Doctors, Medfluencers & Career Suicide on the Internet

A fourth-year medical student goes viral for offensive videos targeting women’s health, and the internet exploded. In this episode of Social Rounds, Tony Chin-Quee, Dr. Ryan Montoya, and Dr. Janet McMordie unpack the controversy, the rise of medfluencers, professionalism in medicine, and whether physicians should be held to a higher standard online.The trio dives into the blurred line between personal branding and professional identity, the dangers of parasocial fame, physician social media culture, and how online behavior can impact trust, hiring, and patient care. Plus: a chaotic round of “Hire or Fire?” featuring doctors posting OR content, real estate side hustles, political rallies, and more.Topics include:The medfluencer eraSocial media professionalism in medicineWomen’s health and misogyny in healthcareParasocial relationships onlinePhysician identity beyond medicineShould doctors be “cancelable”?Privacy, branding, and internet permanenceWhy some doctors leave medicine entirelySocial Rounds is a podcast from the Hippocratic Collective exploring medicine, culture, internet chaos, and everything in between.Hosted by:Tony Chin-Quee: @wheyouatRyan Montoya: @ryan_montoya_artJanet McMordie: @janetmcmordieProduced by: The Hippocratic Collective