When Dr. Bulelwa Mpisi graduated from medical school in South Africa in 2008, she imagined a future in surgery. Now based in Calgary, Dr. Mpisi works as a family physician at a clinic in the city’s northwest and also provides emergency department coverage in Drumheller on some weekends.
For me, it’s the relationships. You get to care for people through their whole lives.
She's met patients when they were babies, seen them grow up, get married and now is caring for their children. She's cared for grandparents, great‑grandparents and now their grandchildren.
That continuity, combined with the variety family medicine offers, is what keeps her energized.
Read Dr. Mpisi's story in the July/August 2026 issue of Alberta Doctors' Digest.