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Eric Topol

Nascido: June 26, 1954 – Queens, New York, United States

Eric Topol is an American cardiologist, scientist, and author whose work centers on cardiovascular medicine, genomics, digital health, and artificial intelligence in healthcare. He wrote Deep Medicine, The Patient Will See You Now, and The Creative Destruction of Medicine, and has significantly shaped research and public debate on personalized, technology-enabled care.

Biografia e Jornada do Autor

Eric Topol came to medicine from a nonmedical family—his mother was a schoolteacher, his father an accountant—and his early ambition was shaped by watching his father suffer severe complications of type 1 diabetes. While working night shifts as a respiratory technician during college, he saw intensive-care medicine at close range and decided that medicine could be his life’s work. He earned his M.D. at the University of Rochester, then trained at UCSF and Johns Hopkins. Although he first intended to become an endocrinologist and diabetologist, mentors at UCSF redirected him toward cardiology. After faculty years at the University of Michigan and a prominent run at Cleveland Clinic, where he helped build its heart program and founded the Lerner College of Medicine, he made a defining move to La Jolla to found the Scripps Research Translational Institute, built around genomics, digital tools, and individualized medicine. ((https://news.sanfordhealth.org/podcast/ep-20-renowned-medical-thought-leader-visits-sanford-health/))

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The machine will see things that humans will never see
-Dr. Eric Topol on How AI is Transforming Health and Medicine
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AI has tremendous promise to transform the future of medicine
-Scripps Research Translational Institute and NVIDIA partner to advance artificial intelligence in genomics and digital medicine
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The intersection of life science and medicine is now center stage
-Eric Topol named executive vice president at The Scripps Research Institute
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We are excited to launch a unique study that combines an iOS app and genomics to help guide important health decisions
-New ResearchKit App from Scripps Research Looks at How Genetic Risk Influences Heart Health Decisions
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The ability to diagnose an imminent heart attack has long been considered the holy grail of cardiovascular medicine
-Team Develops Simple Test to Predict Heart Attacks
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The strains that COVID-19 has placed on healthcare professionals underscore the need to restore and protect the patient-doctor relationship
-Eric Topol to receive Gold Foundation medal for humanism in healthcare
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With the rise of artificial intelligence and other technologies, we’re living in the most transformative time yet in medicine
-TIME100 Health list features Scripps Research Executive Vice President Eric Topol
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Boiling it down to how anyone could understand it is the goal and doing it in a way that is accurate
-Beyond the hype: AI’s impact on medicine and science with Eric Topol
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The digital part never gets the respect that it deserves
-Futureproof: Eric Topol on revolutionizing pandemic preparedness
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But in addition to that, we've gotta get back the time
-Can AI make healthcare human again? with Eric Topol

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"Eric Topol established himself as one of medicine's most innovative thinkers about the digital future"

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"Eric Topol has a unique knack for bringing us to the frontiers of medicine in his books"

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