Doctor Mike

Mikhail Oskarovich Varshavski was born on November{{nbsp}}12, 1989, in Saransk, Soviet Union.{{Cite news |last=Lahmers |first=Jennifer |date=February 25, 2016 |title=Meet People magazine's sexiest doctor alive |url=http://www.fox5ny.com/news/meet-people-magazines-sexiest-doctor-alive |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180805092318/http://www.fox5ny.com/news/meet-people-magazines-sexiest-doctor-alive |archive-date=August 5, 2018 |access-date=August 8, 2018 |work=WNYW}}{{Cite web |last=Liphshiz |first=Cnaan |date=5 July 2019 |title=Doctor Mike treats Birthright participant on Israel-bound flight |url=https://www.timesofisrael.com/doctor-mike-treats-birthright-participant-on-israel-bound-flight/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191025082300/https://www.timesofisrael.com/doctor-mike-treats-birthright-participant-on-israel-bound-flight/ |archive-date=October 25, 2019 |access-date=February 20, 2020 |website=Times of Israel |language=en-US}} His father, Oskar, who was Jewish, was born in Ukraine, and worked as a physician after graduating from the Third Medical Institute of Moscow,{{Cite web |last=Goldiner |first=Dave |date=27 March 2022 |title=Russian-born Dr. Mike helps Ukraine with fundraising boxing match and emotional video |url=https://www.nydailynews.com/new-york/ny-dr-mike-varshavski-ukraine-russia-boxing-match-20220327-veue5ahjrzcnzfnrfrkedzjnhm-story.html |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220327183657/https://www.nydailynews.com/new-york/ny-dr-mike-varshavski-ukraine-russia-boxing-match-20220327-veue5ahjrzcnzfnrfrkedzjnhm-story.html |archive-date=27 March 2022 |access-date=27 March 2022 |website=New York Daily News}}{{Cite web |title=2019 |url=http://ter-arkhiv.ru/en/archive/2019/ |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200301012958/http://ter-arkhiv.ru/en/archive/2019/ |archive-date=March 1, 2020 |access-date=March 1, 2020}} while his mother, an ethnic Russian, was a mathematics professor. He has an older sister, Dasha, who was born in 1980.{{Cite AV media |url=https://youtube.com/watch?v=NwroRtiUk98&si=dbQcGmjHVQZzScxkhttps://youtube.com/watch?v=NwroRtiUk98&si=dbQcGmjHVQZzScxk |title=Draw My Life-Coming to America |date=July 27, 2022 |last=Dr. Mike |type=YouTube |access-date=October 28, 2023}} When he was five, he and his family immigrated to Brooklyn, New York.{{Cite web |date=October 1, 2015 |title=The Real-Life Dr. McDreamy |url=http://www.thedoctorstv.com/videos/the-real-life-dr-mcdreamy |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170316024456/http://www.thedoctorstv.com/videos/the-real-life-dr-mcdreamy |archive-date=March 16, 2017 |access-date=March 15, 2017 |publisher=The Doctors |format=video}}

Varshavski was given the nickname "Doctor Mike" during his high school years by friends who came to him for sports-related injuries.{{Cite news |last=Riley Banner |first=Nicole |date=January 19, 2016 |title=14 Things To Know About Dr. Mike, NYC's Most Eligible Bachelor |url=http://elitedaily.com/entertainment/dr-mike-nyc-bachelor/1352074/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170315175441/http://elitedaily.com/entertainment/dr-mike-nyc-bachelor/1352074/ |archive-date=March 15, 2017 |access-date=March 15, 2017 |publisher=Elite Daily}} After seeing his father's relationship with his patients, he wanted to become a doctor.{{Cite web |last=Steinhilber |first=Brianna |date=October 4, 2017 |title=The 'Hot Doctor's' prescription for building a successful brand |url=https://www.nbcnews.com/better/business/how-build-successful-brand-according-doctor-ncna805241 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190213201659/https://www.nbcnews.com/better/business/how-build-successful-brand-according-doctor-ncna805241 |archive-date=February 13, 2019 |access-date=February 15, 2019 |website=NBC News}} 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. During his first year in the NYIT medical portion of the accelerated program, his mother died of leukemia, and he decided to move back in with his father. In 2014, he started a residency at Atlantic Health System's Overlook Medical Center's Family Medicine program, which he completed in 2017.

