Chetan Bhagat. If the later one would have been ophtho for me, I would have dropped out and painted clay doves for a living until I die. 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. Q: What does it mean to you to be a survivor? "I got on to see, where are you all the time? Daily Briefing 'I use comedy to cope with my own health issues. At first, Will wasn't sure what to do, since losing both of his testicles meant he would no longer be able to have children or make enough testosterone, which affects his ability to have sex. More:If you'd like to watch the full keynote address, it will be available to all ACEP Unconventional attendees. Then in 2016, Flanary was again diagnosed with testicular cancer not a recurrence, but a totally separate case. They have one thing in common being mocked by Will Flanary, an ophthalmologist known to millions in the medical world as "Dr. Glaucomflecken," a term for a sign of glaucoma. That's funny, but it's kind of my passion Let's check out this video! A: Its been a little bit surprising, Ive just done it as a creative outlet. I can make a second career out of finding testicular cancer which would be really weird for an ophthalmologist to do. He paused. Whos to say what 2024 might bring? Honestly, it's surreal. Dr. Glaucomflecken 2.6M views1 year ago Shadowing the Hospital Pharmacist Dr. Glaucomflecken 3.3M views1 year ago First Day of Cardiology Dr. Glaucomflecken 4.4M views1 year ago First Day of. But at some point you just have to go for it. 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. The culture of medicine is notoriously conservative, and doctors social media accounts tend toward the robotic. That combined dedication to learning the inside details of medicine while practicing the outsider art of satire might explain what makes Dr. Glaucomflecken work. Please see our. Gaur Gopal Das. Fumitake Koga, Written by: The duo headed to Hanover. (He has joked, "It's so easy even an ophthalmologist can do it.") There was an error saving your display name. iconic take on the EM residency interview. 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. He added: 'No one knows your testicles better than you, more than likely. Diagnosis Compression gonioscopy is key to properly diagnosing an acute angle closure. Transcript Will: [00:00:00] Knock, knock, knock. Everything from social media to the patient experience to why cataract surgery isnt as bad as you think it is. Im fortunate to have this nice job that gives me a nice living thats always there, he said. In the months since, the Flanarys have worked to make something of their experience. Here are some of our top picks to get you started. 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. But five years later, in 2015, he discovered a lump on his other testicle. 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. He always "punches up." Paramahansa Yogananda, Written by: [6], During his third year of residency, Flanary was diagnosed with testicular cancer again. Its this sweet spot of demystification and comedy simultaneously.. This resonates with a lot of people.. 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. with the Glaucomfleckens. It was my coping mechanism. It was the spring of 2020, and the nascent Covid-19 pandemic had shuttered businesses around the country, including Flanarys private practice. 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. By that time, he turned from blue and purple to gray. In December 2009, the couple got married. Dr. Glaucomflecken (@DGlaucomflecken) December 21, 2018 Uncompensated nurse time would make it more like 40 years. But its a minority most people are just fine with it. A: When I started med school at Dartmouth, everyone was assigned a random adviser, and my adviser was an ophthalmologist. Interns get handicap parking, attendings catch the shuttle from the commuter lot. Flanary says the videos have taken him to a place he never expected, and hell continue doing it as long as his audience still watches and he continues to enjoy it. Flanary is alive because his wife, Kristin, noticed his irregular breathing and performed CPR until an EMT could arrive and shock his heart back into regular function. and important messages. So Dr. Glaucomflecken is an ophthalmologist and he hilariously makes fun of all other specialties. That has gotten a lot better, but it took a few weeks to get there. A: I had a ventricular fibrillation cardiac arrest in my sleep at 4 a.m. My wife heard me breathing funny, which woke her up. These are things medical students have experienced, that residents have experienced its all relatable.. (Heres his iconic take on the EM residency interview.) 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. Then, the surprise bills arrived accumulating charges for out-of-network care he received in the depths of his health crisis. 121. Since pulling back that eyelid of anonymity, "I'm a real person now to people," Flanary says. And medical students are living in a special kind of hell, from match day to rotations. Read our privacy policy for more info. Flanary still doesnt know what caused his heart to stop beating. Sometimes there is someone so good at something that there is universal agreement we are witnessing something special. So this all feels really low-stakes. The second time around wasn't quite so easy. than one million followers and more than 40 million likes. But everybody likes the TikTok where "Dr Daddy" Flanary in a red puffer jacket refers his 5-year-old daughter to debt collectors for failing to pay him for a $900 emergent splinter removal and Frozen Band-Aid application. Cite this: How Dr Glaucomflecken Overcame Death to Get Internet Laughs-Medscape-Mar10,2021. This is my life with aphasia. That's my name.". Q&A with William A. Flanary, MD, aka Dr. Glaucomflecken, provides a glimpse into his experience surviving cardiac arrest. Flanary is willing to take the gamble. He then enrolled at the Geisel School of Medicine at Dartmouth College, where he discovered his interest in ophthalmology. On the night of May 11, 2020, his heart went haywire. Through my stories, I hope to make a difference. Let's put an end of burnout. If I didnt find the humor in this awful situation, the gravity of it all would crush me. Q: Who was your biggest champion during that time? Despite his best efforts, Flanary's irreverent style occasionally catches flack. We love taking breaks. 