{"id":9110,"date":"2022-03-10T18:54:13","date_gmt":"2022-03-10T18:54:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/thyforlife.com\/?p=9110"},"modified":"2023-02-27T09:48:08","modified_gmt":"2023-02-27T17:48:08","slug":"an-exclusive-interview-dr-julie-ann-sosa","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.thyforlife.com\/an-exclusive-interview-dr-julie-ann-sosa\/","title":{"rendered":"An Exclusive Interview: Dr. Julie Ann Sosa"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-post\" data-elementor-id=\"9110\" class=\"elementor elementor-9110\" data-elementor-post-type=\"post\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-b47d3f8 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"b47d3f8\" data-element_type=\"section\" 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class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-c537bf9\" data-id=\"c537bf9\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-64563b5 elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"64563b5\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" class=\"lazyload\" src=\"data:image\/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP\/\/\/yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7\" data-src=\"https:\/\/www.thyforlife.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/elementor\/thumbs\/Exclusive-Interview-1200-\u00d7-628-px-1-ptd0kij79v04kj43cdltpirsu6vpv1v5r4hzkgvd6w.png\" title=\"Exclusive Interview (1200 \u00d7 628 px) (1)\" alt=\"Exclusive Interview with Dr. Julie Ann Sosa\" loading=\"lazy\" \/><noscript><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"lazyload\" src=\"https:\/\/www.thyforlife.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/elementor\/thumbs\/Exclusive-Interview-1200-\u00d7-628-px-1-ptd0kij79v04kj43cdltpirsu6vpv1v5r4hzkgvd6w.png\" title=\"Exclusive Interview (1200 \u00d7 628 px) (1)\" alt=\"Exclusive Interview with Dr. Julie Ann Sosa\" loading=\"lazy\" \/><\/noscript>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-b9bd0aa elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"b9bd0aa\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">To celebrate Women\u2019s History Month, ThyForLife sat down with <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/surgery.ucsf.edu\/faculty\/chair-of-the-department\/julie-ann-sosa-md-ma-facs.aspx\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Dr. Julie Ann Sosa<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, Chair of the Department of Surgery at UCSF, to learn more about her journey as a women in the medical field.<\/span><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-c135cc9 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"c135cc9\" data-element_type=\"section\" 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class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-8d3b2a7\" data-id=\"8d3b2a7\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-58a5a8f elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"58a5a8f\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><b>Tell us a bit about yourself!<\/b><\/p>\n<p>[<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">My name is ] Julie Ann Sosa from the University of California, San Francisco (UCSF). I&#8217;m an endocrine surgeon\/surgeon scientist and Chair of the Department of Surgery.&nbsp;<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">I&#8217;m a proud member of <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.thyroid.org\/\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The American Thyroid Association<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.endocrine.org\/\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Endocrine Society<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, the <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.endocrinesurgery.org\/\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">American Association of Endocrine Surgeons<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, and the <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.iaes-endocrine-surgeons.com\/\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">International Association of Endocrine Surgeons<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, and I&#8217;m on the medical advisory board of <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.thyca.org\/\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">ThyCa<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><b>What led you to specifically want to help people with thyroid conditions? Do you have a thyroid condition yourself?<\/b><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">I love the surgery, and for patients with thyroid cancer who are the focus of my clinical practice and research, the opportunity to cure, which is not always possible when it comes to cancer surgery. I do have a thyroid issue, and that helps me talk to my patients.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><b>Have you faced any barriers or challenges in your career due to being a woman?<\/b><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">For sure &#8211; I have and I do, right up to today! There is so much opportunity, and we need to be organized and strategic to assure that our thyroidology community is diverse and inclusive, as that will assure it is even more excellent!<\/span><\/p>\n<p><b>Have you been able to overcome any barriers or challenges that you have faced in your career due to being a woman?