No-Scalpel Vasectomy Video – Intramed Medical Centre

Dr. Phillip van der Merwe is a certified family physician and clinical associate professor with over three decades of medical experience. After leaving South Africa in 1990, he pursued work throughout the United Kingdom before relocating to Canada, where he settled in Calgary as a community based family physician. Dr. van der Merwe has led Alberta’s transition to the Patient’s Medical Home as the new standard of care, while he was co-chair of the Provincial PCN Leads. He was also a founder of the Calgary West Central Primary Care Network – the largest PCN in Alberta. Dr. van der Merwe has obtained the following awards:

• CAMSS Physician Advocacy Award 2012
• A Section of General Practice Outstanding Service Award 2019

He has been performing no-scalpel vasectomies since 2002 after being trained in this regard by three Calgary-based urologists. After retiring from Family Practice in 2019, Dr. van der Merwe joined Dr. Crouse at Intramed, focusing exclusively on no-scalpel vasectomies. He is a Clinical Associate Professor at the University of Calgary Medical School, an advocate, and an active member of many medical associations, committees, and initiatives in Alberta. He has also served as the physician of record for the Calgary Opera, Alberta Ballet and Lufthansa German Airlines.