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UnitedHealthcare CEO’s shooting opens a door for many to vent frustrations over insurance
For years, patients in the U.S. health care system have grown frustrated with a bureaucracy they don’t understand. Doctors are included in an insurer’s network one year but not the next. Getting someone on the phone to help can be next […]
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He’s Huge in Hospitals
Will Flanary is your doctor’s favorite TikToker. There are no medical degrees hanging on the white walls of ophthalmologist Will Flanary’s home office. There is, however, a golden plaque on display that YouTube sent him when he surpassed 1 million subscribers. “I […]
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Why Does No One Care about the Crisis in Rural Emergency Medicine?
Will Flanary, MD, is an ophthalmologist and comedian who regularly posts humorous yet precisely on point medical videos under the handle Dr. Glaucomflecken. In one of his segments, a multitasking emergency/family medicine physician in a rural hospital greets a new […]
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What Eye Condition Does Stephen Nedoroscik Have? The Pommel Horse Hero’s Glasses Explained
Stephen Nedoroscik helped the U.S. men’s gymnastics team win their first Olympic medal in 16 years when he nailed his pommel horse routine at the Paris Olympics. Since then, Stephen’s gone viral for his adorable mannerisms, but it’s led fans to wonder about the eye […]
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When Providers Become Patients: Testicular Cancer and Beyond
A BackTable podcast with Dr. William Flanary aka Dr. Glaucomflecken In this episode of BackTable, Dr. Bagrodia interviews Dr. William Flanary, a physician-comedian popularly known as Dr. Glaucomflecken, about lessons he has learned as a two-time testicular cancer survivor and […]
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Patient-Centered Adult Cardiovascular Care: A Scientific Statement From the American Heart Association
Abstract Patient-centered care is gaining widespread acceptance by the medical and lay communities and is increasingly recognized as a goal of high-quality health care delivery. Patient-centered care is based on ethical principles and aims at establishing a partnership between the […]
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More Care Needed For Cancer Caregivers
When ophthalmologist and co-founder of Glaucomflecken LLC, William Flanary, MD, suffered two separate, unrelated bouts of cancer and then cardiac arrest, his wife served as his primary caregiver. While Dr Flanary received the medical attention he needed, Kristin Flanary, also […]
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Even after his cardiac arrest, doctor-comedian finds things to laugh about
Doctor-comedian and cardiac arrest survivor, Will Flanary – also known as Dr. Glaucomflecken online. (Photo courtesy of Jessica Gubuan/Bridgetown Pictures) Will and Kristin Flanary were fast asleep in their home in Portland, Oregon, when Kristin awoke to what sounded like […]
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Comedy and Medicine
A social media stand-out offers advice to medical graduates. Will Flanary, M.D., is an ophthalmologist and beloved comedian who is better known as “Dr. Glaucomflecken” in the medical community. The social media personality regularly shares medical-themed comedy shorts to an […]
