Dr. Simone Thavaseelan

Yeah, you know, for me, having met certain people along the way through SWOO has been, they've been meaningful friendships and relationships, both professionally and personally. I had mentioned Dr. Smith, Dr. Terrace, also Dr. Jada Thompson. She's in private practice in the Midwest, and we've never crossed paths without SWOO.

Yeah, you know, for me, having met certain people along the way through SWOO has been, they've been meaningful friendships and relationships, both professionally and personally. I had mentioned Dr. Smith, Dr. Terrace, also Dr. Jada Thompson. She's in private practice in the Midwest, and we've never crossed paths without SWOO.

and seeing her practice situation change over time has also been a real learning lesson for me in terms of how to manage transitions. I've also overlapped with resident trainees on the board in their leadership roles. And I think the power of those folks that are younger than us to reverse mentor us is also really useful.

and seeing her practice situation change over time has also been a real learning lesson for me in terms of how to manage transitions. I've also overlapped with resident trainees on the board in their leadership roles. And I think the power of those folks that are younger than us to reverse mentor us is also really useful.

and seeing her practice situation change over time has also been a real learning lesson for me in terms of how to manage transitions. I've also overlapped with resident trainees on the board in their leadership roles. And I think the power of those folks that are younger than us to reverse mentor us is also really useful.

It keeps you in the game, if you will, of trying to figure out what matters to the early career urologist.

It keeps you in the game, if you will, of trying to figure out what matters to the early career urologist.

It keeps you in the game, if you will, of trying to figure out what matters to the early career urologist.

We've had a couple other initiatives, you know, our task forces that have focused on a number of projects. But I think the real goal of the task forces are to bring women together and work on a topic that affects us in our career and to create change and network. And those topics have ranged from increasing women in publishing to addressing salary equity to education.

We've had a couple other initiatives, you know, our task forces that have focused on a number of projects. But I think the real goal of the task forces are to bring women together and work on a topic that affects us in our career and to create change and network. And those topics have ranged from increasing women in publishing to addressing salary equity to education.

We've had a couple other initiatives, you know, our task forces that have focused on a number of projects. But I think the real goal of the task forces are to bring women together and work on a topic that affects us in our career and to create change and network. And those topics have ranged from increasing women in publishing to addressing salary equity to education.

improving the transition to parenting. And apart from the task forces, other initiatives that have also, I think, brought value to our members, apart from the speaker database, include the webinar series that we do on a monthly basis, which gives another touch point of contact apart from the annual meeting to our members on topics that are relevant.

improving the transition to parenting. And apart from the task forces, other initiatives that have also, I think, brought value to our members, apart from the speaker database, include the webinar series that we do on a monthly basis, which gives another touch point of contact apart from the annual meeting to our members on topics that are relevant.

improving the transition to parenting. And apart from the task forces, other initiatives that have also, I think, brought value to our members, apart from the speaker database, include the webinar series that we do on a monthly basis, which gives another touch point of contact apart from the annual meeting to our members on topics that are relevant.

And then, you know, putting our money where our mouth is, giving those opportunities for national speakerships. to start to elevate and amplify the visibility of our women colleagues as they are kind of entering into their career or looking to make that next jump and looking for their next leadership opportunity that's going to launch their next opportunity.

And then, you know, putting our money where our mouth is, giving those opportunities for national speakerships. to start to elevate and amplify the visibility of our women colleagues as they are kind of entering into their career or looking to make that next jump and looking for their next leadership opportunity that's going to launch their next opportunity.

And then, you know, putting our money where our mouth is, giving those opportunities for national speakerships. to start to elevate and amplify the visibility of our women colleagues as they are kind of entering into their career or looking to make that next jump and looking for their next leadership opportunity that's going to launch their next opportunity.

I would add also the fact that we have awards and recognition for our members. I think the recognition of women in urology lags a bit because, again, the issues of implication and visibility of their work, be it publishing or speakerships. And so SU is an avenue for that.

I would add also the fact that we have awards and recognition for our members. I think the recognition of women in urology lags a bit because, again, the issues of implication and visibility of their work, be it publishing or speakerships. And so SU is an avenue for that.

I would add also the fact that we have awards and recognition for our members. I think the recognition of women in urology lags a bit because, again, the issues of implication and visibility of their work, be it publishing or speakerships. And so SU is an avenue for that.