Kevin Elias, MD, is a surgeon, oncologist, laboratory scientist, inventor, and technologist. He is a Principal Investigator at the Lerner Research Institute at Cleveland Clinic. Dr. Elias’s research revolves around using orthogonal approaches to solving complex systems problems, both in the clinic as well as the laboratory. Examples include combining machine learning and next generation sequencing technologies to produce models for early diagnosis of cancer, using big data to deploy enhanced recovery after surgery protocols that span surgical disciplines and technologies, and designing nanotechnology to deliver gene-editing programs for precision oncology.