Dr. Catherine DeVries

The team approach is a good idea, but actually when you are the one responsible for your outcomes from the beginning to the end, it puts a whole new light on patient care. And I think that's valuable. It also helps you to become a more independent surgeon because you're able to work and set up a case so that you can do that with a tech and pretty much any tech anywhere.

The team approach is a good idea, but actually when you are the one responsible for your outcomes from the beginning to the end, it puts a whole new light on patient care. And I think that's valuable. It also helps you to become a more independent surgeon because you're able to work and set up a case so that you can do that with a tech and pretty much any tech anywhere.

The team approach is a good idea, but actually when you are the one responsible for your outcomes from the beginning to the end, it puts a whole new light on patient care. And I think that's valuable. It also helps you to become a more independent surgeon because you're able to work and set up a case so that you can do that with a tech and pretty much any tech anywhere.

And you can travel around the world and surgery has its own language, but you can

And you can travel around the world and surgery has its own language, but you can

And you can travel around the world and surgery has its own language, but you can

work with people who don't speak your language because if you know how to set up a procedure and how to work with people who have some experience you can work with anybody pretty much anywhere and I do think that that is a value that many people who go into academics don't experience especially if they go directly from their training.

work with people who don't speak your language because if you know how to set up a procedure and how to work with people who have some experience you can work with anybody pretty much anywhere and I do think that that is a value that many people who go into academics don't experience especially if they go directly from their training.

work with people who don't speak your language because if you know how to set up a procedure and how to work with people who have some experience you can work with anybody pretty much anywhere and I do think that that is a value that many people who go into academics don't experience especially if they go directly from their training.

Well, I was the only one during my training. There had been one previous. That would be Linda Shortliffe. And Linda had trained also at Stanford, and she remained on the faculty. But amazingly, I never met her. During the time that I was training, because she was at the VA, and then she was off doing her fellowship in pediatric urology, and by the time she came back, I had finished.

Well, I was the only one during my training. There had been one previous. That would be Linda Shortliffe. And Linda had trained also at Stanford, and she remained on the faculty. But amazingly, I never met her. During the time that I was training, because she was at the VA, and then she was off doing her fellowship in pediatric urology, and by the time she came back, I had finished.

Well, I was the only one during my training. There had been one previous. That would be Linda Shortliffe. And Linda had trained also at Stanford, and she remained on the faculty. But amazingly, I never met her. During the time that I was training, because she was at the VA, and then she was off doing her fellowship in pediatric urology, and by the time she came back, I had finished.

So even though we had both trained in urology there, we never were in the same place at the same time. So it's kind of strange to realize that. But then there wasn't another one until Martha Terrace came. And that was after I had finished my chief residency. But Martha and I have stayed in touch. And she's now the chairman of urology at the Medical College of Georgia, Augusta University.

So even though we had both trained in urology there, we never were in the same place at the same time. So it's kind of strange to realize that. But then there wasn't another one until Martha Terrace came. And that was after I had finished my chief residency. But Martha and I have stayed in touch. And she's now the chairman of urology at the Medical College of Georgia, Augusta University.

So even though we had both trained in urology there, we never were in the same place at the same time. So it's kind of strange to realize that. But then there wasn't another one until Martha Terrace came. And that was after I had finished my chief residency. But Martha and I have stayed in touch. And she's now the chairman of urology at the Medical College of Georgia, Augusta University.

Although in the year that I finished medical school, half of the incoming interns were women. In surgery. So in the various specialties. So it really didn't seem at that time to be all that strange. At Stanford coming in, we had women in plastic surgery. I think there was one in neurosurgery and several in general surgery, possibly not in orthopedics.

Although in the year that I finished medical school, half of the incoming interns were women. In surgery. So in the various specialties. So it really didn't seem at that time to be all that strange. At Stanford coming in, we had women in plastic surgery. I think there was one in neurosurgery and several in general surgery, possibly not in orthopedics.

Although in the year that I finished medical school, half of the incoming interns were women. In surgery. So in the various specialties. So it really didn't seem at that time to be all that strange. At Stanford coming in, we had women in plastic surgery. I think there was one in neurosurgery and several in general surgery, possibly not in orthopedics.

But at any rate, it did not feel like it was particularly groundbreaking while I was in medical school. It was only once I got into urology and I looked around and there was nobody there that it seemed a little, it's not exactly lonely because there were plenty of guys and I was so busy I didn't have time to think about that. But in terms of mentorship, there really wasn't any.

But at any rate, it did not feel like it was particularly groundbreaking while I was in medical school. It was only once I got into urology and I looked around and there was nobody there that it seemed a little, it's not exactly lonely because there were plenty of guys and I was so busy I didn't have time to think about that. But in terms of mentorship, there really wasn't any.