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. Click the topic below to receive emails when new articles are available. Merchandise is in development, and hes plotting a way to translate what works on TikTok into a longer-form episodic format. Its just been a very serious field. If you log out, you will be required to enter your username and password the next time you visit. "People have weaponized the term 'professionalism,'" he says, and use it to enforce impossibly high standards and inhuman behavior among healthcare providers. "It was exhausting," Kristin recalls. Q: A lot of the doctors you portray have very specific personality traits. A roundup of STAT's top stories of the day. Telling jokes helped me to navigate the challenges of living as a cancer patient in my 20s. 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.. She first came across Dr. Glaucomflecken four or five years ago. I hope to change how healthcare workers see their patients and their families. 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. Dr. Flanary is an ophthalmologist who specializes in satirizing the medical field with hilarious social media skits. This time the diagnosis was a stage 1b seminoma, and he had surgery to remove his remaining testicle, followed by hormone replacement therapy consisting of a weekly self-administered injection of testosterone. What is an ophthalmologists personality? Check your inbox or spam folder to confirm your subscription. You've successfully added to your alerts. 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. Anand Neelakantan, Little Things: Jab Dhruv Met Kavya, Season 1, Written by: "He's not very talkative, believe it or nothe's an introvert, he's pretty private, pretty independent," she says. Since 2016 he has become well known for making and uploading medical satire skits on Twitter, TikTok and YouTube.[2]. If youre not familiar with the Glaucomfleckens, their actual names are Will and Kristin Flanary. On TikTok, Instagram and Twitter, Flanary posts videos several times a week for more than 1.6 million followers about the medical system. The account is named after glaukomflecken, a sign of acute angle-closure glaucoma. It wasnt until I was able to do a rotation in ophthalmology at the beginning of my fourth year that I made the decision, so I decided really late. Sarah Cooper, a comedian who rose to internet stardom by lip-syncing to President Trump, parlayed her success into a 2020 Netflix special that was not particularly well-received, and then the election came and went along with her moment. And it feels good to be laughing with someone that knows what youre going through and knows the things that have been happening inside your own head that you havent put out into words.. There are many YouTube reaction videos from doctors on Flanarys assessments of their character such as trauma surgeon David Hindin and neurosurgeon Martin Rutkowski who say the portrayals are spot-on. During his third year of medical school, he discovered a lump in his testicle. You will receive email when new content is published. America to face a shortage of primary care physicians within a decade or so. During his third year of medical school, he discovered a lump in his testicle. Thats a big compliment to me, that people who are not in medicine still watch, because that tells me my acting skills are decent. For undergrad, Flanary enrolled in Texas Tech University. Ashneer Grover, Written by: Its been a little bit surprising how popular the characters are its taken on a life of its own. On this Wikipedia the language links are at the top of the page across from the article title. Get app. One thing Ive learned is that the videos that get the biggest reaction are the ones where there is an emotional reaction. An earlier version of this article incorrectly stated that neurologist Anna Nordvig was among those who had reacted to Will Flanary's videos. Glaucomflecken account on Twitter as an ophthalmology resident, fresh off a second occurrence of testicular cancer. The specificity is by design, Flanary said, giving his peers something to relate to and a growing audience of outsiders something to laugh at. It meant that he would have to go on hormone replacement therapy for the rest of his life." He told CTV News in January 2022 that he still did not know the reason that he went into cardiac arrest. My "Dr. Glaucomflecken" alter ego began as a creative outlet to tell painfully specific ophthalmology jokes and to cope with my own health challenges. Daniel Kahneman. Written by: And lets go ahead and get you a COVID vaccine, Flanary, posing as the doctor, concludes. Power of Social Media with Family Physician Dr. Mike | Knock Knock, Hi! Ankur Warikoo, 101 Essays That Will Change the Way You Think, Written by: Things would gradually get a little more pointed, with jokes at the expense of