Dr. Simone Thavaseelan

You know, the genesis of that talk, I had actually asked Dr. Green to give that talk in another meeting. I remember that talk too. I remember when I sent her the invite, she wrote back saying, are you sure that I'm the right person to give this talk? And my co-chair, Mark Litwin, who was chair at UCLA at the time, said, absolutely, you're the right person.

You know, the genesis of that talk, I had actually asked Dr. Green to give that talk in another meeting. I remember that talk too. I remember when I sent her the invite, she wrote back saying, are you sure that I'm the right person to give this talk? And my co-chair, Mark Litwin, who was chair at UCLA at the time, said, absolutely, you're the right person.

And I remember thinking how powerful it will be for her to stand at the podium and

And I remember thinking how powerful it will be for her to stand at the podium and

And I remember thinking how powerful it will be for her to stand at the podium and

and give this talk as one of only at the time five women chairs across the country and it was both for the women and the men in the audience and so it also shows you the seeds that we plant at these meetings you know the audience can take away what they will from it but it has legs it grows into something and it serves as inspiration you just never know who you're reaching at the time but i think that's also the fun of professional society work

and give this talk as one of only at the time five women chairs across the country and it was both for the women and the men in the audience and so it also shows you the seeds that we plant at these meetings you know the audience can take away what they will from it but it has legs it grows into something and it serves as inspiration you just never know who you're reaching at the time but i think that's also the fun of professional society work

and give this talk as one of only at the time five women chairs across the country and it was both for the women and the men in the audience and so it also shows you the seeds that we plant at these meetings you know the audience can take away what they will from it but it has legs it grows into something and it serves as inspiration you just never know who you're reaching at the time but i think that's also the fun of professional society work

I think it's imposter syndrome affects us all, right? And unless you have a cheerleader saying, yeah, you're absolutely the right person to give this talk or why not you, you have to have a kind of a continuous internal monologue that propels you forward sometimes. Especially to take steps where you don't feel ready to take and yet you take them not quite yet ready.

I think it's imposter syndrome affects us all, right? And unless you have a cheerleader saying, yeah, you're absolutely the right person to give this talk or why not you, you have to have a kind of a continuous internal monologue that propels you forward sometimes. Especially to take steps where you don't feel ready to take and yet you take them not quite yet ready.

I think it's imposter syndrome affects us all, right? And unless you have a cheerleader saying, yeah, you're absolutely the right person to give this talk or why not you, you have to have a kind of a continuous internal monologue that propels you forward sometimes. Especially to take steps where you don't feel ready to take and yet you take them not quite yet ready.

I found towards the late part of early career, I really had to push myself out of my comfort zone to be willing to give national talks on topics when For example, public speaking really isn't something I enjoy, and yet it has been an avenue of career advancement that I now, looking back on it, feel like I had a lot of growth from.

I found towards the late part of early career, I really had to push myself out of my comfort zone to be willing to give national talks on topics when For example, public speaking really isn't something I enjoy, and yet it has been an avenue of career advancement that I now, looking back on it, feel like I had a lot of growth from.

I found towards the late part of early career, I really had to push myself out of my comfort zone to be willing to give national talks on topics when For example, public speaking really isn't something I enjoy, and yet it has been an avenue of career advancement that I now, looking back on it, feel like I had a lot of growth from.

You know, I think of organizations in urology, we are the one with the largest amount of growth with the youngest members. And that is unique in a otherwise workforce that is really quite old. And so I think the incoming generation is going to innovate in terms of how they engage with each other.

You know, I think of organizations in urology, we are the one with the largest amount of growth with the youngest members. And that is unique in a otherwise workforce that is really quite old. And so I think the incoming generation is going to innovate in terms of how they engage with each other.

You know, I think of organizations in urology, we are the one with the largest amount of growth with the youngest members. And that is unique in a otherwise workforce that is really quite old. And so I think the incoming generation is going to innovate in terms of how they engage with each other.

I think they're going to seamlessly and effortlessly build community in kind of both virtual and in-person ways and that they're going to innovate around those connections. I think they're also going to envision a professional career in urology that's more flexible and kind of more adaptive than I might have seen over the last 10 years. So I'm excited for all of that.

I think they're going to seamlessly and effortlessly build community in kind of both virtual and in-person ways and that they're going to innovate around those connections. I think they're also going to envision a professional career in urology that's more flexible and kind of more adaptive than I might have seen over the last 10 years. So I'm excited for all of that.

I think they're going to seamlessly and effortlessly build community in kind of both virtual and in-person ways and that they're going to innovate around those connections. I think they're also going to envision a professional career in urology that's more flexible and kind of more adaptive than I might have seen over the last 10 years. So I'm excited for all of that.