Medical Analyst for NBC News Dr. Vin Gupta, joins the Glaucomfleckens to talk about how he met his wife, doing medicine for the military at 30,000 feet, and how he got involved with Amazon to run Amazon Pharmacy. Vin then goes into detail about how Amazon Pharmacy works and how he thinks it can be better than then current Pharmacy system. — Want to Learn About Dr. Vin Gupta? Twitter: @VinGuptaMD — We want to hear YOUR stories (and medical puns)! Shoot us an email and say hi! knockknockhi@human-c...
Jan 30, 2024•1 hr 12 min
This week on Knock Knock Eye, Will talks about how some cities are good at handling snow and others are just awful at it, before getting into his main topic for the day, Infectious Endophthalmitis. An infection in the eye that is so dire, that each minute it's not treated can be devastating. Will explains how this infection can happen, why it's terrible, and what you can do to treat it. Not only medically, but emotionally as well. — We want to hear YOUR stories (and medical puns)! Shoot us an em...
Jan 25, 2024•35 min
CEO of Advancing Health Equity, Dr. Uche Blackstock, joins the Glaucomfleckens to talk about how her mom was a huge influence on her to become a physician, why she decided to get into academics, why she left it to start her business, and she goes into detailing about her consulting firm which helps workplaces become more inclusive and diverse. Also, be sure to check out Uche’s new book! — Want to Learn About Dr. Uche Blackstock? Instagram: @ucheblackstockmd Twitter: @uche_blackstock Her Book: Le...
Jan 23, 2024•1 hr
This week on Knock Knock Eye, Will talks about his hate for eye color changing surgery due to it damaging a perfectly healthy eyeball. He then goes into the main topic of the day, the Iris. Will tells you all he knows about the Iris, from the anatomy, to why it's there, the purpose, and more. — We want to hear YOUR stories (and medical puns)! Shoot us an email and say hi! knockknockhi@human-content.com Can’t get enough of us? Shucks. You can support the show on Patreon for early episode access, ...
Jan 18, 2024•31 min
Social Worker and Founder of The Flipside Life, Hayley Harlock, joins the Glaucomfleckens to talk about how The Flip Side organization came to be during the pandemic and explains how the partners and families of medical professionals need support too. They then have a conversation about how the world can be better about supporting these people that are along for this wild medical journey ride. — Want to Learn About Hayley Harlock? Instagram: @_theflipsidelife & @hayley.harlock Twitter: @Life...
Jan 16, 2024•1 hr 14 min
This week on Knock Knock Eye, Will talks about how he started Glaucomflecken and what it takes to start your own social media platform, before getting into the main topic, Refractive Surgery or LASIK. Will talks about the history of refractive surgery, including the barbaric ways it used to be done and how LASIK and Photorefractive Keratectomy came to be safer practices. Will also talks about when is the right time to do LASIK and when you shouldn't do LASIK. — We want to hear YOUR stories (and ...
Jan 11, 2024•42 min
Pediatric Palliative Care Physician Dr. Jared Rubenstein joins the Glaucomfleckens to brainstorm how Will can create a Palliative Care character, before Jared talks about how he got into this field, the importance of talking through your emotions with not only the patient but the parent or partner of the patient, and what the differences are when engaging with young kids, preteens, and teens. — Want to Learn About Dr. Jared Rubenstein? Twitter / Instagram / Threads: @DrJRubenstein — To Get Ticke...
Jan 09, 2024•1 hr 14 min
This week on Knock Knock Eye, Will talks about the difference between doing keynote speeches with the Wife and Death Show, before going into the main topic for the day, diabetic retinopathy. It's one of the leading causes of blindness and is very common with those who are Diabetic. — We want to hear YOUR stories (and medical puns)! Shoot us an email and say hi! knockknockhi@human-content.com Can’t get enough of us? Shucks. You can support the show on Patreon for early episode access, exclusive b...
Jan 04, 2024•34 min
Physicians Dr. Chris Worsham & Dr. Anupam Jena, sit down with the Glaucomfleckens on the podcasts one year anniversary to talk about their secret connection, their book Random Acts of Medicine, what type of research they do and what goes into it, and how sometimes you hit some dead ends in research. — Want to Learn About Dr. Chris Worsham & Dr. Anupam Jena? Twitter: @anupambjena, @DrBapuPod, & @ChrisWorsham Instagram: @chrisworshammd Random Acts of Medicine: The Hidden Forces That Sw...
Jan 02, 2024•1 hr 17 min
This week on Knock Knock Eye, Will expresses his confusion of why you guys are so into eyeballs and talked about why he isn't into doing research, before going into the main topic, Keratoconus. Will discusses astigmatisms and how the cornea turns into a lumpy football, in professional medical terms of course, and why you should not be rubbing your eyes. Will also answer the question, What if your eye was to get ripped out? — We want to hear YOUR stories (and medical puns)! Shoot us an email and ...
