Healio Rheuminations An Afternoon with the Glaucomfleckens: On hypermobility and physician burnout
On this special episode of Rheuminations, I interview comedian and ophthalmologist William Flanary, MD, and Kristin Flanary, also known as the Glaucomfleckens, on hypermobility and physician burnout.
Kristen Flanary highlights what it's like to live with hypermobility, and Dr. William Flanary discusses his thoughts on physician burnout and using their podcast, Knock Knock, Hi, as comedy relief.
· Intro 0:11
· In this episode 0:45
· Interview with Dr. William and Kristin Flanary, also known as Doctor and Lady Glaucomflecken 2:49
· Rheumatology and ophthalmology overlap 3:11
· Can you tell me a few things about yourselves? 7:48
· Kristin Flanary, MA: when did you notice your hypermobility and when did you start having complications from it? 12:19
· Do you ever fully dislocate or do you kind of feel like you’re about to? 19:53
· Chest compressions and William Flanary 25:23
· Have you done any bracing? 26:24
· Dr. Linda Bluestein, @hypermobilityMD, on the Glaucomfleckens podcast 30:24
· William Flanary, MD: can you talk about your experience with physician burnout? And are you optimistic about AI solving the physician burnout problem? 31:16
· Artificial Intelligence with Cardiologist Dr. Eric Topol | Knock Knock, Hi with the Glaucomfleckens, @EricTopol 37:01
· Can you tell us more about your podcast, Knock Knock, Hi? 41:06
· Thank you 44:59
Disclosures: Brown and the Flanarys report no relevant financial disclosures.
William E. Flanary, MD, is an ophthalmologist and part-time comedian, also known as Dr. Glaucomflecken. You can follow him on Twitter @DGlaucomflecken.
Kristin Flanary, MA, is a marketing and communications specialist, also known as Lady Glaucomflecken. You can follow her on Twitter @LGlaucomflecken.
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