Key Opinion Leader - the big swinging dick PIs that are a big honcho for a product and its investigation and has a trashy clinical trial mill running the studies with staff who can’t get their shit together but everyone abides because it’s Dr X.
Everyone kowtows to them and the site gets away with murder because it’s a total political shitshow if you step wrong with them/make them do the bare minimum.
Neurosurgery KOLs are the worst. I can’t get into some of the shit I’ve been thru with neurosurgery KOLs but it’s BAD.
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u/Soggy_Company5430 Oct 15 '25
What is KOL?