You can cancel your membership at anytime at no cost. Robert Greene, How to Talk to Anybody, Anytime, Anywhere, Written by: The trauma surgeon laughed really hard at the part where the surgeon tells the medical student hes mad at the student for not being psychic. For undergrad, Flanary enrolled in Texas Tech University. Researchers are exploring how the brain helps prevent knee injuries, Even 3 mild concussions can cause cognitive problems, researchers say, Carolyn Hax: Boyfriends visits leave single mom with no time for herself, Miss Manners: What to do when a fellow diner was rude to server, medical students are living in a special kind of hell. In May 2020, he went into cardiac arrest in the middle of the night in his sleep, according to media reports. Theres the warm but disconcertingly studious pediatrician, the charmingly alarmist dermatologist, the meatheaded orthopedic surgeon, and Jonathan, the loyal medical scribe whose dedication borders on sociopathy. Written by: OK, but everyones tired all the time, can you trust people to know if theyre asymptomatic? the other character (also portrayed by Flanary) responds, before offering alternative suggestions that end up being significantly watered down. Its this sweet spot of demystification and comedy simultaneously.. Eleanor Cummins is a freelance journalist whose work runs the gamut of science. He told CTV News in January 2022 that he still did not know the reason that he went into cardiac arrest. "I feel so heard.". Q: How did this whole social media gig get started? Flanarys best material balances the specificity of an expert with the nose for hypocrisy that typically comes from an incisive observer, said Heidi Tworek, a University of British Columbia history professor who studies health communication. Becoming a partner in his own practice changed the risk calculus. iconic take on the EM residency interview. He was educated at Texas Tech University,[3] where he graduated Phi Beta Kappa and summa cum laude with a bachelor's degree in cell and molecular biology. We dont spam! I can make a second career out of finding testicular cancer which would be really weird for an ophthalmologist to do. He paused. As an Audible member, your subscription includes: Amazon Prime members can take a free 30-day trial and receive 2 credits that can be used on any 2 titles from of their choice. Three days later, he woke up in an ICU bed, recovering from a cardiac arrest. The second time around was a little bit more difficult, just physically and mentally and emotionally and I needed something to help me cope with the fact that I had already had cancer twice and I was only at that point 29-years-old, he said. If youre not familiar with the Glaucomfleckens, their actual names are Will and Kristin Flanary. Since pulling back that eyelid of anonymity, "I'm a real person now to people," Flanary says. 'The second time was much harder,' he admitted. Im really good at finding my own testicular cancer! He laughed. And Twitter, a website on which the rhetorical distance between I disagree with you and you should be put in jail can be alarmingly short, was becoming a bit of a drag. Ophthalmologist Portland | Dr.William E. Flanary | EHNPC Home Our Doctors William E. Flanary, M.D. Written by: Dont forget that before you are a physician, you are a human, she said. Advice for the relationships in your life and how to boost your own well-being. She wrote about her experience in the Journal of Cardiac Failure. In December 2015, he made his first (anonymous) contribution to GomerBlog, in the form of a satirical news report headlined "Ophthalmologist Accidentally Agrees to See Inpatient Consult. He was diagnosed with testicular cancer twice the first time was when he was in his fourth year of medical school at the Geisel School of Medicine at Dartmouth, and the second time while he was in his third year of residency at the University of Iowa. $15.00. If you dont have any symptoms, you dont feel tired, you can go back to work, his CDC character tells a colleague in the video. But unlike the many debunkers, explainers, and self-promotional plastic surgeons who populate the platform, Flanarys primary concern is with making people laugh. Please keep your comments respectful and relevant. Will Flanary, aka Dr. Glaucomflecken, at home in Portland, Ore. Flanary in character as the emergency medicine doctor, eternally clad in cycling gear. Titles added to your Library with a credit are yours to keep, even if you cancel. We love taking breaks. Let's put an end of burnout. 