He completed his hip and knee adult reconstruction fellowship at the Hospital for Special Surgery in New York City, where he was awarded the Excellence in Clinical Research Award. He then completed the Müller Foundation/Hip Society European Fellowship in Hip Surgery, visiting multiple centres in England, France, Germany and Italy. Dr. Abdel completed his internship and residency at the Mayo Clinic, where he served as a chief resident and received both the Mark B. Coventry Clinical Research and PJ Kelly Basic Science Research Awards twice, as well as the Chief Resident Outstanding Clinician Award. In addition, he received his M.S. in Biomedical Sciences from the Mayo Graduate School.