Pulse Biosciences, Inc. announced the strengthening of its executive leadership team with the appointment of Liane Teplitsky as Chief Operating Officer and expanded role of Dr. David Kenigsberg as full-time Chief Medical Officer. Both the appointment of Liane Teplitsky as Chief Operating Officer and Dr. David Kenigsberg?s agreement to serve as the Company?s Chief Medical Officer on a full-time basis further enhance the Company?s strategic alignment to prioritize and accelerate the development and future commercialization of its nPulse Cardiac Catheter Ablation System. As COO, Ms. Teplitsky will oversee the Company?s Clinical, Regulatory, Quality, and Commercial functions.
Ms. Teplitsky brings twenty years of experience leading and scaling innovative medical technology businesses, with a particular focus on electrophysiology, cardiovascular, and digital health technologies. She most recently served as Chief Executive Officer of Artedrone, where she led the strategy and development of an autonomous robotic technology for stroke treatment. Previously, Ms. Teplitsky held senior marketing and commercial leadership roles at Abbott Laboratories and St.
Jude Medical, contributing to the development, clinical validation, and global commercialization of cardiovascular and EP therapies. She also served as President of Robotics, Technology and Data Solutions at Zimmer Biomet, where she led global strategy and commercialization for robotics and digital health technologies. Ms. Teplitsky holds a Master of Science in Biomedical Engineering from Duke University and Bachelor of Science degrees in Electrical Engineering and Physiology from the University of Saskatchewan.
Ms. Teplitsky currently serves as Chairman of the Board of Carvolix (Paris-EUR) and will remain in this role as she joins Pulse Biosciences. The Company also announced that David Kenigsberg, MD, FACC, FHRS, Chief Medical Officer of Pulse Biosciences, will expand his role, while maintaining his active routine clinical practice. His increased leadership capacity will benefit the Company as it advances its IDE pivotal clinical study evaluating the nPulse?
Cardiac Catheter System for the treatment of atrial fibrillation. Dr. Kenigsberg has extensive experience leading clinical trials in the field of electrophysiology and is a recognized key opinion leader in pulsed field ablation.