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'I noticed one morning that it felt like my testicle was trying to grow another testicle. Hi. For example, neurologists may have a slight rage stroke hearing someone described as having an altered mental status, which they describe as garbage terminology because it could mean anything from slightly confused to comatose. And I trust myself. Power of Social Media with Family Physician Dr. Mike | Knock Knock, Hi! From $25.00. Check your inbox or spam folder to confirm your subscription. KRDO NewsChannel 13 is committed to providing a forum for civil and constructive conversation. "OK, OK, send me all your consults," he told the audience. Click the topic below to receive emails when new articles are available. Subscribe to STAT+ for less than $2 per day, Unlimited access to essential biotech, medicine, and life sciences journalism, Subscribe to STAT+ for less than $2 per day, Unlimited access to the health care news and insights you need. [Not matching] is a really difficult thing to deal with, and Im able to put it through a lens of humor. Flanary, 36, has about 2.5 million subscribers across TikTok, YouTube, and Twitter, where his pointed satire of medicines many absurdities has ballooned into a cast of characters and a cottage industry. At this point, I feel back to normal. She performed CPR for an incredible nine minutes. There was no medical explanation for the sudden cardiac arrest. Merchandise is in development, and hes plotting a way to translate what works on TikTok into a longer-form episodic format. Telling jokes helped me to navigate the challenges of living as a cancer patient in my 20s. and important messages. Dr. Glaucomfleckens success to date was unimaginable back in the spring of 2020. Q: What does it mean to you to be a survivor? New details emerge about a U.S. scientists obscured role in the CRISPR babies scandal, well-paid and under-worked ophthalmologists, We wish wed written that: STAT staffers share their favorite stories of 2022. Since then, it has evolved to incorporate satire of the US healthcare system, academic publishing, and the interpersonal conflicts that are pervasive in the medical system. If you log out, you will be required to enter your username and password the next time you visit. When she realized he was unresponsive, she called 911. But mainly, the young, mellow-voiced doctor focuses on the strong personalities involved in everyday medical practice. If you continue to use this site we will assume that you are happy with it. Neurosurgeons are just a tad confident. The specificity is by design, Flanary said, giving his peers something to relate to and a growing audience of outsiders something to laugh at. EMS1: NAEMSP 2023 Quick Take: Wife or Death. Theyre also put to use in Flanarys tried-and-true format, dating back to the insurance video: pithy clips in which a reasonable person encounters a preposterous system, and comedy ensues. If you are asking a question, don't forget to check the sub FAQs, or do a search of the sub to see if your question has been answered already.. Failure to follow rules may result in your post being removed, or a ban. And we are happy youre here because uh, we have a wonderful []. Q&A with William A. Flanary, MD, aka Dr. Glaucomflecken, provides a glimpse into his experience surviving cardiac arrest. Even as my pursuit of a medical career took me to the Geisel School of Medicine at Dartmouth in New Hampshire, I continued to do stand-up comedy when I wasnt learning the Krebs cycle or other things that med students learn that I dont really remember. He registered for a Twitter account out of boredom while attending a conference several years ago during medical school and began using it as a surrogate for telling jokes on stage. On TikTok, Instagram and Twitter, Flanary posts videos several times a week for more than 1.6 million followers about the medical system. Babe Ruth, Serena Williams, and Michael Jordan competing at their peaks. I am Lady Glock Flecking. Flanary isnt terribly concerned that his caricatures will ruffle feathers among his peers, in part because hes never far removed from a joke at the expense of his own specialty. mountain-biking emergency medicine doctor, shortcomings of the American healthcare system, "Ophthalmologist Accidentally Agrees to See Inpatient Consult. Flanary is the one and only Dr Glaucomflecken. On the other hand, some physicians attempts at white-coat comedy have veered into questionable jokes at patients expense. Also by day, Flanary uses his spare time a plentiful thing in any ophthalmology practice, he swears to make viral tweets and TikToks under his semi-secret identity. "William Flanary" redirects here. When we're faced with things in life beyond our control, whether you get sick or a family member gets sick or dies or has an accident, or a pandemic, we feel like control of our own lives is taken away from us, he explained. He'll do it all under the guise of his signature, top hat-wearing