Dr. Eric Topol is considered the leading futurist in American medicine and a pioneer in artificial intelligence in healthcare, human genomics, and digitized clinical trials. He is the author of bestsellers such as The Creative Destruction of Medicine, The Patient Will See You Now, Deep Medicine, and Super Agers (which spent four weeks on The New York Times bestseller list). One of the top ten most cited researchers in medicine, Dr. Topol serves as Executive Vice President of Scripps Research, Professor of Molecular Medicine, Founder and Director of the Scripps Research Translational Institute, and holds the Gary and Mary West Endowed Chair of Innovative Medicine. He is a member of the National Academy of Medicine and Principal Investigator for two National Institutes of Health (NIH) grants: the $282 million All of Us Research Program supporting precision medicine, and a $47 million Clinical and Translational Science Award (CTSA) flagship project advancing medical innovation. He founded a new medical school at the Cleveland Clinic (the Lerner College of Medicine), was commissioned by the UK government to lead a review of the National Health Service (NHS), and continues to practice as a cardiologist. Since December 2021, he has published Ground Truths—a Substack newsletter and podcast covering cutting-edge biomedical developments, currently reaching over 220,000 subscribers and growing rapidly. His work has led to numerous appearances on media outlets such as MSNBC, PBS, NPR, and CNN, as well as front-page stories and op-eds in The New York Times, The Washington Post, The Wall Street Journal, and The Los Angeles Times. In 2024, Dr. Topol was named to the inaugural TIME100 Health list of the most influential people in global healthcare. In 2025, he was selected as one of U.S. News & World Report's Top 25 Leaders in the United States.
