Eric Topol, MD

Founder and Director, Scripps Research Translational Institute
Executive Vice President, Scripps Research
Professor, Molecular Medicine, Scripps Research
Gary and Mary West Endowed Chair of Innovative Medicine, Scripps Research


Eric Topol is the founder and director of the Scripps Research Translational Institute, professor of Molecular Medicine and Executive Vice President of Scripps Research. He has published over 1,200 peer-reviewed articles, with more than 300,000 citations, been elected to the National Academy of Medicine, and is one of the top 10 most cited researchers in medicine. His principal scientific focus has been on individualized medicine using genomic, digital and AI tools.

He authored three bestseller books on the future of medicine: The Creative Destruction of Medicine, The Patient Will See You Now, and Deep Medicine: How Artificial Intelligence Can Make Healthcare Human Again. Topol is the principal investigator to two large NIH grants, the All of Us Research Program that supports precision medicine and a Clinical and Translational Science Award (CTSA) that promotes innovation in medicine. He was the founder of a new medical school at Cleveland Clinic (Lerner College of Medicine), was commissioned by the UK to lead a review of their National Health Service and is active clinically as a cardiologist.


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