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".{{Cite web |last=Street |first=Mikelle |date=June 1, 2016 |title=Instagram Secrets of the Sexiest Doctor Alive |url=http://nymag.com/betamale/2016/06/secrets-of-the-sexiest-doctor-alive.html |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170315182832/http://nymag.com/betamale/2016/06/secrets-of-the-sexiest-doctor-alive.html |archive-date=March 15, 2017 |access-date=March 15, 2017 |publisher=New York Magazine}} He uses his social media to provide health information to millennials.{{Cite book |last=Katz |first=Barbara |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=idR0DwAAQBAJ |title=Connecting Care for Patients |date=2018-10-28 |publisher=Jones & Bartlett Learning |isbn=978-1-284-12942-7 |pages=351 |language=en |access-date=June 12, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220612215925/https://books.google.com/books?id=idR0DwAAQBAJ&newbks=0&hl=en |archive-date=June 12, 2022 |url-status=live}}

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.{{Cite web |last=Tully |first=Kaelin |date=August 29, 2015 |title=Um, You Really Need To See This Hot Doctor And His Dog |url=https://www.buzzfeed.com/kaelintully/i-love-dr-mike-almost-as-much-as-i-love-bobby-flay |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190218215546/https://www.buzzfeed.com/kaelintully/i-love-dr-mike-almost-as-much-as-i-love-bobby-flay |archive-date=February 18, 2019 |access-date=February 15, 2019 |website=BuzzFeed}} That November, People magazine named him "the Sexiest Doctor Alive" in its Sexiest Man Alive issue,{{Cite news |last=Willett |first=Megan |date=January 17, 2016 |title=The 'Sexiest Doctor Alive' has 1 million Instagram followers and wants to find love |url=http://www.businessinsider.com/dr-mike-the-sexiest-doctor-alive-is-auctioning-off-a-date-2016-1 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170315175625/http://www.businessinsider.com/dr-mike-the-sexiest-doctor-alive-is-auctioning-off-a-date-2016-1/ |archive-date=March 15, 2017 |access-date=March 15, 2017 |publisher=Business Insider}} popularizing his Instagram account.

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 more than 3 million times.{{Cite web |date=December 14, 2017 |title=The epidemic of the "I Know All" expert |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gLDQr9i7LkM |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200119055120/https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gLDQr9i7LkM |archive-date=January 19, 2020 |access-date=May 15, 2020 |publisher=YouTube}}

In 2018, after his residency, he joined Chatham Family Medicine, a family practice with Atlantic Health System, in Chatham, New Jersey.{{Cite news |date=October 24, 2019 |title=Transcript: Chasing Cancer |url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/washington-post-live/2019/10/24/transcript-chasing-cancer/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210819014649/https://www.washingtonpost.com/washington-post-live/2019/10/24/transcript-chasing-cancer/ |archive-date=August 19, 2021 |access-date=2021-02-23 |work=Washington Post |language=en-US |issn=0190-8286}}

During the COVID-19 pandemic, Varshavski reconfigured his YouTube videos to answer people's questions about the virus.{{Cite journal |last=Topf |first=Joel M. |last2=Williams |first2=Paul N. |date=2021 |title=COVID-19, Social Media, and the Role of the Public Physician |journal=Blood Purification |publisher=Karger Publishers |volume=50 |issue=4–5 |pages=595–601 |doi=10.1159/000512707 |issn=1421-9735 |pmc=7900472 |pmid=33445176}} He debunked many of Judy Mikovits' claims about COVID-19 from the conspiracy film, Plandemic.{{Cite book |last=Zack |first=Naomi |author-link=Naomi Zack |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=yx0fEAAAQBAJ |title=The American Tragedy of Covid-19: Social and Political Crises of 2020 |date=2021-03-31 |publisher=Rowman & Littlefield |isbn=978-1-5381-5120-4 |pages=162 |language=en |access-date=June 12, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220612215923/https://books.google.com/books?id=yx0fEAAAQBAJ&newbks=0&hl=en |archive-date=June 12, 2022 |url-status=live}} In March 2020, he interviewed Anthony Fauci, director of the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (NIAID), about the pandemic.{{Cite web |last=Ellis |first=Philip |date=2020-03-29 |title=Doctor Mike Is Interviewing Coronavirus Expert Anthony Fauci Live on YouTube |url=https://www.menshealth.com/health/a31968699/coronavirus-doctor-mike-anthony-fauci-youtube-interview/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220120143454/https://www.menshealth.com/health/a31968699/coronavirus-doctor-mike-anthony-fauci-youtube-interview/ |archive-date=January 20, 2022 |access-date=2022-06-25 |website=Men's Health |language=en-US}}