<\/b><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Yes. Becoming a Chair of Surgery was a dream that I never thought possible. Now, I&#8217;m the second consecutive woman Chair of Surgery at UCSF. In some ways, I think that says more than being a first woman chair. I credit [the] women who came before us for being pioneers.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-36ea695 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"36ea695\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-settings=\"{&quot;jet_parallax_layout_list&quot;:[]}\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-f407160\" data-id=\"f407160\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-8921a6c elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"8921a6c\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" class=\"lazyload\" src=\"data:image\/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP\/\/\/yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7\" data-src=\"https:\/\/www.thyforlife.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/elementor\/thumbs\/piron-guillaume-U4FyCp3-KzY-unsplash-scaled-ptd0kij8069n9dlre2x1uwkt8ac6aklvq3ye1j8ps8.jpg\" title=\"piron-guillaume-U4FyCp3-KzY-unsplash\" alt=\"A group of surgeons\" loading=\"lazy\" \/><noscript><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"lazyload\" src=\"https:\/\/www.thyforlife.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/elementor\/thumbs\/piron-guillaume-U4FyCp3-KzY-unsplash-scaled-ptd0kij8069n9dlre2x1uwkt8ac6aklvq3ye1j8ps8.jpg\" title=\"piron-guillaume-U4FyCp3-KzY-unsplash\" alt=\"A group of surgeons\" loading=\"lazy\" \/><\/noscript>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-cbcf011 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"cbcf011\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-settings=\"{&quot;jet_parallax_layout_list&quot;:[{&quot;jet_parallax_layout_image&quot;:{&quot;url&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;id&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;size&quot;:&quot;&quot;},&quot;_id&quot;:&quot;059e101&quot;,&quot;jet_parallax_layout_image_tablet&quot;:{&quot;url&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;id&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;size&quot;:&quot;&quot;},&quot;jet_parallax_layout_image_mobile&quot;:{&quot;url&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;id&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;size&quot;:&quot;&quot;},&quot;jet_parallax_layout_speed&quot;:{&quot;unit&quot;:&quot;%&quot;,&quot;size&quot;:50,&quot;sizes&quot;:[]},&quot;jet_parallax_layout_type&quot;:&quot;scroll&quot;,&quot;jet_parallax_layout_direction&quot;:null,&quot;jet_parallax_layout_fx_direction&quot;:null,&quot;jet_parallax_layout_z_index&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;jet_parallax_layout_bg_x&quot;:50,&quot;jet_parallax_layout_bg_x_tablet&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;jet_parallax_layout_bg_x_mobile&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;jet_parallax_layout_bg_y&quot;:50,&quot;jet_parallax_layout_bg_y_tablet&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;jet_parallax_layout_bg_y_mobile&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;jet_parallax_layout_bg_size&quot;:&quot;auto&quot;,&quot;jet_parallax_layout_bg_size_tablet&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;jet_parallax_layout_bg_size_mobile&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;jet_parallax_layout_animation_prop&quot;:&quot;transform&quot;,&quot;jet_parallax_layout_on&quot;:[&quot;desktop&quot;,&quot;tablet&quot;]}]}\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-bee00e2\" data-id=\"bee00e2\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-f799ff0 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"f799ff0\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><strong><span style=\"color: var( --e-global-color-text ); font-family: var( --e-global-typography-text-font-family ), Sans-serif; font-size: 1rem;\">How can we continue to encourage more women to pursue roles in the wellness and\/or medical field?<\/span><\/strong><\/p><p>We need to mentor and sponsor women considering careers in medicine and surgery. For those of us who are privileged to be in leadership in any form, we need to serve as role models working to break down longstanding real and perceived barriers to equity.<\/p><p><span style=\"font-weight: bold;\">What is one thing we can do collectively to further support women living with a thyroid condition?<\/span><\/p><p>Advance the science! We need to work to innovate and discover [&#8230;] ways that improve the outcomes of patients with thyroid disease.<\/p><p><span style=\"font-weight: bold;\">If you could have dinner with 1 inspirational woman, dead or alive, who would they be and why?<\/span><\/p><p>To be honest, with the pandemic, I would absolutely love to have dinner with any and all of my women colleagues in thyroidology who I have not seen in person over the last two years and who I miss so much. I look forward to seeing them soon at ENDO2022 and the ATA later this year!<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>To celebrate Women\u2019s History Month, ThyForLife sat down with Dr. Julie Ann Sosa, Chair of the Department of Surgery at UCSF, to learn more about her journey as a women in the medical field. Tell us a bit about yourself! [My name is ] Julie Ann Sosa from the University of California, San Francisco (UCSF). 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