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Mike Varshavski

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Mike Varshavski
Михаил Варшавский
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Born (1989-11-12) November 12, 1989 (age 32)
Saransk, Soviet Union (now Russia)
Other namesDoctor Mike
EducationNew York Institute of Technology (BS, DO)
OccupationFamily physician and YouTuber
Height6 ft 3 in (191 cm)
YouTube information
Channel
Years active2016–present
Subscribers8 million[1]
Total views1.1 billion[1]
YouTube Silver Play Button 2.svg 100,000 subscribers 2018
YouTube Gold Play Button 2.svg 1,000,000 subscribers 2019
Updated: July 26, 2021
Websitedoctormikemedia.com

Mikhail "Mike" Varshavski, D.O.[2] (Russian: Михаил Варшавский; born November 12, 1989), commonly known as Doctor Mike, is a Russian-born American internet celebrity and family medicine physician. His Instagram account went viral after he participated in BuzzFeed and People magazine's 2015 issue of The Sexiest Doctor Alive. He has a YouTube channel for medically themed entertainment.[3]

Early life

Varshavski was born on November 12, 1989,[4][5] in Saransk, Russian SFSR, Soviet Union (now Russia) to a Jewish family.[6][7] His father was a physician, a graduate of the Third Medical Institute of Moscow,[8] while his mother was a mathematics professor. When he was six, he and his family emigrated to Brooklyn.[9] In Brooklyn, his mother had to work sweeping floors for minimum wage, while his father attended medical school for the second time.[9]

Varshavski was given the nickname "Doctor Mike" during his high school years by friends who came to him for sports-related injuries, knowing that Varshavski's father is a physician.[10] After seeing his father's relationship with his patients, he wanted to become a doctor.[11] He enrolled in the New York Institute of Technology and was accepted for an accelerated, seven-year combined track for a bachelor's degree in life sciences and a medical degree (Doctor of Osteopathic Medicine) upon completion of the undergraduate program. In 2014 he started residency at Atlantic Health System Overlook Medical Center’s Family Medicine program,[12] completing in 2017. During his first year in the program, his mother died of leukemia.[11] He decided to move back in with his father.[11][13]

Career

In early 2012, Varshavski joined Instagram to document his life as a medical student and combat the notion that "you can't have a life in medical school".[11][14][15]

Varshavski gained media attention in August 2015 when Buzzfeed published an article about him titled "Um, You Really Need To See This Hot Doctor And His Dog" that highlighted his good looks and his relationship with his dog, a husky named Roxy.[16] That November, People magazine named him "the Sexiest Doctor Alive" in its Sexiest Man Alive issue,[12] and his Instagram account became popular.[6] He lived on Staten Island at the time.[6]

In late 2015, Varshavski established a foundation, Limitless Tomorrow, to provide scholarships to students, and he has raised money for it by auctioning experiences with himself through his social media accounts.[15][17] In January 2016, the dating app Coffee Meets Bagel collaborated in a $10 raffle for a date with Varshavski; the campaign raised $91,000 for his foundation.[18]

In 2017, a year after he launched his YouTube channel, Varshavski gave a TEDx Talk on "The epidemic of the 'I Know It All' expert" at a TEDxMonteCarlo event. The video of that speech has been viewed nearly 2 million times.[19] In 2018, after his residency, he joined Chatham Family Medicine, a family practice with Atlantic Health System, in Chatham, New Jersey.[20]

On November 12, 2020,[21] for his 31st birthday, Varshavski traveled to Miami to attend a beach party that was also attended by a number of other people without masks, during the COVID-19 pandemic. Footage of the event was posted on Instagram and went viral, particularly on Reddit.[22] On November 18, Varshavski uploaded an apology video on a tertiary channel not linked on his main channel saying, "I messed up. [...] I need to do better."[23] His attendance of the party was criticized by several medical professionals in an article published on Medscape.[4]

Philanthropy

In July 2019, Varshavski spread awareness for the humanitarian organization, Save a Child's Heart, by posting a photo with the organization's 5,000th patient while on a trip to Israel.[24]

In March 2020, he donated $50,000 worth of N95 masks in the face of shortages for medical personnel due to the COVID-19 pandemic.[25]

In October 2021, he donated $11,111 to ocean cleaning organization Team Seas.[citation needed]

Awards and nominations

Varshavski won the 2020 Webby Awards for Education & Discovery, as well as for Health & Fitness in the category Social.[26]

Year Work Category Award Result Ref.
2018 Doctor Mike Health and Wellness Shorty Awards Nominated [27]
2019 Doctor Mike Breakout YouTuber of the Year Shorty Awards Nominated [28]
2020 Doctor Mike Education & Discovery Webby Awards Won [26]
Doctor Mike Health & Fitness Won
2021 Doctor Mike Health and Wellness Streamy Awards Won [29]