Varshavski came under criticism in November 2020 for being seen partying maskless during the COVID-19 pandemic.{{Cite web |date=November 25, 2020 |title=People's 'Sexiest Doctor' Under Fire for Pics From Maskless Miami Party |url=https://www.insideedition.com/peoples-sexiest-doctor-under-fire-for-pics-from-maskless-miami-party-63345 |access-date=October 10, 2024}} He addressed the controversy in a response video posted on a secondary channel on November 27, 2020.{{Cite AV media |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WAOkXN7aXxg |title=Admitting When I'm Wrong |date=2020-11-27 |last=Dr. Mike |access-date=2024-10-24 |via=YouTube}}

Varshavski made his amateur boxing debut in May 2022 against influencer iDubbbz as the headline fight in the Creator Clash boxing event.{{Cite web |title=Creator Clash |url=http://thecreatorclash.com/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220419093916/https://thecreatorclash.com/ |archive-date=April 19, 2022 |access-date=2022-04-19 |website=thecreatorclash.com |language=en}}{{Cite news |last=Polhamus |first=Blaine |date=25 March 2022 |title=iDubbbz's Creator Clash to feature boxing cards with Doctor Mike, Michael Reeves, JustaMinx, and more |url=https://dotesports.com/streaming/news/idubbbzs-creator-clash-to-feature-boxing-cards-with-doctor-mike-michael-reeves-justaminx-and-more |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220502161749/https://dotesports.com/streaming/news/idubbbzs-creator-clash-to-feature-boxing-cards-with-doctor-mike-michael-reeves-justaminx-and-more |archive-date=May 2, 2022 |access-date=2 May 2022 |work=Daily Dot}} He won his match against iDubbbz in a unanimous decision.{{Cite web |last=Corby |first=Donagh |date=May 15, 2022 |title=iDubbbz vs Doctor Mike boxing LIVE: UK start time, stream and results from Creator Clash |url=https://www.mirror.co.uk/sport/boxing/idubbbz-boxing-fight-live-stream-26963701 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220515052836/https://www.mirror.co.uk/sport/boxing/idubbbz-boxing-fight-live-stream-26963701 |archive-date=May 15, 2022 |access-date=May 15, 2022 |website=www.mirror.co.uk |publisher=Daily Mirror}} On 29 October 2022, in Glendale, Arizona, Varshavski made his professional debut in a four-round cruiserweight bout against former MMA fighter Chris Avila on the undercard of Jake Paul vs. Anderson Silva.{{Cite web |date=2022-09-20 |title=MMA's Avila to box YouTube star Doctor Mike |url=https://www.espn.com/boxing/story/_/id/34630311/mma-veteran-chris-avila-face-youtube-star-doctor-mike-boxing-match-jake-paul-anderson-silva-card |access-date=2022-09-20 |website=ESPN.com |language=en}}{{Cite web |date=2025-04-10 |title=Jake Paul vs. Anderson Silva undercard: Dr. Mike Varshavski hoping to inspire fans in his pro boxing debut - CBSSports.com |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20250410234422/https://www.cbssports.com/boxing/news/jake-paul-vs-anderson-silva-undercard-dr-mike-varshavski-hoping-to-inspire-fans-in-his-pro-boxing-debut/ |access-date=2025-04-10 |website=web.archive.org}} He lost the fight via unanimous decision.{{fact|date=June 2025}}

In September 2022, Varshavski launched a health related podcast on his YouTube channel named "The Checkup Podcast with Doctor Mike", which was renamed to "The Checkup with Doctor Mike". The podcast covers subjects related to sexual health, mental health, physical health, and social health. Varshavski has interviewed friends, medical professionals, athletes, comedians and actors. Guests have included Steve-O, KSI,{{Cite web |last=Majumdar |first=Ripan |date=May 4, 2023 |title="She's My Rock" – $25 Million Worth KSI Shares How His Girlfriend Saved the YouTube Star From Being a "Lost Human Being" |url=https://www.essentiallysports.com/esports-news-shes-my-rock-twenty-five-million-dollar-worth-ksi-shares-how-his-girlfriend-saved-the-youtube-star-from-being-a-lost-human-being/ |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230305001136/https://www.essentiallysports.com/esports-news-shes-my-rock-twenty-five-million-dollar-worth-ksi-shares-how-his-girlfriend-saved-the-youtube-star-from-being-a-lost-human-being/ |archive-date=March 5, 2023 |access-date=March 5, 2023 |website=Essentially Sports}} Tony Hale, Dane Cook, Hannah Brown, Marques Brownlee, Steve Madden, Steven He, Barbara Corcoran, Kal Penn, and Brandon Marshall.{{cn|date=January 2025}}

