DUBLIN, May 18, 2020 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Medtronic plc (NYSE:MDT), the global leader in medical technology, today announced Jeffrey J. Popma, M.D., professor of medicine at Harvard Medical School and director of interventional cardiology at Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center in Boston, will join Medtronic as Vice President and Chief Medical Officer (CMO) supporting the Coronary, Renal Denervation, and Structural Heart businesses at Medtronic.