Eric Topol

Quick Facts

Full Name	Eric Topol
Occupation	Cardiologist
Date Of Birth	Jun 26, 1954(1954-06-26)
Age	70
Birthplace	Queens
Country	United States
Birth City	New York
Horoscope	Cancer

Eric Topol Biography

Eric Topol is one of the most popular and richest Cardiologist who was born on June 26, 1954 in Queens, New York, United States.

Eric Jeffrey Topol (born 1954) is an American cardiologist, scientist, and author. He is the Founder and Director of the Scripps Research Translational Institute, a Professor of Molecular Medicine at The Scripps Research Institute, and a Senior Consultant at the Division of Cardiovascular Diseases at Scripps Clinic in La Jolla, California. He is editor-in-chief of Medscape and theheart.org. He has published 3 bestseller books on the future of medicine.The Creative Destruction of Medicine (2010), The Patient Will See You Now (2015), and Deep Medicine: How Artificial Intelligence Can Make Healthcare Human Again (2019). He was also commissioned by the UK 2018-2019 to lead planning for the National Health Service’s future workforce, integrating genomics, digital medicine, and artificial intelligence.

At the University of Virginia, Topol authored his baccalaureate thesis in 1975 entitled “Prospects for Genetic Therapy in Man” and received a BA degree With Highest Distinction. During his training at Johns Hopkins University, he was involved from the very first patient who was administered t-PA in 1984, a genetically engineered protein. In 1996, he started the first dedicated cardiovascular gene bank while at Cleveland Clinic. This effort led to many discoveries in the genetics of cardiovascular disease, including the identification of key genes associated with heart attack. Both thrombospondin variants and the MEF2A deletion reports were recognized as top 10 advances by the American Heart Association in 2000 and 2004. He was the Principal Investigator of the flagship National Institutes of Health, Specialized Centers of Clinically Oriented Research (SCCOR) grant on the genomics of heart attack with a $17 million award in 2005. His work in genetics has been recognized by the American College of Cardiology with the Simon Dack Award and Lecture in 2005 and by the European Society of Cardiology by the Andreas Gruentzig Award and Lecture in 2004.

Eric Topol Net Worth

Eric Topol is one of the richest Cardiologist from United States. According to our analysis, Wikipedia, Forbes & Business Insider, Eric Topol 's net worth $5 Million. (Last Update: December 11, 2023)

Eric Jeffrey Topol was born on 26 June 1954. He is married to Susan Merriman Topol with whom he has two children.

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Topol gained prominence as the first physician researcher to raise questions about the safety of rofecoxib (Vioxx). Topol was highly critical of Merck’s handling of safety issues related to Vioxx. In a 2004 editorial in The New York Times, he wrote that “Merck finally had to acknowledge the truth [about the drug’s cardiovascular risks], but only by accident.” Topol also authored an editorial in the New England Journal of Medicine, arguing that “neither Merck nor the FDA fulfilled its responsibilities to the public” and encouraging a “full Congressional review” of the situation.

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Bobby Ranked on the list of most popular Cardiologist. Also ranked in the elit list of famous people born in United States. Eric Topol celebrates birthday on June 26 of every year.

Topol departed from the Cleveland Clinic Lerner College of Medicine in 2006 following the removal of the Chief Academic Officer position, and continued on as a Professor of Genetics at Case Western Reserve University. He was then recruited by Scripps Health and The Scripps Research Institute in late 2006 to create a new institute (now called Scripps Research Translational) dedicated to individualized medicine. In 2009, Topol worked with Gary and Mary West to create the West Wireless Health Institute (now called West Health Institute) to foster the use of digital tools in medical research and practice.