Episode Details

Top 5 Topics:

- 72 Hours in the OR: The Reality of Flap Surgery

- The Truth About Surgeons and Lawsuits

- From Residency Struggles to Surgeon Success

- Living Like a Resident After Graduation

- Imposter Syndrome on Day One

Quotes & Wisdom:

(a) Teamwork keeps the ‘machine’ running. — 08:27–08:58

(b) Patient-first means every small task matters. — 10:01–11:16

(c) The emotional cost of flap failure. — 12:33–13:10

(d) Learn wherever you land. — 15:29–16:38

(e) Surgeons aren’t villains—we took an oath. — 20:20–21:07

(f) No surgery is 100%—own complications, manage them. — 21:43–22:14

(g) Make the call schedule as a team. — 09:31–10:01

(h) Live like a resident (a little longer). — 39:57–44:50

(i) Track cash flow; delay gratification. — 44:50–45:26

(j) First-day jitters are normal—you belong. — 54:11–54:39

Questions:

“Tell me about your experience in residency more—your program did a lot of flaps… tell me more about that.” — 11:28

“Did you ever consider going into head & neck surgery?” — 16:41

“What day works best for a weekly oral boards prep for all of us?” — 32:02

“Hospital privileges—did you look into that?” — 34:16

“Which city did you like better—Boston or Philly?” — 03:26

“What did you look at buying right after graduating?” — 39:31

“What’s your evening wind-down before Day 1?” — 52:20

Now available on:

- Dr. Gallagher’s Podcast & YouTube Channel

- Long Island Dentists Podcast #2

- Dose of Dental Podcast #177

My watch in this episode = Tag Heuer Aquaracer Calibre 16 Chrono

- 9.2025

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