Eric Topol is a cardiologist and scientist who is currently serving as the executive vice president of Scripps Research, the largest nonprofit biomedical research institute in the U.S. He is also founder and director of the Scripps Research Translational Institute. Topol has authored four best-selling books on the future of medicine and publishes Ground Truths, a weekly newsletter and podcast on cutting-edge biomedical advances. [This interview was edited for length and clarity.] How would you..