Dr. Gallagher's Podcast

Brendan Gallagher, DDS

Ladies and gentlemen, welcome! I’d like to introduce you to my podcast on discussions of dentistry, oral surgery, marketing/branding, mentoring, quotes on positivity and more. It’s a compilation of all the audio of my content and some exclusive, podcast-only stuff for my podcast family :) thank you for joining me here as it means more to me than you know 🙏 👉 Let’s connect on YouTube, LinkedIn, Instagram, TikTok at @doctorgallagher too, just send me a DM on Insta Let’s get this party started 🤙

  1. Dr. Alex Nguyen @alexnguyenomfs UNRELEASED PART 2 - Dose of Dental #237 x Dr. Gallagher's Podcast

    1d ago

    Dr. Alex Nguyen @alexnguyenomfs UNRELEASED PART 2 - Dose of Dental #237 x Dr. Gallagher's Podcast

    Top 5 Topics: - Escaping Rent Forever: Buying Your Dental Office Suite - The Truth About Finding the PERFECT Associate - WHAT You Learn From Your FIRST JOB Is Most Important - Here’s Why: - Quality Over Quantity: The Real Way to Master Surgery & Avoid Bad Habits - How To Sniff Out A Toxic Job And Bad Mentorship: Quotes & Wisdom: "Your first job is your most important job. A genuine mentorship where you can actually learn from people with some experience that have been successful in that setting." — Alex Nguyen "I would rather keep you as a friend than have a potential fallout as a business partner." — Alex Nguyen (on mixing friends & business) "Quality vs. Quantity in learning. You can have bad reps and it takes you a while to learn that the reps are bad." — Alex Nguyen "The surgery itself is easy. It’s how to think beforehand, how to work it up, and also how to take care of it afterwards." — Alex Nguyen "If you ever think that you’ve hit the top, you’re done... Your patients will always deserve better than what you’re giving them now." — Alex Nguyen "I prefer hard work over natural giftedness all day. I prefer their attitude over their experience." — Alex Nguyen Questions: 09:22 - Brendan: "How many operatories did you have?” “What's your timeline on hiring an associate?" 13:17 - Brendan: "Of the guys and girls that you did residency with, would anyone stand out that you would have wanted to work with in practice?" 17:03 - Brendan: "What are some key tips you'd give to chief residents right now looking for a job? What are some red flags?" 21:53 - Brendan: "What's the first thing you do not want to happen to your associate, that happened to you?" 1:01:09 - Brendan: "Would you ever accept that an associate you hired could potentially be better than you?" Now available on: - Dr. Gallagher’s Podcast & YouTube Channel - Dose of Dental Podcast #237 My watch in this episode = Tag Heuer Aquaracer Calibre 16 Chrono - 1.2026 #podcast #dentalpodcast #doctor #dentist #dentistry #oralsurgery #dental #dentalschool #dentalstudent #oralsurgeon #doctorgallagher #doctorgallagherspodcast

    1h 4m
  2. Dr. Marcus Hwang @dr_marcushwang - Dose of Dental Podcast #236 x Dr. Gallagher's Podcast

    5d ago

    Dr. Marcus Hwang @dr_marcushwang - Dose of Dental Podcast #236 x Dr. Gallagher's Podcast

    Top 5 Topics: - Life-Changing Jaw Surgery Transformations - Brutal Reality of Surgical Residency & 365-Day Trauma Call - Work-Life Balance as Both a Surgeon & Father - Personalized Patient Care & Involving Patients in Surgery Planning - The Future of Private Practice Oral Surgery Quotes & Wisdom: “We barely need to even talk during the cases now. We know exactly what to get next. We talk about stuff other than surgery while we do surgery.” — Dr. Marcus Hwang “I even challenge my own preferences now. ‘Why do I do it this way?’ ‘Is there a better way for this kind of situation?’” — Marcus “I really do include my patients into my workups. I try to show them the virtual surgical plan before they even start orthodontics.” — Marcus “Draw a line in the sand. Spend good, dedicated, focused time with them, and then don’t feel guilty after that when you have to go to work.” — Marcus “The earlier and sooner you find clarity in what you want, life becomes so much easier. Because you don’t feel bad saying no to stuff and you don’t have FOMO.” — Marcus “I believe jaw surgery in private practice is going to be the next trend. Whatever I can do to make this more approachable and palatable for people is my passion.” — Marcus Questions: Brendan: "Wait, you said every day you're on facial trauma? What level trauma center are you at?" 08:46 Brendan: "Do you learn a lot of these techniques through your mentor or is it kind of trial and error?" 12:33 Brendan: "Do you include the patient in some of those conversations for orthognathic surgery planning?" 34:23 Brendan: "Do you prefer the top jaw maxilla first or mandible first? “What's your sequence of giving the local anesthesia? “What's your sequence of taking out the thirds?" Now available on: - Dr. Gallagher’s Podcast & YouTube Channel - Dose of Dental Podcast #236 My watch in this episode = Tag Heuer Aquaracer Calibre 16 Chrono - 5.2026 #podcast #dentalpodcast #doctor #dentist #dentistry #oralsurgery #dental #dentalschool #dentalstudent #oralsurgeon #doctorgallagher #doctorgallagherspodcast

    1h 4m
  3. Dr. Erin Sheffield & Dr. Sarah Harding @restingstitchfacepodcast PART 2 - DODP #235 x Dr. Gallagher's Podcast

