Today we welcome Dr. Shahrokh Bagheri; attending surgeon at Georgia Oral & Facial Reconstructive Surgery and president of Georgia Society of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgeons to discuss how you can find success in the current landscape of oral surgery.  Tuning in, you’ll hear about Dr. Bagheri’s training, career, current practice setup, how oral maxillofacial surgery has changed over the last 30 years, how you can be aware of challenges and advantages as an oral surgeon, why our guest believes maintaining surgical skills is imperative, and how he practices more complex ones. We delve into how oral surgeons can balance their kind-heartedness with the need to meet business margins before discussing why inter-specialty unity is imperative to solve massive financial issues in healthcare. Dr. Bagheri stresses the importance of allowing doctors to have decision-making capability in their practice, shares how surgeons can achieve their career goals, and why oral-maxillofacial surgeons’ ability to practice both surgery and anesthesia is so valuable. Finally, Dr. Bagheri answers our rapid-fire questions and even shares how his overall happiness contributes to his ability as a surgeon. 

Key Points From This Episode:

• An introduction to today’s guest, Dr. Shahrokh Bagheri. 
• Dr. Bagheri tells us about his training and current practice. 
• How oral maxillofacial surgery has changed in the last 30 years. 
• The importance of understanding challenges as an oral surgeon. 
• How Dr. Bagheri has maintained some more complex surgical skills. 
• Balancing business motives and kindness as oral surgeons. 
• The importance of uniting across specialties to solve economic issues. 
• Why doctors need to have more decision-making power. 
• Some advice for how surgeons can pursue their dreams and goals. 
• What makes oral-maxillofacial surgery so unique. 
• The best book Dr. Bagheri has read recently. 
• How being happy within himself makes him a better surgeon. 
• The importance of staying fit as an oral surgeon. 
• What forceps he uses to extract tooth number 12. 
• His favorite movie and the one he wanted most recently. 

Links Mentioned in Today’s Episode:

Dr. Shahrokh Bagheri Website — https://drsbagheri.com/ 

Dr. Shahrokh Bagheri Email — sbagher@hotmail.com 

Dr. Shahrokh Bagheri on LinkedIn — https://www.linkedin.com/in/shahrokh-bagheri-md-dmd-facs-ficd-92712379/ 

Dr. Shahrokh Bagheri on Instagram — https://www.instagram.com/bagheriomfs/ 

Who Moved My Cheese? — https://www.amazon.com/Moved-Cheese-Spencer-Johnson-M-D/dp/0743582853 

Everyday Oral Surgery Website — https://www.everydayoralsurgery.com/ 

Everyday Oral Surgery on Instagram — https://www.instagram.com/everydayoralsurgery/ 

Everyday Oral Surgery on Facebook — https://www.facebook.com/EverydayOralSurgery/

Dr. Grant Stucki Email — grantstucki@gmail.com

Dr. Grant Stucki Phone — 720-441-6059