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Ep. 212 Expanding Her Scope with SWIU: Dr. Catherine deVries on Navigating Challenges for Sustainable Global Impact
Fri, 31 Jan 2025
Are you interested in building an academic niche within global surgery? Dr. Catherine deVries, Professor of Urology and Global Surgery at the University of Utah and founder of International Volunteers in Urology (IVUMed), shares her journey and provides a blueprint for the aspiring academic surgeon. This episode is hosted by Dr. Suzette Sutherland in collaboration with the Society of Women in Urology. --- This podcast is supported by: Boston Scientific UroAdvance http://bostonscientific.com/uroadvance --- SYNPOSIS The episode focuses on Dr. deVries experiences as a groundbreaking woman in the historically male-dominated field of urology. Dr. deVries delves into her landmark contributions to global health, particularly through her work leading IVUMed. She shares her experiences developing sustainable surgical care programs and her academic journey. The conversation also touches on the importance of ethics and public health when conducting surgical missions. The discussion serves as an inspiration for future generations in the field of urology and global health. --- TIMESTAMPS 00:00 - Introduction 02:17 - Dr. DeVries' Academic and Professional Journey 04:08 - Experiences as a Woman in Urology 14:55 - Pediatric Urology and Global Health 21:54 - Founding IVUMed 40:34 - Future Directions 44:14 - Conclusion --- RESOURCES Boston Scientific https://www.bostonscientific.com/en-US/medical-specialties/urology/products.html Society of Women in Urology https://swiu.org/home.aspx
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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
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.
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I'm your host again today, Dr. Suzette Sutherland, and I'm so very excited to host this very special episode. It's part of a Society of Women in Urology legacy series where we're highlighting women who've really been true pioneers and trailblazers in the area of urology. So I'm super excited to be the one to host Dr. Catherine DeVries, who's here with me today. Thanks, Catherine, for being here.
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