Dr. Suzette Sutherland
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Some other form of support. Yeah. And so you were at Kaiser then doing this general urology, of course, for about four years or so. And then you went on for your pediatric fellowship, if I remember the course. And what inspired you then to go on and do a fellowship? Here you are.
single mom two young kids in a very demanding profession and you decide and probably making decent money at Kaiser it's a great life there but you really had some inspiration that you you still needed to do something more right
And was that two years, one year, two year, three?
So it sounds like, too, that your desire then to do the pediatric urology just really came out of the need that you saw because of your passion with this global health, your introduction to the global health. And what I find so interesting is that I think oftentimes trainees especially think, If I want an academic career, I need to be so focused and I need to just stay the given path.
And you're an example that didn't stay the given path for a variety of reasons. You needed to get off the path and then found yourself back on. But it's extremely doable and gave you valuable life experiences and urological experiences that certainly probably enhanced who you are, right? Right.
Yeah, and I would absolutely agree with that, most definitely. So after your pediatric fellowship, though, you didn't go straight to Utah. You took another little route and you were in Augusta, Georgia for a while. Perhaps you can talk about that a little bit, what happened in Augusta and then how you ended up actually in Utah for the bulk of your academic career.
And that's actually where, though you also founded IVU Med, it got its start right in Augusta, Georgia. But you quickly learned that was a difficult place to start that kind of an organization. And how did you find then Utah and recognize that that was the right place to start this global health initiative?
So if you're starting... You know, for the listeners, the LDS, Latter-day Saints, right? Yes. And I think... You know, people who are not in the know, myself included, until I was enlightened by you. You know, I think of Utah as being much more conservative and not so international.
And so that was really an interesting perspective to recognize that with the LDS Church and their requirements for mission trips, that there is this huge kind of international as well as service mindset, which was, yeah, interesting.
So, I mean, and that's a wonderful tribute to you. I mean, you started that and today yet it is still, it's a part of who the University of Utah is. And so that's really wonderful. But Catherine, even at that time, think being a woman and starting all of this, right? You were the only woman, I believe, in the urology department and maybe even the only woman in
Utah that was a urologist at the time I think you had mentioned maybe there was one other in private practice but so again you were really a unicorn out there right and then starting this other different kind of program yes it was a bit of a struggle at first to some of my male colleagues couldn't really see why I was doing all of this stuff when I could probably get married and go home
So what do you think, you know, as you look back, do you think that there were certainly we know what the hardships, you know, we've already spoken about some and as women in urology, too, we see that what these hardships are about, you know, being a woman in urology. But. Do you think that there are any advantages for you along the way?
What kind of things that gave you maybe an edge that allowed you to be successful or contributed to your success? Not allowed you, but contributed.
Let's jump into the details a little bit more of your global health efforts, what you have done and what you're doing even today. But you let the listeners know, Catherine's written numerous things on global health, but she's also an author of a book called Global Surgery and Public Health, A New Paradigm. You did that in combination with a general surgeon who also does a lot of mission work. And
What's different about that book than other books that are out there is it really brought up the idea about the global health crisis in the sense of, you know, we need to be giving ethical global health. Right. It really focused on that. And what are the needs abroad or in these communities and how can we.
help to not only provide those needs, but ensure that those needs are sustainably met, right? And so why don't you speak a little bit more about that? You know, it's this idea about medical missions and what do people call that? Yes, sometimes it's called parachute medicine. There you go.
But, you know, doing a one off mission trip and pat yourself on the back versus really being involved in global health and trying to help a community to build itself into a sustainable community. You know.
Yeah, so to make sure that they're communicating and working together. I wish it were more successful even now.
But so, I mean, that just brings home such a big point that having a lens towards public health, if you're interested in doing some global health work or going on medical missions, many times, you know, people who want to initiate a program, they go the first time. And just see what's there. Right. They don't do surgery. They don't plan to, you know, do all the sexy stuff. Right.
It's just I need to go and see what is it that you have, what you don't have and what do you really need. And then what's culturally important. going to be doable. Sometimes the culture of the country can get in the way, right? For what you might think is the right thing to do, we with our Western ideals, but they have very different cultural ideas sometimes.
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