The top 10 medical disruptors of 2021

By Danielle Kirsh | October 6, 2020

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For the past 18 years, the Cleveland Clinic has predicted what the top 10 medical disruptors will be for the following year.

The list of technologies, cultivated by a panel of physicians and scientists at the clinic, was led by Dr. Will Morris, executive medical director of Cleveland Clinic Innovations, and Dr. Akhil Saklecha, managing director of Cleveland Clinic Ventures.

The Cleveland Clinic announced this year’s top 10 list at its annual Medical Innovation Summit Oct. 6 in its virtual event. From smartphone-connected pacemaker devices to universal hepatitis C treatment, here are the institute’s predictions for medical technologies that will prove disruptive in 2021.

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Filed Under: Drug Discovery, Genomics/Proteomics, Infectious Disease, Neurological Disease, Oncology
Tagged With: Cleveland Clinic

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Danielle Kirsh

Danielle Kirsh is an award-winning journalist and senior editor for Medical Design & Outsourcing, MassDevice, and Medical Tubing + Extrusion, and the founder of Women in Medtech and lead editor for Big 100. She received her bachelor's degree in broadcast journalism and mass communication from Norfolk State University and is pursuing her master's in global strategic communications at the University of Florida. You can connect with her on Twitter and LinkedIn, or email her at dkirsh@wtwhmedia.com.