Dr. Glaucomflecken Biography
Dr. Glaucomflecken is a stand-up comedian and ophthalmologist who goes by the stage name Dr. Glaucomflecken. Since 2016, he has gained popularity for creating and sharing medical satire sketches on Twitter, TikTok, and YouTube.
Dr. Glaucomflecken Age
He was born William E. Flanary in 1986, in the United States of America. Dr. is 38 years old as of 2023.
Dr. Glaucomflecken Education
He attended Texas Tech University, where he earned a bachelor’s degree in cell and molecular biology and graduated Phi Beta Kappa and summa cum laude. He then enrolled at Dartmouth College’s Geisel School of Medicine, where he developed his interest in ophthalmology. He was admitted into Alpha Omega Alpha while at Dartmouth.
Dr. Glaucomflecken Height
He stands at a height of 6 feet 4 inches.
Dr. Glaucomflecken Wife
Willy is married to Kristin whom he met while attending Texas Tech school. Together they have two children.
Dr. Glaucomflecken Health| Cancer
At the age of 25, he was diagnosed with testicular cancer (particularly, a highly treatable stage 1a seminoma) while a medical student at the Geisel School of Medicine. He then underwent surgery to remove the tumor-infested testicle. Flanary was diagnosed with testicular cancer again during his third year of residency. This time, he was diagnosed with a stage 1b seminoma, and he underwent surgery to remove his remaining testicle, followed by hormone replacement therapy, which included a weekly self-administered testosterone injection. Flanary suffered a heart arrest in his sleep in May 2020. His wife gave him CPR for ten minutes until paramedics arrived and resuscitated him.
Dr. Glaucomflecken Career
Flanary has been raising funds for the non-profit organization First Descents, which gives outdoor experiences to young adults diagnosed with cancer, since 2017. As of January 2022, he had raised more than $100,000 for the organization. He has described his personal experiences with the organization as “a lifeline” after being diagnosed with cancer. Flanary started the Dr. Glaucomflecken Twitter account in 2016 to pass the time during a research conference. Glaukomflecken, a symptom of acute angle-closure glaucoma, inspired the account’s name. His Twitter account had over 573,000 followers as of June 2022, and his TikTok account had over 1.5 million followers and over 58 million total likes. Flanary told CTV News at the time.
Themed videos commonly satirize cliches or stereotypes seen in many medical disciplines. Flanary’s movies are well-liked in the medical community. Since disclosing himself as the originator of Dr. Glaucomflecken, he has had numerous speaking opportunities, including serving as the commencement speaker for the Yale School of Medicine and the University of Colorado Anschutz Medical Campus graduating classes in May 2022. Comedians like Flanary, according to Robert D. Putnam and Céline Gounder, are “leveraging irony and exaggeration to expose the ills of the American healthcare system and the lunacy of global COVID-19 vaccine inequity.”
Dr. Glaucomflecken Net Worth
Dr. has an estimated net worth of 1 million dollars.