Uploaded January 2022 | Updated September 2026, 1 week ago
Eric Topol is a world-renowned cardiologist and geneticist, bestselling author, editor-in-chief of Medscape (and a graduate of the UCSF Medicine residency program). Since the Covid pandemic began, his Twitter feed has been an essential resource for his nearly 600,000 followers to watch and understand the emerging literature. In this session, Topol and Bob Wachter will discuss the implications of the current surge, what we can learn from other countries, the efficacy of vaccines and medications, isolation policies, and the prospects for the future.
Speaker:
Eric Topol is the founder and director of the Scripps Research Translational 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 three bestselling books on the future of medicine. He was commissioned by the UK in 2018–2019 to lead planning for the National Health Service’s future workforce, integrating genomics, digital medicine, and artificial intelligence. He has been principal investigator on grants totaling over $250M, including leading a significant part of the NIH’s “All of Us” precision medicine initiative. He is a member of the ASCI, the AAP, and the National Academy of Medicine. In 2012, Modern Healthcare magazine ranked him as the most influential physician-executive in the United States.
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Program
Bob Wachter: Introduction
00:02:28-00:59:20 – Eric Topol (Founder and director of the Scripps Research Translational Institute; senior consultant at the Division of Cardiovascular Diseases at Scripps Clinic in La Jolla, California)
Bob Wachter: Closing
See previous Medical Grand Rounds:
• January 6: Confronting Racism Denial: Naming Racism and Moving to Action
youtu.be/bRe7gc_LOTs
• December 16: Omicron in Mid-December: What Have We Learned and What Does It Mean?
youtube.com/watch?v=IGspuLnRBB4
• December 9: Our Emerging Understanding of the Gut Microbiome in Health and Disease
youtu.be/xCD4nxHw2f8
• December 2: The Omicron Variant and the New Antivirals: How Much Will These Change the Pandemic in 2022?
youtube.com/watch?v=IQL-tU22XoY
See all UCSF Covid-19 grand rounds, which have been viewed over 3M times, here: https://medicine.ucsf.edu/covid-19-news-coverage
Eric Topol is a world-renowned cardiologist and geneticist, bestselling author, editor-in-chief of Medscape (and a graduate of the UCSF Medicine residency program). Since the Covid pandemic began, his Twitter feed has been an essential resource for his nearly 600,000 followers to watch and understand the emerging literature. In this session, Topol and Bob Wachter will discuss the implications of the current surge, what we can learn from other countries, the efficacy of vaccines and medications, isolation policies, and the prospects for the future.
Speaker:
Eric Topol is the founder and director of the Scripps Research Translational 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 three bestselling books on the future of medicine. He was commissioned by the UK in 2018–2019 to lead planning for the National Health Service’s future workforce, integrating genomics, digital medicine, and artificial intelligence. He has been principal investigator on grants totaling over $250M, including leading a significant part of the NIH’s “All of Us” precision medicine initiative. He is a member of the ASCI, the AAP, and the National Academy of Medicine. In 2012, Modern Healthcare magazine ranked him as the most influential physician-executive in the United States.
Note: Closed captions will be available within 48-72 hours after posting.
Program
Bob Wachter: Introduction
00:02:28-00:59:20 – Eric Topol (Founder and director of the Scripps Research Translational Institute; senior consultant at the Division of Cardiovascular Diseases at Scripps Clinic in La Jolla, California)
Bob Wachter: Closing
See previous Medical Grand Rounds:
• January 6: Confronting Racism Denial: Naming Racism and Moving to Action
youtu.be/bRe7gc_LOTs
• December 16: Omicron in Mid-December: What Have We Learned and What Does It Mean?
youtube.com/watch?v=IGspuLnRBB4
• December 9: Our Emerging Understanding of the Gut Microbiome in Health and Disease
youtu.be/xCD4nxHw2f8
• December 2: The Omicron Variant and the New Antivirals: How Much Will These Change the Pandemic in 2022?
youtube.com/watch?v=IQL-tU22XoY
See all UCSF Covid-19 grand rounds, which have been viewed over 3M times, here: https://medicine.ucsf.edu/covid-19-news-coverage
