Dr. Omar Ikram discusses career challenges and practical solutions from his years in dental and endodontic practice.  Omar was born in Christchurch, New Zealand and obtained his Bachelor of Dental Surgery degree from Otago University. He was awarded the Craddock prize in removable prosthodontics during his degree.  After graduation he returned to Christchurch where he worked in private practice and completed his Primary Examinations for the Royal Australasian College of Dental Surgeons. He then moved to London in the UK, where he gained valuable experience in emergency dentistry, prosthodontics and endodontics. During his time in general practice he completed the Fellowship for the Royal Australasian College of Dental Surgeons, in the General Stream. He then obtained his specialist qualification in Endodontology from King’s College London. The article from his Masters thesis was published in the International Endodontic Journal, in his final year of the course.  After graduation Omar relocated to Sydney, where he established -Specialist Endo Crows Nest. With the aim of providing specialist care to patients and education for dental practitioners via hands on training courses and online seminars. He is the administrator for the Specialist Endo Crows Nest- clinical hacks Facebook page. This page currently has over 24,000 members. He also is the admin for Instagram account @Specialistendo. The purpose of these social media platforms is to provide clinicians with tips on how to treat challenging endodontic cases.  He is currently the immediate Past president of the New South Wales branch of the Australian society of Endodontology and the current Federal councilor for NSW, having been elected to this position by his peers.  For his work with the global dental community, Omar was nominated by his peers and then inducted into the International College of Dentists in 2019. In 2021 he co-founded EndoPrep, a free smart phone and tablet app designed to help dental practitioners, plan and think more about their root canal treatment cases with a view to promoting enthusiasm and further understanding in endodontics.  The Dental Clinical Companion Podcast (DCCP) is provided for general informational purposes only. The DCCP, MounceEndo, LLC, Dr. Joel Fransen, Richmond Endodontics CA, and Dr. Richard Mounce personally have no liability for any clinical, management, or financial decisions or actions taken or made by you based on the information provided in this program. The DCCP is not intended to offer dental, medical, legal, management, investment, surgical, tax, clinical, or any other professional advice. Reliance on the information in the DCCP is done entirely at the listeners own risk.  No guarantees, representations, or warrantees are made with regard to the completeness, accuracy, and/or quality of the DCCP.  The DCCP takes no responsibility for, does not endorse, and does not imply a relationship/affiliation to any websites, products, services, devices, individuals, organizations which are hyperlinked to any DCCP component or mentioned in the DCCP. Third party materials, hyperlinks, and/or DCCP content does not reflect the opinions, standards, and policies of MounceEndo, LLC (owner of the DCCP, Dr. Richard Mounce, the guest, or show sponsors). The DCCP makes no warranty that the Podcast and its server are free of computer viruses or other destructive or contaminating code elements.  The Dental Clinical Companion Podcast expressly disclaims any and all liability or responsibility for any direct, indirect, incidental, special consequential or other damages arising out of any individuals use of, reference to, reliance on, or inability to use, this podcast or the information presented in this podcast.  Support the show (http://mounceendo.com/)