Dr. Suzette Sutherland

So you're the late 80s. You were going through a residency.

So you're the late 80s. You were going through a residency.

Yeah, well, I was going to bring that up. That was my next thing to talk about, you know, this combination. We always talk about balancing, right, our life's responsibilities when we're in a career such as medicine and surgery, and how do we balance that effectively with our family responsibilities and not wanting to give up one for the other, but try to make them both work.

Yeah, well, I was going to bring that up. That was my next thing to talk about, you know, this combination. We always talk about balancing, right, our life's responsibilities when we're in a career such as medicine and surgery, and how do we balance that effectively with our family responsibilities and not wanting to give up one for the other, but try to make them both work.

Yeah, well, I was going to bring that up. That was my next thing to talk about, you know, this combination. We always talk about balancing, right, our life's responsibilities when we're in a career such as medicine and surgery, and how do we balance that effectively with our family responsibilities and not wanting to give up one for the other, but try to make them both work.

You had a very circuitous journey, so to speak, right, to get to where you are and to get to the University of Utah. I wonder if you might share that a little bit, what some of those hardships for you were that were unique to you that even more so than the average woman.

You had a very circuitous journey, so to speak, right, to get to where you are and to get to the University of Utah. I wonder if you might share that a little bit, what some of those hardships for you were that were unique to you that even more so than the average woman.

You had a very circuitous journey, so to speak, right, to get to where you are and to get to the University of Utah. I wonder if you might share that a little bit, what some of those hardships for you were that were unique to you that even more so than the average woman.

Oh, boy. You know, the big question that's not allowed anymore, of course.

Oh, boy. You know, the big question that's not allowed anymore, of course.

Oh, boy. You know, the big question that's not allowed anymore, of course.

Yeah, so then your course, again, took a little bit of a different course. You had to make some choices and decisions about what was right for your family, but allow you still to further your career. Can you talk a little bit about that? What choices did you make? And that added to your experience here. You didn't just jump right into academic medicine, right? That wasn't a possibility.

Yeah, so then your course, again, took a little bit of a different course. You had to make some choices and decisions about what was right for your family, but allow you still to further your career. Can you talk a little bit about that? What choices did you make? And that added to your experience here. You didn't just jump right into academic medicine, right? That wasn't a possibility.

Yeah, so then your course, again, took a little bit of a different course. You had to make some choices and decisions about what was right for your family, but allow you still to further your career. Can you talk a little bit about that? What choices did you make? And that added to your experience here. You didn't just jump right into academic medicine, right? That wasn't a possibility.

But, you know, although it was a circuitous route, you still came back, right?

But, you know, although it was a circuitous route, you still came back, right?

But, you know, although it was a circuitous route, you still came back, right?

But correct me if I'm wrong, you were again, if not the only woman in the minority, right? In the urology department at Kaiser. I don't recall if you said you were the only. So that must have had its challenges, too.

But correct me if I'm wrong, you were again, if not the only woman in the minority, right? In the urology department at Kaiser. I don't recall if you said you were the only. So that must have had its challenges, too.

But correct me if I'm wrong, you were again, if not the only woman in the minority, right? In the urology department at Kaiser. I don't recall if you said you were the only. So that must have had its challenges, too.