ophthalmoscope. He then had surgery to remove the testicle that had the tumor on it. William E. Flanary is an American comedian and ophthalmologist who performs under the stage name Dr. Glaucomflecken. Who are these people?" Since then, it has evolved to incorporate satire of the US healthcare system, academic publishing, and the interpersonal conflicts that are pervasive in the medical system. That's my name.". In the end, he went through with the surgery and underwent hormone replacement therapy. "It's crazy some of the things we do." I started the Dr. It allowed me to express frustration toward my genitals for having betrayed me as well as tell jokes about my life as a resident in ophthalmology. So he found an open mic near Dartmouth's campus, prepared a 10-minute set, and performed for an enthusiastic crowd of 50-60 people. Theres the lackadaisical emergency medicine doctor, eternally clad in cycling gear. If Id known that it would turn into this I would have chosen an easier name to say. It was comedy that helped me through a diagnosis of cancer during med schooland again during residency. Access to the Plus Cataloguethousands of Audible Originals, audiobooks and podcasts, including exclusive series. During his third year of medical school, he discovered a lump in his testicle. , updated Anand Neelakantan, Little Things: Jab Dhruv Met Kavya, Season 1, Written by: 'Its really hard having a diagnosis like that in your 20s because when youre in your 20s, you have this sense of invincibility, like nothing can hurt you, youll never get sick. Hi, we are the Glock Flecking. Medicine can be very hard, and I think really his type of humor keeps us humble. "It was almost like stand-up in a way," he says. That online conference is coming up Nov. 2-4 and allows you to participate in ACEP22 educational content from the comfort of your own home. with the Glaucomfleckens. But Flanary had no illusions that the world wanted to hear self-serious rants from a private-practice physician in the Pacific Northwest, so he made his points the best way he knew how: making up characters and writing jokes at their expense. At the time, Flanary told CTV News, "If Id known that it would turn into this I would have chosen an easier name to say. "Now I'm at the point of no return. Together and individually, we use our social media presence, impactful writing, creative endeavors, and multimedia keynote speaking to promote humanity, and a healthy sense of humor, in healthcare. Audible is a membership service that provides customers with a huge selection of audiobooks as well as podcasts, exclusive originals and more. (Interestingly enough, I just saw Louis CK talk about this same thing on Joe Rogan's podcast). Three days later, he woke up in an ICU bed, recovering from a cardiac arrest. Many people with loved ones in the hospital become "forgotten patients" or "co-survivors," she says, using terms developed by healthcare outcomes researchers Kirstie Haywood, PhD, and Katie Dainty, PhD. Exclusive analysis of biotech, pharma, and the life sciences. Thats why I love building this Glaucomflecken General Hospital of characters, Flanary told STAT. Written by: Glaucomflecken, a term for a sign of glaucoma. It feels good to laugh. But she knew he needed more help than she could give. You cant tell jokes. Theres no benefit to it. Humor has seen him through the challenges of medical school and residency, as well as fatherhood, two bouts of testicular cancer, and, just last year, cardiac arrest. He and his wife shared two kids at the time, and they weren't sure if they wanted more. That likely means television, whether live-action, animation, or some combination thereof. Commenting is limited to medical professionals. "That's kind of the way it works with me with humor.. [4] While attending Dartmouth, he was inducted into Alpha Omega Alpha. His gasp for breath woke up his wife, who performed CPR for 10 minutes until paramedics arrived and resuscitated him, according to an interview with Today. And those are the ones where theres a lot of truth about a subject thats a little bit more sensitive people have a more of a reaction to it because they feel heard. We really enjoy sitting down. When the words wont come. Eric Jorgenson. We are no longer accepting comments on this article. Ram Dinesh Sharan, Suno Mahabharat Devdutt Pattanaik ke Saath, Written by: By Glaucomflecken is a result of lens epithelial cell necrosis from the elevated IOP. Will Flanary, MD, is not a typical ophthalmologist. Despite coming close to death on more than one occasion, he constantly posts positive and hilarious videos to his TikTok account under the name Dr. Glaucomflecken, which has gained him morethan one million followers and more than 40 million likes. After surviving testicular cancer twice, Will suffered a cardiac arrest out of the blue last year, and his wife, Kristin - whom he calls his 'superhero' - saved his life by performing CPR. I checked it out and it seemed perfect, Flanary said. Brianna Wiest, Written by: In February alone, Dr Glaucomflecken released nine installments of his ongoing 60-second video series, in which a hapless medical student is thrown into the deep end by various specialists, from an elbow-patched psychiatrist to a mountain-biking emergency medicine doctor. Morgan Housel, Written by: Then all of a sudden, it just comes crashing down on you.'