Dec 28, 2023•38 min
Psychiatrist, Dr. Alok Kanojia (The Healthy Gamer) joins the Glaucomfleckens to talk about how to keep Roblox safe for your children, how you can help children transition away from screen time, and how he uses his experience with his own video game addiction and applies it to his work to help others. — Want to Learn About Dr. Alok Kanojia? YouTube: @HealthyGamerGG TikTok: @healthygamer.gg Twitter: @HealthyGamerGG Instagram: @healthygamer_gg — To Get Tickets to Wife & Death: You can visit Gla...
Dec 26, 2023•1 hr 10 min
This week on Knock Knock Eye, Will gets into the subspecialty, Neuro-Ophthalmology, before he gets into the related topic of optic nerve swelling (idiopathic intracranial hypertension). Will describes why this is a tough diagnosis to come to and all the things you should do, to rule out other things. — We want to hear YOUR stories (and medical puns)! Shoot us an email and say hi! knockknockhi@human-content.com Can’t get enough of us? Shucks. You can support the show on Patreon for early episode ...
Dec 21, 2023•30 min
Pediatricians, Dr. Ana and Dr. Sami (The PediPals) join the Glaucomfleckens to talk about how they met and started making content through trauma bonding, the need to make sure you get your dosages right with babies, how to balance social media with your day job, and how they deal with negative comments. — Want to Learn About The PediPals? YouTube: @ThePediPals Instagram: @ThePediPals — To Get Tickets to Wife & Death: You can visit Glaucomflecken.com/live We want to hear YOUR stories (and med...
Dec 19, 2023•1 hr 21 min
This week on Knock Knock Eye, Will keeps you up to date with the latest visine related death, before getting to the main topic: Color Blindness. Will explains why some people are colorblind, the misconceptions of color blindness, how color blind glasses work, and does a quick aside on how much he loves Taylor Swift. — We want to hear YOUR stories (and medical puns)! Shoot us an email and say hi! knockknockhi@human-content.com Can’t get enough of us? Shucks. You can support the show on Patreon fo...
Dec 14, 2023•42 min
Orthopedic Surgeons, Dr. Paul Zalzal & Dr. Brad Weening, sit down with the Glaucomfleckens to talk about the ortho bro character, how they met in residency, the importance of managing mental health in the hospital, and surviving a flight with a “pilot”. — Want to Learn About Dr. Paul Zalzal & Dr. Brad Weening YouTube: @TalkingWithDocs Instagram: @TalkingWithDocs Tik Tok: @TalkingWithDocs — To Get Tickets to Wife & Death: You can visit Glaucomflecken.com/live We want to hear YOUR stor...
Dec 12, 2023•1 hr 14 min
This week on Knock Knock Eye, Will talks about the ethics of conferences promoting to trainees the idea of needing a side gig before he gets into the main topic: Visual Snow. These are anxiety induced hallucinations that make your vision look like there is a snowstorm or tv static going on. — We want to hear YOUR stories (and medical puns)! Shoot us an email and say hi! knockknockhi@human-content.com Can’t get enough of us? Shucks. You can support the show on Patreon for early episode access, ex...
Dec 07, 2023•36 min
Internal Medicine Dr. David Hilden joins the Glaucomfleckens to talk about long training hours, what it’s like working at a county hospital in Minnesota, and his amazing background being the host of a medical talk AM radio show for over a decade. — Want to Learn About Dr. David Hildon? Website: https://healthymatters.org/ Podcast: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/healthy-matters-with-dr-david-hilden/id1601320656 Twitter: @DrDavidHilden — To Get Tickets to Wife & Death: You can visit Gla...
Dec 05, 2023•1 hr 9 min
This week on Knock Knock Eye, Will walks us through a day in the life of Dr. Glaucomflecken / Will Flanary, before going into the main topic for the day...eye drops! A bunch of eye drops were recalled by the FDA, after 27 different eye drops caused vision loss, infections, and even death (which is incredibly rare). Will goes into why these eye drops give people issues, which ones to avoid and which ones are safe to use. — We want to hear YOUR stories (and medical puns)! Shoot us an email and say...
Nov 30, 2023•34 min
Emergency Medicine Dr. Resa Lewiss, joins the Glaucomfleckens to talk about how she is not the stereotypical emergency medicine physician, gives her take on point of care ultrasounds, and talks about her book Micro Skills. — Want to Learn About Dr. Resa Lewiss? Podcast: https://www.thevisiblevoicespodcast.com/ Twitter: @ResaELewiss — To Get Tickets to Wife & Death: You can visit Glaucomflecken.com/live We want to hear YOUR stories (and medical puns)! Shoot us an email and say hi! knockknockh...
Nov 28, 2023•1 hr 11 min
This week on Knock Knock Eye, Will talks about the crypto currency bros that woke up with pain and blindness due to UV Lights sunburning their eyes, before going into his main topic of the day...amblyopia, otherwise known as Lazy Eye. Will makes up a case study for little Jimmy where he diagnoses him, the different types, and explains how to treat it. — We want to hear YOUR stories (and medical puns)! Shoot us an email and say hi! knockknockhi@human-content.com Can’t get enough of us? Shucks. Yo...
