I Wouldn’t Trade Her for the World

Family Doctor: Sonya Lee

Dr. Lee has been my family doctor since 2000 when issued a circular in the neighbourhood advertising that she was taking patients as she was new to the area. We are now 3 generations of patients (myself, my daughter, and my grandchildren) and I wouldn’t trade her for the world. She is now the Department Head of Family Medicine at the University of Calgary Cummings School of Medicine – but first and foremost she is MY family doctor. She is kind, compassionate, thorough, efficient, and exemplifies what a family doctor should be. Specialists that she has referred to me always comment on how her referrals are detailed and thorough and contain all the information they need.

We have journeyed together through burn-out, children, multiple surgeries, cancer, a brain aneurysm (found incidentally because she is so thorough). She has many residents and she is an amazing teacher, she is always professional and has the time for us to talk about our families. I have and do trust her with my life – if every Family Doctor was like Dr. Sonya Lee, what a better world it would be. She is a role model extraordinaire and everyone should wish to have a doctor like her.

Pat Henderson