. The characters bounce off one another, either to illustrate some irksome aspect of medicine or simply to be the butt of a joke. I called it the Quiet Place. than one million followers and more than 40 million likes. The cause for the heart attack remains a mystery. Flanary, 36, has been on both sides of the stethoscope. I could attack all these topics that Id been discussing on Twitter just with boring words, but now I could approach it in a different way and do something new.. But at some point you just have to go for it. He has two children now and is grateful his wife Kristin known on Twitter as Lady Glaucomflecken convinced him to start their family during medical school. Flanary has also tweeted about the shortcomings of the American healthcare system and the need for more humor among physicians. Thats effectively a personality loves to sit down.. Price. 'Its really helped me because I enjoy making people laugh,' he told the outlet. He sipped from his diet coke while showing off his skin-tight, belly-baring cycling jersey with matching bike helmet and sunglasses. I saw, Oh theres a big appetite for this. Q&A with William A. Flanary, MD, aka Dr. Glaucomflecken, provides a glimpse into his experience surviving cardiac arrest. Ciara Conlon, Written by: On May 11, 2020, William A. Flanary, MD, a 34-year-old ophthalmologist, went to bed like every other night. Im fortunate to have this nice job that gives me a nice living thats always there, he said. In the pre-op room before his second surgery, Kristin began looking for support groups for her husband. "What delights me to no end is people who think my actual name is Dr Glaucomflecken," Flanary says. He practices in Oregon City, Oregon and lives in Portland, Oregon. Another video depicts a patient agreeing without hesitation to a full body CT scan, lumbar puncture, colonoscopy, brain biopsy, and an experimental surgery where we replace your spleen with a second liver.. "That's all we have.". In February alone, Dr Glaucomflecken released nine installments of his ongoing 60-second video series, in which a hapless medical student is thrown into the deep end by various specialists, from an elbow-patched psychiatrist to a mountain-biking emergency medicine doctor. It helps to laugh in the face of pretty difficult situations. It kept me moving.". Contests & Promotions, 2023, Pikes Peak Television, Inc. Colorado Springs, CO, USA, Pedro Pascal appears delighted that Sarah Michelle Gellar remembers working with him on Buffy, Man accused of killing 2 police officers and a deputy dies in Kentucky jail. Daily Briefing But Will's health problems didn't end there. They have one thing in common being mocked by Will Flanary, an ophthalmologist known to millions in the medical world as Dr. Q: You wrote in your bio about doing stand-up, but never explained how you ended up becoming an ophthalmologist? A: It went well. That's part of why Dr Glaucomflecken started out as an anonymous account. I may be old. Related videos. Since 2016, when Flanary launched the pseudonymous Twitter account at a research conference because he was "bored as hell" Dr G's comedy has earned him hundreds of thousands of followers who eagerly await his next punchline. I had this bad thing happen, I made it through, and now Im OK. What means more to me is that Im able to reach out to the public using my platform to create some meaningful change, and also sing the praises of my amazing partner. And theres this prevailing notion that doctors cant show who they really are. Since then, it has evolved to incorporate satire of the US healthcare system, academic publishing, and the interpersonal conflicts that are pervasive in the medical system. Q: What did you learn about being a doctor from being a patient? "I remember being very tired and telling her, I'm so tired. [2] Biography [ edit] At 4:45 a.m. on May 11, 2020, Kristin woke up to Will making a strange sound in his sleep. Today, we're going to be doing a reaction video to Dr. Glaucomflecken's "Introducing the OB/GYN." Hi, I'm Doctor Rich, and my passion is to create silly videos you can watch and laugh. He started with stand-up in high school, making "teenage boy