GLOBAL LEADERBOARD

MDRPedia Top 100

The world's most impactful medical professionals, ranked by research contribution, clinical excellence, and humanitarian impact.

Rank	Doctor	Tier	Specialty	H-Index	Institution	Score
1	MA M. A. Q. Khan		Medicine	104	Global	104
2	C. N. R. Rao	Titan	Nanomedicine	164	India	99
3	BV Bert Vogelstein	Titan	Cancer Genomics	494	Unknown	99
4	Anders Björklund	Titan	Neuroscience	172	Sweden	98
5	B. K. Goyal	Titan	Interventional Cardiology	28	India	95
6	SA Shizuo Akira	Titan	Innate Immunity	474	Unknown	95
7	AH Albert Hofman	Titan	Aging & Epidemiology	466	Unknown	93
8	Akhil Maheshwari	Elite	Neonatology	50	India	92
9	Bhramar Mukherjee	Elite	Biostatistics	106	India	91
10	RS Robert S. Langer	Titan	Biomaterials & Drug Delivery	451	United States	90
11	Anil Agarwal	Elite	Surgical Oncology	35	India	90
12	MJ Mark J. Daly	Titan	Human Genetics	446	Unknown	89
13	B. S. Singhal	Titan	Neurology	35	India	89
14	A. P. Dubey	Elite	Pediatrics	18	India	88
15	DK D. K. Sharma	Elite	Hospital Administration	15	India	87
16	MJ Meir J. Stampfer	Titan	Preventive Medicine	426	Unknown	85
17	A. K. Bhargava	Elite	Telemedicine & Digital Health	8	India	85
18	GK Guido Kroemer	Titan	Autophagy	418	Unknown	84
19	WC Walter C. Willett	Titan	Nutritional Epidemiology	411	United States	82
20	George Davey Smith	Titan	Genetic Epidemiology	409	Unknown	82
21	Frank B. Hu	Titan	Nutrition & Metabolic Disease	405	Unknown	81
22	JoAnn E. Manson	Titan	Women's Health	401	Unknown	80
23	SY Salim Yusuf	Titan	Global Cardiology Trials	385	Unknown	77
24	GA Graham A. Colditz	Titan	Cancer Prevention	379	Unknown	76
25	Gordon H. Guyatt	Titan	Evidence-Based Medicine	366	Unknown	73
26	MM Matthew Meyerson	Titan	Cancer Genomics	366	Unknown	73
27	KW Kenneth W. Kinzler	Titan	Cancer Genetics	350	Unknown	70
28	CC Cyrus Cooper	Titan	Musculoskeletal Science	346	Unknown	69
29	KJ Karl J. Friston	Titan	Computational Neuroscience	342	Unknown	68
30	MM Matthias Mann	Titan	Proteomics	342	Global	68
31	Ali H. Mokdad	Titan	Global Health Metrics	333	Unknown	67
32	HM Hagop M. Kantarjian	Titan	Leukemia Research	320	Unknown	64
33	RC Rory Collins	Titan	Clinical Trial Methodology	315	Global	63
34	GB Gordon B. Mills	Titan	Systems Oncology	307	Unknown	61
35	DL Daniel Levy	Titan	Hypertension	306	Unknown	61
36	YC Yi Cui	Titan	Nanomedicine	299	United States	60
37	PL Peter Libby	Titan	Atherosclerosis	297	Unknown	59
38	Luigi Ferrucci	Titan	Aging Medicine	288	Unknown	58
39	SB Stephen B. Baylin	Titan	Cancer Epigenetics	281	United States	56
40	Carlo M. Croce	Titan	microRNA & Oncology	276	Unknown	55
41	DJ David J. Hunter	Titan	Genetic Epidemiology	266	Unknown	53
42	SD Stefan D. Anker	Titan	Heart Failure	263	Unknown	53
43	Hans Clevers	Titan	Organoid Biology	261	Unknown	52
44	Fred H. Gage	Titan	Neural Stem Cells	260	Unknown	52
45	RM Robert M. Califf	Titan	Cardiovascular Trials	260	Unknown	52
46	IL Irving L. Weissman	Titan	Stem Cell Biology	253	Unknown	51
47	RJ Rudolf Jaenisch	Titan	Epigenetics	246	Unknown	49
48	EJ Eric J. Topol	Titan	Digital Medicine	241	United States	48
49	GM Giuseppe Mancia	Titan	Hypertension	240	Unknown	48
50	RC Ronald C. Petersen	Titan	Alzheimer’s Disease	239	Unknown	48
51	DJ Dan J. Stein	Titan	Anxiety & Stress Disorders	238	Unknown	48
52	TW Trevor W. Robbins	Titan	Cognitive Neuroscience	237	United Kingdom	47
