Episode Details

Top 5 Topics:

- Social Media Controversy in Medicine After Mayo Clinic Medical Student IS Dismissed On Match Day

- The Brutal Reality of Not Matching Into Residency

- The Hidden Cost of Chasing a Dream Career

- Why Oral Surgery Residency Is Actually Getting MORE Competitive

- Balancing Marriage, Kids, and Medical Training

Quotes & Wisdom:

“If you want it, just keep pushing. It’ll happen. If you don’t match once, twice, the only way you won’t end up as an oral surgeon is if you stop applying.”

— Perry Allman

“Sometimes just shit happens. Things can fall through the cracks - more than once.”

— Perry Allman

“If I didn’t push for one more time... I wouldn’t be here today as an oral surgery resident.”

— Perry Allman

“The main advice is... if you want it, just keep pushing.”

— Perry Allman

“I wish someone would have told me, because I needed to know what I needed to improve and get better.”

— Perry Allman

“If you want to do oral surgery, it’s worth every penny. I have no regrets.”

— Perry Allman

“My wife is a saint. I swear. I couldn’t have done it without her.”

— Perry Allman

“At the end of the day, we all have the same goal, which is we want to help patients.”

— Perry Allman

“If we all keep that in mind, it makes practice a lot more fun, a lot better for everyone, and just a lot more collaborative.”

— Perry Allman

“Education, mentorship, and just talking like this. Let’s talk about the problems, let’s talk about solutions, and one day things will change for the better.”

— Brendan

Questions:

00:34 — “Did you see that thing going on about that medical student at the Mayo Clinic...?”

02:23 — “Can you give a little background now... where are you at, how you got to this point, what dental school you went to?”

06:37 — “You said after dental school Touro, and then you did 2 non-cat years, right?”

07:42 — “How’d you like working for that DSO? Like honestly, the corporate setting of it.”

08:58 — “Why did you decide to not go that route... and come back to an Oral Surgery residency to get that experience?”

11:25 — “Do you want to give kind of a process of students that are applying to oral surgery residency... what that looks like?”

13:54 — “What are your thoughts on this unmatched situation recently in OMFS residencies?”

16:39 — “So top 10 or top 10% in the class?”

40:08 — “How many people in your year at Touro applied to oral surgery?”

56:16 — “Would you have reapplied to OMFS a 4th time?”

Now available on:

- Dr. Gallagher’s Podcast & YouTube Channel

- Dose of Dental Podcast #218

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

- 3.2026

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