disinterested emergency medicine doctors, overeager medical students, and, in a running theme, well-paid and under-worked ophthalmologists. Audible is a membership service that provides customers with a huge selection of audiobooks as well as podcasts, exclusive originals and more. But Will's health problems didn't end there. Welcome back to the Doctor Rich channel! [TikTok plays] Speaker 1: Good afternoon, sir. OK, OK, send me all your consults, he told the audience. There is a lot of evidence that shows humour can be protective of burnout, says McKeen. For a long time, theres been this idea that its not professional to show that side of yourself as a doctor; that youre supposed to be this emotionless machine and you cant show that things affect you mentally, or make you angry or sad or laugh. [2] Biography [ edit] I like knowing theres an end to my day when you get to go home. Please enter a Recipient Address and/or check the Send me a copy checkbox. Written by: Brianna Wiest, Written by: Damian Garde covers biotech, is a co-writer of The Readout newsletter, and a co-host of "The Readout LOUD" podcast. Flanary's recovery was quick, but he needed an outlet to process his experiences. Thankfully, Dr Glaucomflecken has a prescription for that. Its wrong, but its also true, said the surgeon. Written by: ", He began to develop a personal coda for how to conduct himself online. A: It reinforced for me how important it is for doctors to show who they are from a personality standpoint. Welcome to r/OccupationalTherapy!This is an automatic comment on every post. Grant Cardone, Written by: 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. "That's all we have.". 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. A: It went well. It feels good to make people in medicine laugh, especially during a time right now during the pandemic when its hard for people to find things that make them smile, he said. A: Everybody, and I mean EVERYBODY, needs to learn CPR. Ophthalmologist Portland | Dr.William E. Flanary | EHNPC Home Our Doctors William E. Flanary, M.D. In front of a standing room-only crowd, Dr. and Lady Glaucomflecken delivered an opening keynote session packed with laughs (so many laughs!) Theres no benefit to it. It doesnt take long to learn, and you can save a life. A: Thats a good example of one that surprised me. Get started by signing in with your Amazon account, Based on your location you have been directed to audible.in. TikTok doc makes physicians laugh at themselves. I just dont know if I can trust you, Flanary the patient responds. I feel like I can just try these things and see where it takes me.. His early work was squarely in the lingua franca of the platform: short, comedic videos synced to popular songs. As most of the humor on Fun Friday, this is funny and also heartbreaking. "He doesn't want people to feel bad for him, he doesn't want to wear his heart on his sleeve." 23.1K Likes, 784 Comments. My Dr. Cancel anytime. Social media star and comedian Dr. Glaucomflecken, aka ophthalmologist William E. Flanary, MD, along with his wife, Kristin Flanary, MA, shared social media insights as well as his experience as an ICU patient during his presentation of the Peter Safar Honorary Lecture, "Wife and Death: Featuring Dr. and Lady Glaucomflecken," on January 22, 2023, Hctor Garca, Written by: [7], Since 2017, Flanary has raised money for the non-profit organization First Descents, which provides outdoor experiences to young adults who have been diagnosed with cancer. A: Were kind of boring. It was also while he was a medical student at the Geisel School of Medicine that he was first diagnosed with testicular cancer (specifically, a highly curable stage 1a seminoma) at the age of 25. He practices in Oregon City, Oregon and lives in Portland, Oregon. "Comedy is a way to assert some sort of power over a situation in which you feel powerless," Flanary says. And what Ive learned is that that is not the case at all. "I remember being very tired and telling her, I'm so tired. More recently, Flanary joined TikTok, which has allowed him to showcase some of the skills he honed over years of live performance. 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. Dr. Glaucomflecken lists . "Now I'm at the point of no return. In 2010, when he was 25 years old, Will was diagnosed with testicular cancer. When she realized he was unresponsive, she called 911. Flanary continued to recover, with the help of friends, family, and, of course, comedy. Will Flanarys days are spent conducting eye exams and cataract surgeries at a private practice outside Portland, Ore. By this point, he and his wife had two children. By day, the 35-year-old cares for the eyeballs of Oregonians in his practice near Portland. "We did, like, eight cases in a day. Read our privacy policy for more info. William E. Flanary, M.D. It didnt go well. 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. Q&A with William A. Flanary, MD, aka Dr. Glaucomflecken, provides a glimpse into his experience surviving cardiac arrest. If you share the same market as the contributor of this article, you may not use it on any platform. As Dr Glaucomflecken's popularity has grown, so has his prop inventory. If you're new to Audible, you can take free membership trial for 30 days. Dr. Glaucomflecken hasn't responded to me and probably won't. Go ahead and share this so he gets the message. Its my coping mechanism. To comment please, Comments on Medscape are moderated and should be professional in tone and on topic. Thats effectively a personality loves to sit down.. We are no longer accepting comments on this article. This interview has been lightly edited for style and clarity. 