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Dr. Piedad is a board-certified cardiologist and cardiac electrophysiologist. He graduated Summa Cum Laude from Georgetown University and was elected to the Phi Beta Kappa Honor Society. Dr. Piedad received his medical degree from the University of Rochester and was elected to the Alpha Omega Alpha Honor Society.
He completed his residency in internal medicine at the New York University Medical Center and his fellowship training at the New York University Medical Center for cardiology and cardiac electrophysiology.
Dr. Piedad specializes in cardiac electrophysiology. His interests include complex arrhythmia management, permanent pacemakers, implantable cardioverter defibrillators, cardiac resynchronization devices, electrophysiologic studies, and ablations for cardiac arrhythmias: including ablation for atrial fibrillation and ventricular tachycardia. He is particularly interested in ablation for atrial fibrillation.
He is a fellow of the American College of Cardiology, and is a member of the Heart Rhythm Society and the Cobb County Medical Society.
Specialties
Cardiac Electrophysiology
Cardiovascular Disease
Cardiac Imaging
Education & Training
University of Rochester
University of Rochester School of Medicine
Certifications
American Board of Internal Medicine - Card/Electro
Hospital Affiliations
Wellstar Kennestone Hospital
Wellstar Cobb Hospital
Wellstar Douglas Hospital
Wellstar Paulding Hospital
Wellstar North Fulton Hospital
Languages spoken
English
Patient Reviews
Overall patient rating
4.8
4.8
Based on 366 patient ratings
I'd recommend this provider to family and friends
4.86
Listened to me carefully
4.79
Shared the right amount of information
4.79
Earned my trust
4.76
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Patient Reviews
5
Love Dr. Piedad's bedside manner!
March 15, 2024
5
Exceptional service!!
March 15, 2024
5
Answered and explained what to expect.
March 6, 2024
5
Great experience.
March 4, 2024
5
Wonderful!
March 2, 2024
5
The doctor provided the information I needed in a clear and concise manner.
February 28, 2024
5
The visit was on time, accurate and satisfying
February 22, 2024
5
Dr. Piedad is awesome! Love him! Great doctor.
February 15, 2024
5
Thanks everyone .
February 13, 2024
5
Outstanding care.
February 9, 2024
5
Everyone did a good job answering my questions.
January 28, 2024
5
great
January 27, 2024
5
Doctor was very knowledgeable.
January 28, 2024
5
Yes, I've seen Dr. Piedad for almost 10 years and he's a great doctor and I trust him and I really like him. But this past time due to circumstances beyond my control, I ran out of medicine on my prescription and I left a message on the MyChart. I called in, I left a prescription refill request, multiple things and finally on the second day I came to the office and told him that I was desperately needing a prescription refill until I could see him the following week. And she, even though I had written down in MyChart every medicine that I take that I get a prescription for, she wanted me to write out what I needed. And you can't ever speak to anybody, it's very hard to communicate. I just feel like...
January 27, 2024
5
Reassuring
January 26, 2024
4
Everyone was very nice and friendly.
January 26, 2024
5
Great team,they work smoothly and efficiently.
January 12, 2024
5
Excellent Doctor
January 12, 2024
5
Wait time was brief; everyone was courteous; staff and doctor neatly dressed and clean looking. Also, the facility was spotless.
January 12, 2024
5
This was a good follow up and will see this Dr again in six months. ?
January 11, 2024
5
Dr Piedad to me he is the best on his field
January 11, 2024
5
good
January 11, 2024
5
Parking is terrible. Doc said it is overflow from hospital .
January 10, 2024
5
Excellent as always is, with the doctors that I see at Wellstar. Dr.Piedad is a highly knowledgeable and skilled physician with a very amicable &. Pleasant manner with the way he relates the details of your visit to you an how he will be treating your medical problem , in a way that you can understand.
December 23, 2023
5
Dr. Piedad is a caring doctor who genuinely cares about his patient's well being.
December 24, 2023
5
Dr. Piedad is knowledgable, patient, and empathetic physician. I look forward to our association.
December 23, 2023
5
Dr Piedad is a rock star!
December 22, 2023
5
Overall great experience from reception to doctor visit. Everyone was nice and helpful.