jokes" wherever he could find an open mic. He then enrolled at the Geisel School of Medicine at Dartmouth College, where he discovered his interest in ophthalmology. In 2012, they had their first child. This interview has been lightly edited for style and clarity. But its a minority most people are just fine with it. But she explained that she needed him to listen to it because she needed someone to live in that space with her. Comedy may not be his career, but it has served another role in his life. Through my stories, I hope to make a difference. Getting more than 1 million views became the norm. My "Dr. Glaucomflecken" alter ego began as a creative outlet to tell painfully specific ophthalmology jokes and to cope with my own health challenges. What I think [Flanary] does well in general and perhaps why hes never been canceled is that his humor is typically one of two things: wholesome, or relatable to everybody within the medical community, said Sarah Mojarad, who teaches a course on social media for doctors and scientists at the University of Southern California. Paramahansa Yogananda, Written by: Its my coping mechanism. In addition, you can get exclusive access to our member-only sales and deals. He described the diagnosis as 'really hard' - especially since he was healthy and athletic at the time and didn't see it coming - and he recalled everything 'crashing down on him.'. Flanary couldn't perform regularly, given his responsibilities as a student and a father. It sometimes allows the environment that we work in to be a little bit more humane I think that patients sometimes enjoy the humor and it makes us a little bit more relatable.. Transcript Will: [00:00:00] Knock, knock, knock. At the hospital, doctors put him into therapeutic hypothermia. Get app. Then he found TikTok. That's where he met his wife, Kristin, now 36 and the communications manager for the Belin-Blank Center for Gifted Education and Talent Development at the University of Iowa. Flanary churns out original content every few days. Despite his best efforts, Flanary's irreverent style occasionally catches flack. In his first video to get more than 1 million views, posted that July, Flanary plays two roles: the flabbergasted patient saddled with a massive bill, and the unnervingly calm customer service representative explaining that if he had simply chosen an in-network doctor while he was unconscious, all of this could have been avoided. Hello and welcome to Knock-Knock. A roundup of STAT's top stories of the day. Reporting from the frontiers of health and medicine, You've been selected! It was the juxtaposition between my previous rotation, which was vascular surgery, where youre standing for like six-hour cases, holding the retractor and you have really sick patients. "I got on to see, where are you all the time? 199 per month after 30-day trial. Chris Widener, Written by: In 2014, after a transitional year in Chicago, the young family moved to Iowa City, where Flanary began his residency at the University of Iowa. Damian Garde covers biotech, is a co-writer of The Readout newsletter, and a co-host of "The Readout LOUD" podcast. [2], In May 2020, Flanary suddenly went into cardiac arrest in his sleep. Q: Does your family think youre as funny as everyone else does? SURGEON reacts: Dr. Glaucomflecken trauma surgery on July 4th David Hindin, M.D. But your video focused on the students who dont match, and how theyll be okay. Being funny was always meant to be a hobby rather than a vocation, but the surging popularity of Dr. Glaucomflecken has turned into a business in its own right. We need them to find their way into that dark chamber, light a candle and fill it with words that build a bridge for us to walk out.. Glaucomflecken account on Twitter as an ophthalmology resident, fresh off a second occurrence of testicular cancer. It actually allows us to be compassionate, she said in an interview. They claim their digital dynamic mimics real life. We still dont know the cause. "A lot of doctors take themselves very, very seriously.". In middle school, he went to summer camp at a local university and got his first hard look at the field of medicine. Welcome back to the Doctor Rich channel! "You get that dopamine rush.". His prognosis was good, but this would change their lives forever. A: I never get backlash from surgeons. I started doing the video format at the right time especially with the pandemic, more people have been on online. Thats a big compliment to me, that people who are not in medicine still watch, because that tells me my acting skills are decent. Koral Dasgupta. For some reason, the powers that be thought it would be a good idea for my mom to teach her kid, who also happened to be the biggest class clown in school. My entire medical