The Society of Women in Urology

Annual Breakfast Meeting

Featured Speakers

2023 Breakfast - Women Urology Chairs.
Women Chairs in Urology (l-r)
Dr. Une Lee, Virginia Mason; Dr. Polina Reyblat, Kaiser Permanente; Dr. Kathleen Kobashi, Houston Methodist; Dr. Linda Shortliffe (retired), Stanford; Dr. Cheryl Lee, Ohio State University; Dr. Larissa Rodriguez, Weill Cornell
Not pictured: Dr. Kirsten Greene, University of Virginia; Dr. Martha Terris, Augusta University; Dr. Elia Skinner, Stanford
  • 2023
  • Annette Fenner, MBBS, PhD
    Nature Reviews Urology
    The Importance of Authenticity
  • 2023
  • Todd M. Morgan, MD
    University of Michigan Medical Center
    Male Allyship in Urology: Power, Privilege, and Purpose
  • 2022
  • No featured speaker
  • 2021
  • No featured speaker
  • 2020
  • No featured speaker
  • 2019
  • Cheryl T. Lee, MD
    The Ohio State University
    Keynote Address: Advances in Bladder Cancer: Recent Progress Shaping Clinical Care
  • 2018
  • Kathleen T. O’Loughlin, DMD, MPH
    American Dental Association
    Achieving Success by Closing the Gaps (Between Male and Female Physicians)
  • 2017
  • Kathleen Cooney, MD
    Professor and Chair of Department of Internal Medicine
    University of Utah School of Medicine
    Women in Urology: Changing the Statistics
  • 2016
  • Judy Rosenbloom
    President
    JR Associates, Inc.
    Shifting Reimbursement: One Size Does Not Fit All
  • 2015
  • Marie A. Krousel-Wood, MD, MSPH
    Professor of Medicine and Epidemiology
    Tulane University , New Orleans, LA
    Achieving Leadership Roles
  • 2014
  • Wayne M. Sotile, PhD
    Founder
    Center for Physician Resilience
    Resilient Physician Leadership
  • 2013
  • Roberta E. Gebhard, DO
    Co-Chair
    American Medical Womens Association Gender Equity Task Force
    Gender Equity in Medicine and Negotiation Skills for Women Physicians
  • 2012
  • Margit Fisch, MD
    Director and Chair Department of Urology and Pediatric Urology
    University Medical Center Hamburg-Eppendorf, Germany
    The Role of Female Urologists in Europe
  • 2011
  • David F. Penson, MD, MPH
    Professor of Urologic Surgery
    Vanderbilt University Medical Center
    Improving the Quality of Surgical Care: Lessons Learned and Future Directions
  • 2010
  • Anthony J. Thomas, Jr., MD
    Staff, Department of Bioethics
    Cleveland Clinic, JJ 60
    Virtue Ethics and the Healing [Female] Physician
  • 2009
  • Elspeth M. MacDougall, MD
    University of California
    Irvine Medical Center
    Simulation: The New Frontier of Surgical Education
  • 2008
  • John M. House, MD, PA
    Urology Associates of North Texas
    Large Urology Group Practices and Why Urologists (Who Happen to be Women) Should Know about Them
  • 2007
  • Catherine Rhu deVries, MD
    Associate Professor of Surgery and Urology
    University of Utah
    Back to the Future: High Tech/Low Tech Surgery in Developing Countries
  • 2006
  • Julie Freischlag, MD
    The William Stewart Halsted Professor Chair, Department of Surgery
    The Johns Hopkins Hospital
    Surgeon-in-Chief
    Bloom Where You’re Planted
  • 2005
  • Doris A. Stoll, PhD
    Executive Director
    RRC Urology
    Challenges in Resident Education, Now and in the Next Decade
  • 2004
  • Neil Baum, MD
    Making Partnership Work
  • 2003
  • Mary O. Sotile, MA, and Wayne M. Sotile, PhD
    Truth, Power, and Wisdom: The Secrets of Resilient Women in Physicians
  • 2002
  • Lynne Levesque
    Breakthrough Creativity: Beyond Creative Juggling
  • 2001
  • George Conomikes
    Successful Practice Management Tips
  • 2000
  • Pat Heim, PhD
    Hardball for Women
  • 1999
  • Phyllis Greenberger
    Executive Director
    Society for the Advancement of Women’s Health
  • 1998
  • Nancy Dickey, MD
    President-Elect
    American Medical Association (AMA)