Hairil Rizal Abdullah MBBS, MMed, MSc, PhD
Senior Consultant & Clinician Scientist
Singapore General Hospital
Assoc Prof Hairil Rizal Abdullah is a Senior Consultant Anaesthesiologist and Perioperative Physician at Singapore General Hospital. He holds an MBBS, MMed, MSc, and PhD, with his doctoral studies focused on the utilisation of Data Science in Healthcare from Duke-NUS Medical School Singapore.
After completing his advanced specialist training in Singapore, he pursued a fellowship in Perioperative Medicine at the University of Toronto, Canada, followed by an MSc in the same discipline from University College London, UK. His commitment to lifelong learning earned him the National Medical Research Council Research Training Fellowship in 2020 and the prestigious Lee Kuan Yew Scholarship by the Public Service Commission, Singapore in 2022.
Since 2020, Hairil has been the Value Lead for SGH, guiding a cross-functional multidisciplinary team in scaling up and operationalising Value Based Healthcare (VBH) initiatives across the hospital. His efforts in promoting positive systemic change were recognised with the “Distinguished Champion of Change Leader Award” by SingHealth in 2022, and his team received the “Distinguished Team Award” in 2024.
In 2024, Hairil was appointed as the Director of the Office of Value Based Healthcare for SingHealth. In this role, he is responsible for driving VBH initiatives across 12 different healthcare institutions, catering to 1.6 million people. His expertise in this field has led to invitations to participate in leadership forums of multiple international VBH-related organisations, including ICHOM and Choosing Wisely International.
Hairil also serves as Co-Director of the Data Science & Artificial Intelligence Laboratory at Singapore General Hospital, and holds the position of Associate Professor in Health Services and Systems Research at Duke-NUS Medical School, Singapore.