EBI Webinars

Tuesday, August 23, 2011

COMPLIMENTARY WEBINAR:

Take This Pill and Tweet Me in the Morning
Sponsored by MERRILL DATASITE®


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CHI - CALIFORNIA HEALTHCARE INSTITUTE would like to share an excerpt from their recent "Take This Pill and Tweet Me In The Morning" conference held on August 4th which brought together hundreds of leaders from California’s biotechnology industry, academic research community, entrepreneurs, investors, healthcare providers, policy experts and patient advocates to address the significant policy and economic questions associated with the transition to consumer-centric healthcare.

 

Within this webinar, Dr. Eric Topol provides an engaging keynote speech entitled "The Future of Healthcare is Now: Powered by Facebook, Twitter and Your iPhone." This topic proves to be particularly relevant as pharmaceutical and life sciences industries have officially taken note of today’s advances in social media and mobile health technologies ("mHealth"), offering consumers more influence than ever over their health and healthcare. Please join us!

 

SPEAKER
Eric Topol, M.D.

Eric Topol, M.D.
Director, Scripps Translational Science Institute
Chief Academic Officer, Scripps Health
Vice Chairman, West Wireless Health Institute


Dr. Eric Topol is one of the leading physicians in the United States. He is a pioneer of genomic and wireless digital innovative technologies to reshape the future of medicine. He is a practicing cardiologist at Scripps in La Jolla, Calif. and well known for leading the Cleveland Clinic to become the No. 1 center for heart care. While there, he also started a new medical school, led many worldwide clinical trials to advance care for patients with heart disease, and spearheaded the discovery of multiple genes that increase susceptibility for heart attacks. Since 2006, Dr. Topol has led the flagship NIH-supported Scripps Translational Science Institute and is a co-founder and the vice chairman of the West Wireless Health Institute, both in La Jolla. He also serves as professor of translational genomics at The Scripps Research Institute and is chief academic officer of Scripps Health.

Dr. Topol pioneered the development of many medications that are routinely used in medical practice including t-PA, Plavix, Angiomax, and ReoPro, and was the first physician to raise safety concerns on Vioxx. He has published more than 1,000 peer-reviewed articles and more than 30 medical textbooks. In 2011, the University of Michigan initiated the Eric Topol Professor of Cardiovascular Medicine in his honor. His book for consumers, “Digitizing Man,” will be out later this year. He was elected to the Institute of Medicine of the National Academy of Sciences and has been recognized as one of the top 10 most cited researchers in medicine.