December 22, 2023
5
As is pretty much always the case with the Wellstar doctors I go to, I was so pleased with this new doctor. He was professional and very thorough. I felt he was really listening to me. The office staff was efficient and pleasant. Very happy with my experience!
December 22, 2023
5
both the doctor and asst were fabulous
December 22, 2023
5
Love Dr. Piedad's bedside manner!
March 15, 2024
5
Exceptional service!!
March 15, 2024
5
Answered and explained what to expect.
March 6, 2024
5
Great experience.
March 4, 2024
5
Wonderful!
March 2, 2024
5
The doctor provided the information I needed in a clear and concise manner.
February 28, 2024
5
The visit was on time, accurate and satisfying
February 22, 2024
5
Dr. Piedad is awesome! Love him! Great doctor.
February 15, 2024
5
Thanks everyone .
February 13, 2024
5
Outstanding care.
February 9, 2024
5
Everyone did a good job answering my questions.
January 28, 2024
5
great
January 27, 2024
5
Doctor was very knowledgeable.
January 28, 2024
5
Yes, I've seen Dr. Piedad for almost 10 years and he's a great doctor and I trust him and I really like him. But this past time due to circumstances beyond my control, I ran out of medicine on my prescription and I left a message on the MyChart. I called in, I left a prescription refill request, multiple things and finally on the second day I came to the office and told him that I was desperately needing a prescription refill until I could see him the following week. And she, even though I had written down in MyChart every medicine that I take that I get a prescription for, she wanted me to write out what I needed. And you can't ever speak to anybody, it's very hard to communicate. I just feel like...
January 27, 2024
5
Reassuring
January 26, 2024
5
Great team,they work smoothly and efficiently.
January 12, 2024
5
Excellent Doctor
January 12, 2024
5
Wait time was brief; everyone was courteous; staff and doctor neatly dressed and clean looking. Also, the facility was spotless.
January 12, 2024
5
This was a good follow up and will see this Dr again in six months. ?
January 11, 2024
5
Dr Piedad to me he is the best on his field
January 11, 2024
5
good
January 11, 2024
5
Parking is terrible. Doc said it is overflow from hospital .
January 10, 2024
5
Excellent as always is, with the doctors that I see at Wellstar. Dr.Piedad is a highly knowledgeable and skilled physician with a very amicable &. Pleasant manner with the way he relates the details of your visit to you an how he will be treating your medical problem , in a way that you can understand.
December 23, 2023
5
Dr. Piedad is a caring doctor who genuinely cares about his patient's well being.
December 24, 2023
5
Dr. Piedad is knowledgable, patient, and empathetic physician. I look forward to our association.
December 23, 2023
5
Dr Piedad is a rock star!
December 22, 2023
5
Overall great experience from reception to doctor visit. Everyone was nice and helpful.
December 22, 2023
5
As is pretty much always the case with the Wellstar doctors I go to, I was so pleased with this new doctor. He was professional and very thorough. I felt he was really listening to me. The office staff was efficient and pleasant. Very happy with my experience!
December 22, 2023
5
both the doctor and asst were fabulous
December 22, 2023
4
Everyone was very nice and friendly.
January 26, 2024
4
Everyone was very nice and friendly.
January 26, 2024
5
Love Dr. Piedad's bedside manner!
March 15, 2024
5
Exceptional service!!
March 15, 2024
5
Answered and explained what to expect.
March 6, 2024
5
Great experience.
March 4, 2024
5
Wonderful!
March 2, 2024
5
The doctor provided the information I needed in a clear and concise manner.
February 28, 2024
5
The visit was on time, accurate and satisfying
February 22, 2024
5
Dr. Piedad is awesome! Love him! Great doctor.
February 15, 2024
5
Thanks everyone .
February 13, 2024
5
Outstanding care.
February 9, 2024
5
Everyone did a good job answering my questions.
January 28, 2024
5
great
January 27, 2024
5
Doctor was very knowledgeable.
January 28, 2024
5
Yes, I've seen Dr. Piedad for almost 10 years and he's a great doctor and I trust him and I really like him. But this past time due to circumstances beyond my control, I ran out of medicine on my prescription and I left a message on the MyChart. I called in, I left a prescription refill request, multiple things and finally on the second day I came to the office and told him that I was desperately needing a prescription refill until I could see him the following week. And she, even though I had written down in MyChart every medicine that I take that I get a prescription for, she wanted me to write out what I needed. And you can't ever speak to anybody, it's very hard to communicate. I just feel like...