Nov 23, 2023•37 min
Emergency Medicine Dr. J Mack Slaughter, joins to the Glaucomfleckens to talk about his life before he got into medicine, touring the nation as a singer in a boy band (Sons of Harmony) and getting the opportunity to open for Destiny’s Child. He then goes into how he found medicine, how chasing prestige can be detrimental for your mental health, and the time he treated a patient who cut off his own penis! Lastly, Dr. J Mack talks about his program Music Meets Medicine and how his lives in enterta...
Nov 21, 2023•1 hr 13 min
This week on Knock Knock Eye, Will talks about why vision insurance is separate from regular medical insurance and why that shouldn't be the case, before going into something that everybody eventually will get...cataracts! — We want to hear YOUR stories (and medical puns)! Shoot us an email and say hi! knockknockhi@human-content.com Can’t get enough of us? Shucks. You can support the show on Patreon for early episode access, exclusive bonus shows, livestream hangouts, and much more! – www.patreo...
Nov 16, 2023•41 min
Retired Army Urologist, Dr. Douglas W. Soderdahl joins the Glaucomfleckens to talk about how much pickleball he plays now that he’s retired, before he goes into what it’s like doing military medicine around the world and in the field, how their are an endless amount of penis puns, and the crazy things that can be shoved up a urethra. — Want to Learn About Dr. Douglas Soderdahl? Podcast: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/wardocs-the-military-medicine-podcast/id1574361588?ign-itscg=30200&i...
Nov 14, 2023•1 hr 19 min
This week on Knock Knock Eye, Will talks about how he goes about testing and checking your vision, before going into the pain that is involved in a corneal abrasion, how you diagnose it, and how you treat it — We want to hear YOUR stories (and medical puns)! Shoot us an email and say hi! knockknockhi@human-content.com Can’t get enough of us? Shucks. You can support the show on Patreon for early episode access, exclusive bonus shows, livestream hangouts, and much more! – www.patreon.com/glaucomfl...
Nov 09, 2023•43 min
Surgical Oncologist, Dr. Sarah Boston, talks about starting a veterinarian's comedy festival, how the American health care system might be better for animals than people, and how being a vet helps her in her stand up comedy. — Want to Learn About Dr. Sarah Boston? Podcast: https://pod.link/1706569339 Book: https://houseofanansi.com/products/lucky-dog Instagram: drsarahboston — To Get Tickets to Wife & Death: You can visit Glaucomflecken.com/live We want to hear YOUR stories (and medical puns...
Nov 07, 2023•1 hr 11 min
This week on Knock Knock Eye, Will talks about the training it takes to become an ophthalmologist, discusses the dangers of a retinal tear or detachment, and explains the differences between the two. — We want to hear YOUR stories (and medical puns)! Shoot us an email and say hi! knockknockhi@human-content.com Can’t get enough of us? Shucks. You can support the show on Patreon for early episode access, exclusive bonus shows, livestream hangouts, and much more! – www.patreon.com/glaucomflecken Pr...
Nov 02, 2023•38 min
Emergency Physician, Dr. Gita Pensa joins the Glaucomfleckens to talk about what the process is like when you are sued as a doctor and shares the process of how you can handle this, if you happen to find yourself in this situation. She also goes into great detail about the jury picking process and the psychology behind how the jury perceives you. — Want to Learn About Dr. Gita Pensa? Twitter: @GitaPensaMD Podcast: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/doctors-and-litigation-the-l-word/id14691550...
Oct 31, 2023•1 hr 15 min
This week on Knock Knock Eye, Will talks about and explains the fourth pants patient (acute angle closure glaucoma) and how to treat and maintain eye pressures. It also just so happens to be that Dr. Glaucomfleckens name is based on this issue and shares what the backup name could have been. — We want to hear YOUR stories (and medical puns)! Shoot us an email and say hi! knockknockhi@human-content.com Can’t get enough of us? Shucks. You can support the show on Patreon for early episode access, e...
Oct 26, 2023•30 min
Dermatologist Dr. Sandra Lee joins the Glaucomfleckens to talk about how she discovered people's fascinations with pimple popping, the success of her TV Show, what brought her to people a doctor, and shares what 5 items she'd bring on a deserted island. — Want to Learn About Dr. Sandra Lee? Instagram: @drpimplepopper & @drsandralee — To Get Tickets to Wife & Death: You can visit Glaucomflecken.com/live We want to hear YOUR stories (and medical puns)! Shoot us an email and say hi! knockkn...
Oct 24, 2023•1 hr 13 min
This week on Knock Knock Eye, Will talks about what it's like being an ophthalmologist at a private practice and explains the third pants patient (extraocular muscle entrapment). — We want to hear YOUR stories (and medical puns)! Shoot us an email and say hi! knockknockhi@human-content.com Can’t get enough of us? Shucks. You can support the show on Patreon for early episode access, exclusive bonus shows, livestream hangouts, and much more! – www.patreon.com/glaucomflecken Produced by Human Conte...
Oct 19, 2023•33 min•Ep. 50
