Dr. Eric Topol, MD
UnclaimedCardiologist · Physician (MD)
La Jolla, CA
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Board-certified cardiologist and Executive Vice President and professor at Scripps Research, where he founded and directs the Scripps Research Translational Institute, and author of bestselling books including 'Deep Medicine' and 'Super Agers' who was named to the inaugural 2024 TIME100 Health list.
About Dr. Eric Topol, MD
Updated Sep 21, 2026 · next review Dec 20, 2026Dr. Eric Topol is a cardiologist based in La Jolla, California. He earned his medical degree from the University of Rochester and completed his residency at UCSF. He is board certified in internal medicine by the American Board of Internal Medicine. He currently works as Executive Vice President and professor at Scripps Research, where he also founded and directs the Scripps Research Translational Institute. He remains clinically active as a cardiologist and senior consultant in the Division of Cardiovascular Diseases at Scripps Clinic.
Dr. Topol is widely known as a physician-scientist and author. He has published more than 1,300 peer-reviewed articles and is one of the most cited researchers in medicine. He has written several bestselling books, including 'The Creative Destruction of Medicine,' 'The Patient Will See You Now,' 'Deep Medicine,' and 'Super Agers.' He also serves as Editor-in-Chief of Medscape and writes a newsletter called 'Ground Truths' that covers facts and data about biomedical topics.
In 2024, he was named to the inaugural TIME100 Health list of influential people in global health. He has led major NIH-funded research projects, including a large grant for the All of Us Precision Medicine Initiative. No lawsuits, license discipline, or criminal matters were found in the public record reviewed for this profile.
Between 2021 and 2025, CMS Open Payments records show he received a total of $1,551,376.09 across 36 records, mostly from Dexcom, Inc. Industry payments like these are common and legal, and are often related to research or consulting work.
- Medical degree and residency
- Earned his MD from the University of Rochester and completed his residency in internal medicine at UCSF. en.wikipedia.org
- Board certification
- Board certified in internal medicine by the American Board of Internal Medicine. doctor.webmd.com
- Current academic and clinical roles
- Executive Vice President and professor of Molecular Medicine at Scripps Research; founder and director of the Scripps Research Translational Institute; clinically active as a cardiologist at Scripps Clinic. scripps.edu
- Editor-in-Chief of Medscape
- Serves as Editor-in-Chief of Medscape, a major online medical information platform. scripps.edu
- Highly cited researcher
- Published over 1,300 peer-reviewed articles with more than 380,000 citations and is one of the top 10 most cited researchers in medicine. doximity.com
- NIH grant leadership
- Principal investigator on a $207 million NIH grant for the Precision Medicine Initiative (All of Us) and a $35 million NIH Clinical and Translational Science Awards grant. medscape.com
- Author of bestselling books
- Wrote several books including 'The Creative Destruction of Medicine,' 'The Patient Will See You Now,' 'Deep Medicine,' and 'Super Agers.' scripps.edu
- TIME100 Health honoree
- Named to the inaugural 2024 TIME100 Health list of influential people working in global health. scripps.edu
- National Academy of Medicine
- Elected to the National Academy of Medicine. doximity.com
- Science communication newsletter
- Writes 'Ground Truths,' a Substack newsletter described as covering facts, data, and analytics about biomedical matters, with hundreds of thousands of subscribers. erictopol.substack.com
Worth knowing
- One directory profile (WebMD) states he earned his medical degree from UMDNJ and completed residencies at UCSF and Johns Hopkins, which conflicts with other sources reporting his MD is from the University of Rochester. This discrepancy has not been independently resolved. doctor.webmd.com
- CMS Open Payments records show he received a total of $1,551,376.09 in industry payments from 2021 to 2025 across 36 records, with the largest amounts from Dexcom, Inc. Such payments are common and legal in medicine. doximity.com
- No specific medical-society leadership role or clinical guideline-committee membership was found in the sources reviewed, though this may reflect incomplete search coverage rather than an absence of such roles. scripps.edu
Industry payments (CMS Open Payments)
Open the CMS recordFederal law requires drug and device companies to report what they pay clinicians: meals, travel, speaking, consulting, and research. Payments are common and legal; the point is that you can see them.
2021 to 2025
$1,551,376
36 payments
| 2021 | $314,806 |
| 2022 | $343,323 |
| 2023 | $492,714 |
| 2024 | $349,199 |
| 2025 | $51,335 |
Top payers
- Dexcom, Inc.$1,130,921
- DEXCOM, INC.$314,381
- Carlsmed, Inc.$50,896
- Illumina, Inc.$48,075
- Genentech USA, Inc.$5,598
Payment types
- Consulting Fee$815,391
- Grant$317,371
- Current or prospective ownership or investment interest$314,381
- Compensation for services other than consulting, including serving as faculty or as a speaker at a venue other than a continuing education program$97,880
- Food and Beverage$3,932
A word of caution about these numbers
A payment does not mean your doctor is compromised or acting unethically. Most of these entries are drug samples left for patients, or lunch brought in for the office staff, and the amounts are usually small. Research funding and speaking at medical meetings are also normal parts of a clinical career.
As a rough guide, a total under $15,000 a year is usually not a concern. Much larger sums, especially from one company whose product your doctor recommends to you, are worth asking about. You are allowed to ask.
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Practice location
10666 N Torrey Pines RD
La Jolla, CA 92037-1027
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