No. 39 in America · Week of November 9, 2026
Physician and YouTuber
Mikhail Varshavski, known as Doctor Mike, is a family medicine physician and one of YouTube's most-watched doctors.
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Score breakdown
Nine parts, measured fresh each week. This is where Doctor Mike's points came from, and the evidence behind each one.
Debate record
Has twice taken the Surrounded chair to argue medicine with skeptics, against anti-vaccine activists and against supporters of RFK Jr.
Varshavski is a Soviet-born American family physician.
His channel mixes medical entertainment with debunking false health claims.
On the record
2025
December 7, 2025
One against many
Against 20 RFK Jr. supporters · Jubilee, Surrounded
Doctor Mike took the one-against-many chair on Jubilee's Surrounded, facing challengers one at a time while the room could vote each one out of the seat.
2025
March 30, 2025
One against many
Against 20 Anti-Vaxxers · Jubilee, Surrounded
Doctor Mike took the one-against-many chair on Jubilee's Surrounded, facing challengers one at a time while the room could vote each one out of the seat.
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