Eric Topol

Eric J. Topol, M.D., is a practicing cardiologist, professor of genomics and director of the Scripps Translational Science Institute in La Jolla, California. He started a medical school, is one of the top 10 most-cited researchers in medicine, and was elected in a Modern Healthcare national poll to be the #1 most influential physician executive in the United States. The author of The Creative Destruction of Medicine, recognized by Thomson Reuters as a Doctor of the Decade, and in GQ as a rock star of science," he works on digital innovative technologies to reshape the future of medicine. Twitter @EricTopol