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.{{Cite web |last=Koman |first=Tess |date=January 19, 2016 |title=ALERT: IRL McDreamy Is Auctioning Off a Date Right This Moment |url=http://www.cosmopolitan.com/sex-love/news/a52370/dr-mike-irl-mcdreamy-date/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170315180020/http://www.cosmopolitan.com/sex-love/news/a52370/dr-mike-irl-mcdreamy-date/ |archive-date=March 15, 2017 |access-date=March 15, 2017 |publisher=Cosmopolitan}} 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.{{Cite web |last=Petersen |first=Vicki Martinka |date=February 16, 2016 |title=DO leverages social media popularity to raise funds |url=https://thedo.osteopathic.org/2016/02/social-status-do-leverages-skyrocketing-online-presence-to-assist-students/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190215155922/https://thedo.osteopathic.org/2016/02/social-status-do-leverages-skyrocketing-online-presence-to-assist-students/ |archive-date=February 15, 2019 |access-date=February 15, 2019 |website=The DO}}

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.{{Cite news |last=Barak |first=Naama |date=July 8, 2019 |title=Dr. Mike pays Save a Child's Heart 5,000th patient a visit |url=https://www.israel21c.org/dr-mike-pays-save-a-childs-heart-5000th-patient-a-visit/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210712112811/https://www.israel21c.org/dr-mike-pays-save-a-childs-heart-5000th-patient-a-visit/ |archive-date=July 12, 2021 |access-date=July 16, 2020 |work=Israel21c}} 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.{{Cite news |last=Peele |first=Anna |date=March 22, 2020 |title=YouTube's Dr. Mike Varshavski Is Using Internet Fame—and Hot-Doctor-Ness—to Battle COVID-19 |url=https://www.menshealth.com/health/a31788094/doctor-mike-varshavski-youtube-coronavirus-covid-19/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200716001707/https://www.menshealth.com/health/a31788094/doctor-mike-varshavski-youtube-coronavirus-covid-19/ |archive-date=July 16, 2020 |access-date=July 16, 2020 |work=Men's Health}} In late March 2022, Varshavski set up a donation to GlobalGiving for Ukrainian people during the Russian invasion of Ukraine. In June 2022, he donated $100,111 to Feeding America through a fundraiser organized by YouTuber Ryan Trahan.{{Cite tweet |number=1536469956077953024 |user=realdoctormike |title=What a great cause @RyanTrahan Happy to have donated! I think you're gonna like my tattoo idea}}{{Cite web |date=June 29, 2022 |title=Who is Doctor Mike? YouTuber donates over $100K for Ryan Trahan's 1 Penny challenge |url=https://www.sportskeeda.com/esports/news-who-doctor-mike-youtuber-donates-100k-ryan-trahan-s-1-penny-challenge |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220702084905/https://www.sportskeeda.com/amp/esports/news-who-doctor-mike-youtuber-donates-100k-ryan-trahan-s-1-penny-challenge |archive-date=July 2, 2022 |access-date=July 2, 2022}}

In 2016, he and Filipino actress and 2015 Miss Universe Pia Wurtzbach met at a charity event in New York and started dating.{{Cite web |date=April 15, 2016 |title=Pia Wurtzbach confirms she's dating Dr. Mike, shares more details |url=https://www.rappler.com/entertainment/pageants/129544-pia-wurtzbach-confirms-dating-dr-mike |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220219000443/https://www.rappler.com/entertainment/pageants/129544-pia-wurtzbach-confirms-dating-dr-mike/ |archive-date=February 19, 2022 |access-date=February 6, 2024 |publisher=Rappler}}{{Cite web |date=March 20, 2016 |title=Are Pia Wurtzbach and Dr. Mike dating? |url=https://www.rappler.com/entertainment/pageants/126033-is-pia-wurtzbach-dating-doctor-mike-mikhail-varshavski/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220716031254/https://www.rappler.com/entertainment/pageants/126033-is-pia-wurtzbach-dating-doctor-mike-mikhail-varshavski/ |archive-date=July 16, 2022 |access-date=February 6, 2024 |publisher=Rappler}} He dated American television news reporter Jennifer Lahmers in 2017.{{cite news |last1=Abrams |first1=Margaret |title=Let Instagram’s Most Famous Doctor Diagnose You |url=https://observer.com/2017/07/instagrams-mc-dreamy-dr-mike-is-diagnosing-people-online/ |access-date=June 12, 2025 |work=The New York Observer |date=July 7, 2017}}

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