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Cardio Conversations: Abbott's Electrophysiology CMO Christopher Piorkowski On Cardiac Mapping, PFA, VT And More

In this episode of Medtech Insight’s new podcast series focused on cardiovascular technology, editor Reed Miller talked to Christopher Piorkowski, Abbott's chief medical officer for electrophysiology.

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After a two-decade career as a electrophysiologist specializing in complex cardiac arrhythmias, Christopher Piorkowski left his job as the head of the department of electrophysiology at the University of Dresden to join Abbott in 2020.

As the chief medical officer of Abbott's electrophysiology business, Piorkowski has "an opportunity [to] build future medical technology [and] help...

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