    6d ago

    Dr. Erin Sheffield & Dr. Sarah Harding @restingstitchfacepodcast PART 2 - DODP #235 x Dr. Gallagher's Podcast

    Top 5 Topics: - Shocking Residency & Job Discrimination Against Women Surgeons - Fired While Pregnant With Twins After IVF - Burnout, Boundaries & Toxic Patient Entitlement - Wisdom Teeth Debate: Remove Early or Wait? - Big City vs Rural Doctor Life: High Pay, Low Stress Quotes & Wisdom: Erin Sheffield: "Sometimes it's less about how you look and more about seeing yourself in the values that they're promoting, the lifestyle that they are living... finding someone who's in alignment with your values." Sarah Harding: "You can start from ground zero, but why not have somebody there that has done it before you that you can look at and say, okay, I can build from there." Sarah Harding: "My goal is to work a couple of days a week, not full time, because I really enjoy spending time with my kids." Sarah Harding (on residency discrimination): "He said, and I've heard that you want to be a wife and a mother. And if that's the case, you should cut your losses and cut the Navy's losses, and leave now." (Dr. Harding was single and not dating at the time) Erin Sheffield (on being fired while on maternity leave with twins): "You never think after doing like 13 years of training that you're going to be dropping off job applications at Burger King collecting your $600 unemployment check because you're the breadwinner for your family of 4." Erin Sheffield: "It might actually be more expensive to maintain the wisdom teeth... So it's actually cheaper to bite the bullet, get out on your young teenager before you even have the complications." Questions: 01:43 "Who came up with that name by the way? Who's so clever!" 06:29 "Did you guys ever experience burnout like any day to day in the beginning, right now, in this moment, maybe today?" 10:34 "Is it true that patients are getting less polite? Maybe people are just getting less polite in general, but like the rudeness." 24:03 "How many days a week are you working? How you're managing that on top of having a family." 26:50 "When did you have your kids? Did you have it while you were in residency or dental school?" 01:04:14 "When you do IV sedations, what medications do you like to use?" Now available on: - Dr. Gallagher’s Podcast & YouTube Channel - Dose of Dental Podcast #235 My watch in this episode = Citizen Promaster Diver Day Date - 5.2026 #podcast #dentalpodcast #doctor #dentist #dentistry #oralsurgery #dental #dentalschool #dentalstudent #oralsurgeon #doctorgallagher #doctorgallagherspodcast

    1h 13m
  4. Dr. Grant Stucki @everydayoralsurgery - Dose of Dental Podcast #234 x Dr. Gallagher's Podcast

    May 25

    Dr. Grant Stucki @everydayoralsurgery - Dose of Dental Podcast #234 x Dr. Gallagher's Podcast

    Top 5 Topics: - Balancing 6 Kids with Oral Surgery Residency & Career - Working 3-4 Days a Week as a Successful Oral Surgeon - Wisdom Teeth Removal & Sedation Tricks from a Pro - Why Dr. Stucki Avoided Traditional Partnerships & Changed His Path - Brother Surgeons Working Together + Building a Podcast Empire Quotes & Wisdom: "To make it through residency with kids, you have to go into it with good expectations... Residency is one of those things we've all experienced and bonds us all together. To make it through residency, you have to have grit, man, serious grit." — Dr. Stucki "I resisted becoming like an associate with a buy-in track... I didn't like being the low man on the totem pole and kind of being at someone else's mercy." — Dr. Stucki "After many years, sometimes you can lose a little bit of steam... [My brother] just is pure passion, man. He loves it. Even the bad patients, he's like, 'this is so great.' So it inspires me." — Grant Stucki "I think the failure to give reversal is because providers might be rarely using it. Everyone in the office who helps me should know that there is a reversal." — Grant Stucki (on anesthesia safety) "We travel a lot as a family. Just getting your kids out. You know, we're active in our community. It's fun." — Grant Stucki (on prioritizing family) Questions: 01:46 - "How'd you like UCLA for dental school? Just to bring it back to the beginning." 05:29 - "How did you manage to have kids during residency?" 07:36 - "Did you have a job before your job now? Are you a solo owner or do you have one partner, multiple partners?" 16:54 - "Is it a general dentist office? Is it just a specialty-mix office or only oral surgery?" 18:38 - "How many days a week do you work?" 28:04 - "What's your IV sedation meds cocktail?" 47:48 - "What's your favorite procedure to do? When you see it and you're like, all right, it's going to be a good day." Now available on: - Dr. Gallagher’s Podcast & YouTube Channel - Dose of Dental Podcast #234 My watch in this episode = Tag Heuer Aquaracer Calibre 16 Chrono - 5.2026 #podcast #dentalpodcast #doctor #dentist #dentistry #oralsurgery #dental #dentalschool #dentalstudent #oralsurgeon #doctorgallagher #doctorgallagherspodcast

    1 hr

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Ladies and gentlemen, welcome! I’d like to introduce you to my podcast on discussions of dentistry, oral surgery, marketing/branding, mentoring, quotes on positivity and more. It’s a compilation of all the audio of my content and some exclusive, podcast-only stuff for my podcast family :) thank you for joining me here as it means more to me than you know 🙏 👉 Let’s connect on YouTube, LinkedIn, Instagram, TikTok at @doctorgallagher too, just send me a DM on Insta Let’s get this party started 🤙

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