No. 12 Clinician voices

Will Flanary

Ophthalmologist and medical comedian, Dr. Glaucomflecken • United States

Practising ophthalmologist whose sketches about health systems, insurers and clinical software reach millions of clinicians.

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His satire has become one of the most widely shared explanations of how electronic records, prior authorisation and health insurance actually work, and clinicians, founders and policy staff quote it constantly.

Who Will Flanary is

Practising ophthalmologist whose sketches about health systems, insurers and clinical software reach millions of clinicians.

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Role: Ophthalmologist and medical comedian
Organisation: Dr. Glaucomflecken
Platforms: YouTube, LinkedIn, Podcast
Based in: United States, North America

Influence Score 89.8editorial estimate, see how it is built

Reach (25% weight)92

Audience size across LinkedIn, X, YouTube, podcasts and newsletters.

Engagement (20% weight)89

How much the audience actually reacts, comments, shares and subscribes.

Credibility (25% weight)81

Clinical, research, operating or investing track record behind the commentary.

Consistency (15% weight)85

Publishing cadence and how reliably they show up with original work.

Industry impact (15% weight)70

Whether decision makers, policy and capital actually move on what they say.

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