Medical Staff
Dr. Faramarz Allahdini
Physician-
Dr. Faramarz Allahdini was born in Tehran, Iran in 1971. He entered Tehran University of Medical Sciences when he was 18 and graduated as a General Practitioner in 1997. He provided medical services to the people mainly in the rural areas for about four years before entering the Neurosurgery Residency Program in 2001. After graduating from the 5 year residency program in 2006 he continued both as a specialist and as a family physician in an underprivileged province far from the capital city of Tehran, he did this for about 9 years.
He and his family immigrated to Canada in 2015. In June, 2017 he managed to pass the Certifying Examinations of the Medical Council of Canada. He participated in many observer ship and educational programs in the University of Toronto until he decided to enter the SIPPA (Saskatchewan International Physician Practice Assessment) program in 2019. A requirement of the program is to have a recent practice experience in one’s home country. After a full year of experience in Iran, he passed the qualifying exam for SIPPA and entered into the program in February, 2022. He completed the program in June.
Dr. Allahdini started his family practice in Arcola in August, 2022. He has been fascinated by the historic buildings of Arcola and the picture-postcard scenery of nearby resorts. Above all, he has felt himself embraced by the pristine humility and respect of the local residents and unprecedented collaborative support from colleagues in the clinic and the hospital. He hopes he can play his role effectively as a new member in this thriving community in general, and in the public health sector in particular.
Dr. Osakponmwen Amayo
Physician-
Dr. Amayo accomplished his medical education at University of Benin Medical School Nigeria in 1995.
He completed his internship at Central Hospital, Benin City, Nigeria. From 1995 to 2005 he was at the University of Benin Teaching Hospital – Residency Program. Dr. Amayo worked as a General Outpatient Department Doctor at Havana Specialist Hospital, Lagos, Nigeria for 8 years before coming to Canada.
Dr. Amayo and his family, wife Anthonia and three children Osarumwese, Osadebamwen and Osayimwen arrived in Ontario in 2012. He entered the SIPPA program in 2016 and after a successful completion came to Arcola.
Dr. Amayo’s philosophy of practicing medicine is a medical practice is a privilege that comes with a sense of responsibility to my patients. The opportunity given me to treat and enjoy the trust and confidence of my patients and employers is a powerful motivating force to always strive to improve with the main aim of delivering better service to my patients. Humility and mutual respect has been essential components of his practice and his overall goal has been that my patient feels a lot better after an encounter with me irrespective of the nature of care given to them.
Dr. Nalin Fernando
Physician-
Dr. Nalin Fernando graduated in 2003 from a publicly funded medical education program at the Faculty of Medicine of University of Colombo Sri Lanka where he was born and raised. He served Sri Lanka for 7 years in various positions including four years of rural family practice as a general practitioner.
Dr. Fernando immigrated to Calgary, Canada in 2010 and completed all exams and obtained licence from Medical Council Canada by 2016. He has also completed multiple observerships and educational programs in Calgary including emergency medical courses such as ATLS, PALS, ACLS, CASTED and NRP.
He joined Alberta Health Services in 2013 as an Assistant Physician in cardiology and worked with many cardiologists in Calgary for 8 years before joining Arcola Family Health Clinic in February 2022 after successfully completing the SIPPA program in 2021. As a result, he has developed special interest in patients with heart diseases.
Dr. Fernando’s spouse Marie and three children, Sethumi, Nathan and Methuli, look forward to moving to Arcola after the school year 2021-2022.
Dr. Fernando is committed to provide high standards of comprehensive care to his patients by building trusting and professional relationships. He is hard working physician who enjoys rewarding rural medicine experience of providing care and services to the communities around the town of Arcola. For him, it is a great pleasure to be able to help human beings when they need support and care.