53	DJ Dennis J. Selkoe	Titan	Alzheimer’s & Amyloid	236	Unknown	47
54	TB Tamara B. Harris	Titan	Gerontology	236	United States	47
55	ME Majid Ezzati	Titan	Global Health Metrics	225	Unknown	45
56	ML Markku Laakso	Titan	Diabetes Genetics	225	Unknown	45
57	EB Eric B. Rimm	Titan	Nutritional Epidemiology	220	Unknown	44
58	MA Marc A. Pfeffer	Titan	Cardiovascular Medicine	215	Unknown	43
59	Charles A. Dinarello	Titan	Cytokine Biology	213	Unknown	43
60	AS Anthony S. Fauci	Titan	Infectious Diseases	210	United States	42
61	RA Robert A. Weinberg	Titan	Oncogene Discovery	210	Unknown	42
62	MJ Michael John Owen	Titan	Neuropsychiatric Genetics	208	Unknown	42
63	RB Rinaldo Bellomo	Titan	Intensive Care	204	Unknown	41
64	VS Veikko Salomaa	Titan	Population Health	204	Finland	41
65	NS Naveed Sattar	Titan	Metabolic Medicine	203	Unknown	41
66	CL Carlo La Vecchia	Titan	Clinical Epidemiology	200	Unknown	40
67	Napoleone Ferrara	Titan	Anti-VEGF Oncology	200	Unknown	40
68	GC Gregg C. Fonarow	Elite	Cardiology Outcomes	199	Unknown	40
69	Jeffrey L. Cummings	Elite	Alzheimer’s Drug Development	196	Unknown	39
70	Gregg L. Semenza	Elite	Hypoxia Signaling	194	Unknown	39
71	DL Deepak L. Bhatt	Elite	Cardiovascular Trials	192	Unknown	38
72	Anders Björklund		Neurology	159	Unknown	38
73	EV Eric Van Cutsem	Elite	Digestive Oncology	190	Unknown	38
74	WG William G. Kaelin Jr.	Elite	Hypoxia & Tumor Biology	189	United States	38
75	BJ Bernard J. Gersh	Elite	Clinical Cardiology	185	Unknown	37
76	JP James P. Allison	Elite	CTLA-4 Immunotherapy	185	Unknown	37
77	JI Jerome I. Rotter	Elite	Medical Genetics	185	Unknown	37
78	BM Bruce M. Psaty	Elite	Cardiovascular Epidemiology	184	Unknown	37
79	Dennis S. Charney	Elite	Psychiatry & Resilience	184	Unknown	37
80	PC Peter Carmeliet	Elite	Vascular Biology	181	Unknown	36
81	Z“ Zhijian “James” Chen	Elite	cGAS Pathway	180	United States	36
82	DR Daniel R. Weinberger	Elite	Neurogenetics	179	Unknown	36
83	DA David A. Bennett	Elite	Alzheimer’s Pathology	179	Unknown	36
84	Elaine S. Jaffe	Elite	Hematopathology	176	Unknown	35
85	WJ William J. Sandborn	Elite	Inflammatory Bowel Disease	176	United States	35
86	Gary Ruvkun	Elite	microRNA Biology	175	Unknown	35
87	TH Tasuku Honjo	Elite	PD-1 Immunotherapy	175	Global	35
88	BL Bruce L. Miller	Elite	Behavioral Neurology	174	Unknown	35
89	SR Steven R. Cummings	Elite	Osteoporosis	174	United States	35
90	AC A. C. Dhariwal		Medicine	17	Global	34
91	JG James G. Herman	Elite	DNA Methylation	172	Unknown	34
92	ER Elio Riboli	Elite	Cancer Epidemiology	171	Unknown	34
93	DH Demis Hassabis	Elite	AI Structural Biology	170	Global	34
94	SS Shimon Sakaguchi	Elite	Regulatory T Cells	170	Unknown	34
95	PE Paul Elliott	Elite	Environmental Epidemiology	169	Unknown	34
96	SR Stephen R. Bloom	Elite	Metabolic Endocrinology	169	United Kingdom	34
97	FB Frederik Barkhof	Elite	Neuroradiology	168	Unknown	34
98	SF Silvia Franceschi	Elite	Cancer Epidemiology	168	Unknown	34
99	EJ Eric J. Nestler	Elite	Molecular Psychiatry	167	Unknown	33
100	DC David Cella	Elite	Outcomes Research	165	Unknown	33

Rankings are based on the MDRPedia composite score, combining research output (H-index, citations), clinical impact (procedures, lives saved), and peer recognition (awards, mentorship). Updated regularly as new data is verified.