workup was normal. What is an ophthalmologists personality? Dr. Glaucomflecken hasn't responded to me and probably won't. Go ahead and share this so he gets the message. He always "punches up." Its wrong, but its also true, said the surgeon. Grant Cardone, Written by: [TikTok plays] Speaker 1: Good afternoon, sir. "What I post, what I say, what I advocate for, has a little more weight behind it." 3h Replying to @mkarolian and @DGlaucomflecken Spring 2020, aka early Covid, tiny @LGlaucomflecken rocked the CPR, so he's to educate & entertain us still 5 Q: Who was your biggest champion during that time? Written by: For nonmedical personnel, Flanarys videos give insight and a few tips in dealing with a world most only see from the patient side. Although sometimes it feels like the other way around. Please confirm that you would like to log out of Medscape. The next video is a sponsored one for a pretty cool reader that could help with accessibility. One of Flanarys most popular videos, which pokes fun at anesthesiologists, has over seven million views. If you trust your content, if you trust the message, then youve got to just go with it and accept that. DEALING WITH CANCER AND A HEART ATTACK. She knows the trauma of being a co-survivor and uses her experience to advocate for compassion for patients and their families. For Flanary, comedy comes naturally. (He has joked, "It's so easy even an ophthalmologist can do it.") Kristin was headed to a graduate psychology program at Dartmouth College in New Hampshire, while Flanary was set to return to Houston for medical school. Cancel anytime. OK, OK, send me all your consults, he told the audience. ', The comments below have not been moderated, By [2][5] After graduating from Dartmouth, he completed his residency at the University of Iowa Department of Ophthalmology and Visual Sciences in 2017. After the initial laughs, the Glaucomfleckens walked the audience through their incredible story. Since then, it has evolved to incorporate satire of the US healthcare system, academic publishing, and the interpersonal conflicts that are pervasive in the medical system. William E. Flanary, M.D. Sometimes its a sarcastic look at coronavirus guidelines, an insiders view of the medical hierarchy (nurses are the true rulers) or the expensive world of peer-review publishing. 6 months ago Why turning off anesthesia is more complicated than flipping a switch - Reaction to. Medical school can be brutal, and its making many of us suicidal. If you share the same market as the contributor of this article, you may not use it on any platform. "I've walked out of my home office into some very strange situations," Kristin says. A doctor who who suffered a sudden cardiac arrest and survived cancer twice has become a viral TikTok star, after sharing hilarious stories about his health woes in an attempt to raise awareness among others. Thankfully, Dr Glaucomflecken has a prescription for that. Eyeballs aside, he had found the perfect specialty for him. In February alone, Dr Glaucomflecken released nine installments of his ongoing 60-second video series, in which a hapless medical student is thrown into the deep end by various specialists, from an elbow-patched psychiatrist to a mountain-biking emergency medicine doctor. A: Were kind of boring. 'I use comedy to cope with my own health issues. She was alone, he said. Glaucomflecken alter ego began as a creative outlet to tell painfully specific ophthalmology jokes and to cope with my own health challenges. Dr. Glaucomflecken recently uploaded a video to his real youtube channel (one with ~25k subscribers) notifying people that the 144k subs account is actually not him, rather an impersonator that is taking all of his videos off other social media platforms and reuploading them to that channel. After the trial period, membership is 199/month for 1 credit per month. In his fourth year of med school, after an "awful" vascular surgery rotation where he was on his feet for hours at a time, draped in lead, Flanary took an ophthalmology elective. A: It reinforced for me how important it is for doctors to show who they are from a personality standpoint. This contributes to negative outcomes like physician burnout and strained interactions with patients, he explains. His sense of humor was just a bonus. And the outsized response taught him that a little righteous indignation can go a long way with an audience. He's an ophthalmologist in Portland, Oregon and, on the side, a comedian. Flanary is writer, director, editor, and star, with the typical sketch foisting two or more of his characters into an instructively maddening situation that resolves with a punchline and perhaps some music, all in about 90 seconds. 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