EMS1: NAEMSP 2023 Quick Take: ‘Wife or Death’
Lessons from a bystander responder and co-survivor of SCA, Kristin Flanary – Lady Glaucomflecken, lifesaver, CPR champion and keynote extraordinaireby Rob Lawrence There were many reasons to celebrate and remember this year’s NAEMSP 2023 annual meeting. Many I spoke with […]
Medscape: What Is the Psychological Cost of Performing CPR?
“In May 2020, popular American activist and educator Kristin Flanary saw someone suffering cardiac arrest. She stepped in and started doing CPR. And she continued doing CPR…for 10 long minutes. The person she was trying to save was her 34-year-old husband, ophthalmologist […]
Will Flanary: Health care, humor, and humanity
Known as “Dr. Glaucomflecken” to his 2 million TikTok followers, Will Flanary, MD, is using humor and his experience as a cancer patient to connect with people navigating a sometimes-complex health care system.
Lady Glaucomflecken Honored with American Heart Association’s Resuscitation Champion Award
“Kristin Flanary (aka “Lady Glaucomflecken” or @LGlaucomflecken) is also receiving the ReSS Champion Award. She is an international social media star who has been a tireless advocate for cardiac arrest survivorship and CPR delivery after providing bystander CPR to save the life […]
Glaucomfleckens Bring the House Down with Opening Keynote
“Couple honors the role emergency physicians play in communities. In front of a standing-room-only crowd, Dr. and Lady Glaucomflecken delivered an opening keynote session packed with laughs (so many laughs!) and important messages. If you’re not familiar with the Glaucomfleckens, […]
The Washington Post: TikTok doc makes physicians laugh at themselves
“Known to millions as ‘Dr. Glaucomflecken,’ Will Flanary zings the personality types that are drawn to different specializations.”
STAT News: The internet’s funniest doctor is in on the joke
“Will Flanary’s days are spent conducting eye exams and cataract surgeries at a private practice outside Portland, Ore. The evenings are for family, and a standing commitment to make dinner for his wife and two daughters. That leaves nights and […]
Medscape: Dr. Glaucomflecken on Why We Can All Use a Laugh Right Now
Podcast interview by Dr. Eric Topol.
CTV News: TikTok star Dr. Glaucomflecken uses humour as prescription in hard times
“TORONTO — By the time Dr. Will Flanary was 29-years-old, he had already survived cancer – twice. So the ophthalmologist, who moonlights as a comedian on social media, knows well the importance of laughter as a prescription for coping with […]
