zainab Abdurrahman, president of the Ontario Medical Association, is an allergist and clinical immunologist, advocating for health equity, medical innovation and inclusive leadership. She brings a strong background in biostatistics and a deep commitment to systemic change.
Dr. Yusra Ahmad
Psychiatry
Dr. Yusra Ahmad is a community and academic psychiatrist in Toronto, and a clinical lecturer in the Department of Psychiatry at the University of Toronto.

Areas of care/specialties

Children and youth

Mental health/addictions

Disorders and diseases
Dr. Drew Bednar
Orthopedic surgery
Dr. Drew Bednar is blazing the trail in spinal care. He’s an expert on tissue biomechanics, patient education, clinical care issues and surgical innovation.

Areas of care/specialties

Mental health/addictions
Dr. Mel Borins
Family medicine
Dr. Mel Borins is a family physician who has lectured on health and healing in Canada, the United States, Asia and New Zealand.

Mental health/addictions
Dr. Vivien Brown
Family medicine
Dr. Brown is an award-winning physician, international speaker and best-selling author. She speaks about women’s health, mental health, health promotion and more.

Women's health

Social issues

Mental health/addictions

Seniors' health
Dr. Zain Chagla
Infectious diseases
As an infectious disease specialist, Dr. Chagla has given media interviews on the COVID-19 pandemic and published several op-eds on testing, disease elimination, and public health interventions.

Disorders and diseases
Dr. Teresa Chan
Emergency medicine
Dr. Chan is an emergency medicine physician and nationally recognized educator involved in the intersection between health care and innovation.

Innovation and technology

Areas of care/specialties
Dr. Chandi Chandrasena
Family medicine
Dr. Chandrasena is OntarioMD’s chief medical officer and an experienced peer mentor and educator. She is knowledgeable about digital health tools and technology and practical ways to incorporate them into practice.

Innovation and technology
Mr. Nader Chaya
Medical student
Nader Chaya hopes to learn more about social determinants of health and physician leadership in his studies at the University of Toronto.

Social issues

Health-care system
Dr. Michael Cheng
Child psychiatry
Dr. Cheng is an award-winning psychiatrist who helps children, youth and their families reconnect to nature in a tech-saturated world.

Children and youth

Mental health/addictions
Dr. David Fisman
Infectious diseases, public health, epidemiology
Dr. Fisman is a professor of epidemiology at the Dalla Lana School of Public Health at the University of Toronto and a practicing internist with a focus on infectious diseases at Michael Garron Hospital.

Disorders and diseases

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