References

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  2. ^ "Dr. Mikhail Varshavski, DO". Chatham, NJ - Family Medicine. Archived from the original on April 21, 2019. Retrieved May 7, 2018.
  3. ^ Perelli, Amanda (November 22, 2019). "A day in the studio with YouTube star Doctor Mike, who now has 4 million subscribers after gaining initial fame for being attractive on Instagram". Business Insider. Archived from the original on June 24, 2021. Retrieved June 23, 2021.
  4. ^ a b Frellick, Marcia (December 1, 2020). "Celebrity Doctor Chastised After Maskless Boat Party Photo". Medscape. Archived from the original on December 2, 2020. Retrieved December 5, 2020.
  5. ^ Christmass, Pip (November 27, 2020). "Detail in photo of the 'sexiest doctor alive' sparks outrage". 7NEWS.com.au. Archived from the original on January 23, 2021. Retrieved February 23, 2021.
  6. ^ a b c Lahmers, Jennifer (February 25, 2016). "Meet People magazine's sexiest doctor alive". WNYW. Archived from the original on August 5, 2018. Retrieved August 8, 2018.
  7. ^ Liphshiz, Cnaan (July 5, 2019). "Doctor Mike treats Birthright participant on Israel-bound flight". Times of Israel. Archived from the original on October 25, 2019. Retrieved February 20, 2020.
  8. ^ "Archived copy". Archived from the original on March 1, 2020. Retrieved March 1, 2020.CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
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  10. ^ Riley Banner, Nicole (January 19, 2016). "14 Things To Know About Dr. Mike, NYC's Most Eligible Bachelor". Elite Daily. Archived from the original on March 15, 2017. Retrieved March 15, 2017.
  11. ^ a b c d Steinhilber, Brianna (October 4, 2017). "The 'Hot Doctor's' prescription for building a successful brand". NBC News. Archived from the original on February 13, 2019. Retrieved February 15, 2019.
  12. ^ a b Willett, Megan (January 17, 2016). "The 'Sexiest Doctor Alive' has 1 million Instagram followers and wants to find love". Business Insider. Archived from the original on March 15, 2017. Retrieved March 15, 2017.
  13. ^ Lord, Emma (September 4, 2015). "Who Is Dr. Mike Of The Hot Doctor Instagram? Here Are 6 Things You Didn't Know About Him". Bustle. Archived from the original on March 15, 2017. Retrieved March 15, 2017.
  14. ^ Lewak, Doree (May 10, 2016). "Hot doctor's patients don't care that he's taken — they still hit on him". New York Post. Archived from the original on November 6, 2017. Retrieved December 12, 2017.
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  16. ^ Tully, Kaelin (August 29, 2015). "Um, You Really Need To See This Hot Doctor And His Dog". BuzzFeed. Archived from the original on February 18, 2019. Retrieved February 15, 2019.
  17. ^ Koman, Tess (January 19, 2016). "ALERT: IRL McDreamy Is Auctioning Off a Date Right This Moment". Cosmopolitan. Archived from the original on March 15, 2017. Retrieved March 15, 2017.
  18. ^ PETERSEN, VICKI MARTINKA (February 16, 2016). "DO leverages social media popularity to raise funds". The DO. Archived from the original on February 15, 2019. Retrieved February 15, 2019.
  19. ^ "The epidemic of the "I Know All" expert". YouTube. December 14, 2017. Archived from the original on January 19, 2020. Retrieved May 15, 2020.
  20. ^ "Transcript: Chasing Cancer". Washington Post. October 24, 2019. ISSN 0190-8286. Archived from the original on August 19, 2021. Retrieved February 23, 2021.
  21. ^ "Dr. Mike: Man dubbed Instagram's hottest doctor slammed for partying without mask". www.msn.com. Archived from the original on July 12, 2021. Retrieved December 8, 2020.
  22. ^ "'Sexiest doctor alive' slammed for flouting COVID rules". NewsComAu. November 26, 2020. Archived from the original on December 5, 2020. Retrieved December 5, 2020.
  23. ^ "Admitting When I'm Wrong. - YouTube". www.youtube.com. Archived from the original on August 19, 2021. Retrieved December 5, 2020.
  24. ^ Barak, Naama (July 8, 2019). "Dr. Mike pays Save a Child's Heart 5,000th patient a visit". Israel21c. Archived from the original on July 12, 2021. Retrieved July 16, 2020.
  25. ^ Peele, Anna (March 22, 2020). "YouTube's Dr. Mike Varshavski Is Using Internet Fame—and Hot-Doctor-Ness—to Battle COVID-19". Men's Health. Archived from the original on July 16, 2020. Retrieved July 16, 2020.
  26. ^ a b Kastrenakes, Jacob (May 20, 2020). "Here are all the winners of the 2020 Webby Awards". The Verge. Archived from the original on October 2, 2020. Retrieved May 22, 2020.
  27. ^ "Dr. Mike - 10th Annual Shorty Awards". Shorty Awards. Archived from the original on November 22, 2018. Retrieved November 22, 2018.
  28. ^ "Dr. Mike - 11th Annual Shorty Awards". Shorty Awards. Archived from the original on September 23, 2020. Retrieved May 15, 2020.
  29. ^ "11th Annual Streamy Nominees". The Streamy Awards. Retrieved December 5, 2021.

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