Dr. Patricia Oyole @patricia_oyole - Dose of Dental Podcast #216 x Dr. Gallagher's Podcast episode artwork

EPISODE · Mar 23, 2026 · 53 MIN

Dr. Patricia Oyole @patricia_oyole - Dose of Dental Podcast #216 x Dr. Gallagher's Podcast

from Dr. Gallagher's Podcast · host Brendan Gallagher, DDS

Top 5 Topics:- The Truth About Becoming a Surgeon: Student Debt, AI, Burnout & Why Residency Spots Are Going Unfilled- Can You Really Have a Surgical Career and a Family?- Will Surgeons Be Replaced By AI And Robots?- Dentists All Begin Training By Learning Anesthesia First: The Inferior Alveolar Nerve Block … So What’s The Problem With Oral Surgeons Doing IV Sedation?- The Brutal Reality of Surgical Training and Trauma CasesQuotes & Wisdom:“Career and family don’t compete. It’s a matter of priorities and order of things in your life.”“How are we going to become surgeons learning online?”“AI can narrow the options, but somebody still has to be holding the wheel.”“It’s more about the path than the destination in this life.”“What makes you feel confident is how much you dedicate, not how much you owe.”“As long as you’re passionate, the time doesn’t matter.”“Residency may break you a little, but it teaches you how to deliver under pressure.”“The years in residency may end up being the best years of your life.”“If life is going to bend you anyway, might as well do it with something that helps people.”Questions:00:16 — “You have a wild background? Head and neck, oral facial surgery, craniofacial, Brazilian-trained. Can you give a shout out to your current craniofacial project?”04:22 — “How do you like living in the United States so far? 18 years so far!”11:24 — “What are your thoughts on the rising number of women in surgery and dental education? What took so long for this to come to be?!”12:23 — “Did you, how far ahead did you plan as far as your career path goes? Did you know you were going to end up in the United States? Did you know you were going to be an OMS?”16:06 — “You mentioned the AEGD program… How often are you with them, and which hospital is it?”19:01 — “You said there’s a little pushback on anesthesia… what do you think is really behind that?”26:08 — “We’re talking about the matches into oral surgery now… that’s been changing.”32:39 — “What’s the craziest case that you’ve done? The longest, craziest, your favorite?”42:18 — “If there’s one thing I wanted to see more in residency, it’s one specialty teaching the other… why don’t we see more collaboration?”Now available on:- Dr. Gallagher’s Podcast & YouTube Channel- Dose of Dental Podcast #216My watch in this episode = Tag Heuer Aquaracer Calibre 16 Chrono- 3.2026#podcast #dentalpodcast #doctor #dentist #dentistry #oralsurgery #dental #dentalschool #dentalstudent #oralsurgeon #doctorgallagher #doctorgallagherspodcast

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