Ray Johnson, Howard D3 Dental Student - Dr. Gallagher's Podcast x Dose of Dental Podcast #125

Questions:00:04 – How was your day? What’s going on?00:28 – Midterms—what year are you right now at Howard?00:41 – Are you going to retake the CBSE this summer or just apply and do externships?01:52 – You’re applying for the military—Navy, Army, or Air Force?02:10 – How does the Navy HPSP scholarship process work?03:07 – What are the benefits of the HPSP scholarship?05:15 – You played D3 football, right?06:45 – Did you feel left out in academics while playing football?06:57 – Your guidance counselor told you to quit football?07:21 – What position did you play in basketball?09:31 – Are you planning to do any more externships?11:03 – When can you submit your residency applications?12:25 – Can you help get the Howard match numbers for the PreDent Mentor Map?13:31 – What are the top interview questions they asked you?16:02 – Before residency, what did you expect that didn’t happen?19:59 – How do you balance residency, studying, and personal life?20:08 – What did you do today?20:49 – Are you going into private practice or doing a fellowship?21:08 – What area of oral surgery are you most interested in?21:40 – Private practice over DSOs—was that an easy decision?25:24 – What is your overall ultimate goal? Do you want to own your own practice?Quotes & Wisdom:"Once you get to this level, you kind of have to develop that [work ethic], especially if you want to go on this profession. You have to be able to handle all of that stuff." (19:59)"Some of the greatest memories are from what you do outside of the classroom." (07:51)"A lot of people in healthcare played an instrument growing up. Everyone’s busy and misses their family. Find those connections in your interviews." (14:38)"The biggest thing about residency is that it turns out being 80% fluff and paperwork and 20% surgery—or less." (17:06)"Don’t fall for the salary. As a surgeon, you want to be making a percentage of what you do. That incentivizes you to work harder and be paid your worth." (22:53)"DSOs make it sound cushy—‘we just want you to focus on what you love to do’—but at the end of the day, you want a good quality of life, and that means getting paid what you’re worth." (24:16)"You never hear about the guidance counselor who told a student they were going to succeed. It’s always the stories of those told they wouldn’t make it—and then they do." (08:21)"I thought residency would be mostly exodontia and implants, but now I’ve done more cancer cases than my co-chiefs combined. It’s always unpredictable." (18:36)"The key to success in this process isn’t just working hard—it’s knowing what to work hard on." (13:43)"Being an athlete while pursuing a rigorous academic career teaches you discipline that translates into everything you do later." (06:45)Now available on:- Dr. Gallagher’s Podcast & YouTube Channel- Dose of Dental Podcast #125My watch in this episode = Citizen Ecozilla- 2.2025#podcast #dentalpodcast #doctorgallagherpodcast #doctorgallagherspodcast #doctor #dentist #dentistry #oralsurgery #dental #dentalschool #dentalstudent #doctorlife #dentistlife #oralsurgeon #doctorgallagher