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. On the other hand, some physicians attempts at white-coat comedy have veered into questionable jokes at patients expense. Three days later, he woke up in an ICU bed, recovering from a cardiac arrest. The idea is in the very early stages, Flanary said, but hes been working with an outside firm to press things forward. In a clip posted April 9, 2020, he squints, scowls, and grins into the camera to explain the many muscles of the face, all with the aid of Megan Thee Stallion. Chris Widener, Written by: "[7] He has received many speaking opportunities since revealing himself as the creator of Dr. Glaucomflecken, including as the commencement speaker for the graduating class of Yale School of Medicine and University of Colorado Anschutz Medical Campus in May 2022. "What delights me to no end is people who think my actual name is Dr Glaucomflecken," Flanary says. Are there additional benefits for Amazon Prime members? But unlike the many debunkers, explainers, and self-promotional plastic surgeons who populate the platform, Flanarys primary concern is with making people laugh. Dr. Glaucomflecken said he didnt want to listen to her 911 call at first because it was too hard to hear. While attending Texas Tech, he met his wife, Kristin. Titles added to your Library with a credit are yours to keep, even if you cancel. , updated 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. Eyeballs aside, he had found the perfect specialty for him. Yuval Noah Harari, Written by: Ashish Bagrecha, Permanent Roommates: He Said, She Said, Season 2, Written by: "It gave me that relief and just a sense of joy that I hadn't had in a while," he says. mountain-biking emergency medicine doctor, shortcomings of the American healthcare system, "Ophthalmologist Accidentally Agrees to See Inpatient Consult. A little tired, but thats pretty normal for us. In addition, you can get exclusive access to our member-only sales and deals. By Please check and try again. Download the free Audible app to start listening on your iOS or Android device. 'Life was just more complicated at that point.'. It was comedy that helped me through a diagnosis of cancer during med schooland again during residency. Her account, Lady Glaucomflecken, commands tens of thousands of followers on its own. Please keep your comments respectful and relevant. I am Dr. Glock Flecking. Ultimately, performing comedy live became too challenging to keep up as my medical career progressed, so I turned to social media. Thats why I love building this Glaucomflecken General Hospital of characters, Flanary told STAT. What is this world? Ram Dinesh Sharan, Suno Mahabharat Devdutt Pattanaik ke Saath, Written by: Q: You wrote in your bio about doing stand-up, but never explained how you ended up becoming an ophthalmologist? 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. "What I post, what I say, what I advocate for, has a little more weight behind it." Flanary said he wants his peers to see themselves in his satire, to come away feeling like somebody understands. But he also hopes poking fun at the profession might help nudge doctors away from what can be a monastic self-regard. But thank goodness for adrenaline. For nonmedical personnel, Flanarys videos give insight and a few tips in dealing with a world most only see from the patient side. Flanary grew up in Houston, Texas. 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. I checked it out and it seemed perfect, Flanary said. I've also learned that no matter what, none of you will ever learn how to use a slit lamp correctly., After the initial laughs, the Glaucomfleckens walked the audience through their incredible story. Learn More His sense of humor was just a bonus. Whenever hes uncertain whether a given joke might go too far, he refers to a simple guiding principle: Be sure to punch up. Q: Why do you think its become such a hit, particularly for people outside the medical world? And I trust myself. I may be yelling at kids to get off my front lawn. There was no medical explanation for the sudden cardiac arrest. "I wasn't really looking for a boyfriend or anything at the time," Kristin recalls. "You hear so many horror stories about people getting reprimanded for sharing their thoughts," he says. "That's my coping mechanism," he says. Commenting is limited to medical professionals. document.getElementById( "ak_js_2" ).setAttribute( "value", ( new Date() ).getTime() ); document.getElementById( "ak_js_1" ).setAttribute( "value", ( new Date() ).getTime() ); Book a personalized video with Dr. Glaucomflecken on Cameo! Honestly, its surreal, Flanary told CTV National News in a video interview from his home in Portland, Ore. Flanary had been doing stand-up comedy intermittently since high school, but always wanted to go into medicine. 'Its really helped me because I enjoy making people laugh,' he told the outlet. His pandemic content on vaccinations have garnered the most negative response but he tries not to pay too much attention to the angry comments and messages, he says. Morgan Housel, Written by: It also introduced him to the intoxication of a "like" at that time, on Facebook. 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. Nikita Okhade, Written by: Eleanor Cummins is a freelance journalist whose work runs the gamut of science. "OK, OK, send me all your consults," he told the audience. Totally separate case social media Wikipedia the language links are at the point of dr glaucomflecken heart attack return credit are yours keep! 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