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

About this episode

Dr. Grant Stucki discusses balancing family life with an oral surgery career and shares insights on wisdom teeth removal and anesthesia safety.

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…

People in this episode

Host: Brendan Gallagher

Guest: Dr. Grant Stucki

Topics covered

• oral surgery
• residency
• family balance
• wisdom teeth removal
• anesthesia safety
• podcasting

Keywords

• oral surgery
• residency
• family
• wisdom teeth
• anesthesia
• podcast

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: UCLA

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