January 27, 2024
5
Reassuring
January 26, 2024
5
Great team,they work smoothly and efficiently.
January 12, 2024
5
Excellent Doctor
January 12, 2024
5
Wait time was brief; everyone was courteous; staff and doctor neatly dressed and clean looking. Also, the facility was spotless.
January 12, 2024
5
This was a good follow up and will see this Dr again in six months. ?
January 11, 2024
5
Dr Piedad to me he is the best on his field
January 11, 2024
5
good
January 11, 2024
5
Parking is terrible. Doc said it is overflow from hospital .
January 10, 2024
5
Excellent as always is, with the doctors that I see at Wellstar. Dr.Piedad is a highly knowledgeable and skilled physician with a very amicable &. Pleasant manner with the way he relates the details of your visit to you an how he will be treating your medical problem , in a way that you can understand.
December 23, 2023
5
Dr. Piedad is a caring doctor who genuinely cares about his patient's well being.
December 24, 2023
5
Dr. Piedad is knowledgable, patient, and empathetic physician. I look forward to our association.
December 23, 2023
5
Dr Piedad is a rock star!
December 22, 2023
5
Overall great experience from reception to doctor visit. Everyone was nice and helpful.
December 22, 2023
5
As is pretty much always the case with the Wellstar doctors I go to, I was so pleased with this new doctor. He was professional and very thorough. I felt he was really listening to me. The office staff was efficient and pleasant. Very happy with my experience!
December 22, 2023
5
both the doctor and asst were fabulous
December 22, 2023
5
Love Dr. Piedad's bedside manner!
March 15, 2024
5
Exceptional service!!
March 15, 2024
5
Answered and explained what to expect.
March 6, 2024
5
Great experience.
March 4, 2024
5
Wonderful!
March 2, 2024
5
The doctor provided the information I needed in a clear and concise manner.
February 28, 2024
5
The visit was on time, accurate and satisfying
February 22, 2024
5
Dr. Piedad is awesome! Love him! Great doctor.
February 15, 2024
5
Thanks everyone .
February 13, 2024
5
Outstanding care.
February 9, 2024
5
Doctor was very knowledgeable.
January 28, 2024
5
Everyone did a good job answering my questions.
January 28, 2024
5
great
January 27, 2024
5
Yes, I've seen Dr. Piedad for almost 10 years and he's a great doctor and I trust him and I really like him. But this past time due to circumstances beyond my control, I ran out of medicine on my prescription and I left a message on the MyChart. I called in, I left a prescription refill request, multiple things and finally on the second day I came to the office and told him that I was desperately needing a prescription refill until I could see him the following week. And she, even though I had written down in MyChart every medicine that I take that I get a prescription for, she wanted me to write out what I needed. And you can't ever speak to anybody, it's very hard to communicate. I just feel like...
January 27, 2024
4
Everyone was very nice and friendly.
January 26, 2024
5
Reassuring
January 26, 2024
5
Great team,they work smoothly and efficiently.
January 12, 2024
5
Excellent Doctor
January 12, 2024
5
Wait time was brief; everyone was courteous; staff and doctor neatly dressed and clean looking. Also, the facility was spotless.
January 12, 2024
5
Dr Piedad to me he is the best on his field
January 11, 2024
5
This was a good follow up and will see this Dr again in six months. ?
January 11, 2024
5
good
January 11, 2024
5
Parking is terrible. Doc said it is overflow from hospital .
January 10, 2024
5
Dr. Piedad is a caring doctor who genuinely cares about his patient's well being.
December 24, 2023
5
Dr. Piedad is knowledgable, patient, and empathetic physician. I look forward to our association.
December 23, 2023
5
Excellent as always is, with the doctors that I see at Wellstar. Dr.Piedad is a highly knowledgeable and skilled physician with a very amicable &. Pleasant manner with the way he relates the details of your visit to you an how he will be treating your medical problem , in a way that you can understand.
December 23, 2023
5
both the doctor and asst were fabulous
December 22, 2023
5
Dr Piedad is a rock star!
December 22, 2023
5
Overall great experience from reception to doctor visit. Everyone was nice and helpful.
December 22, 2023
5
As is pretty much always the case with the Wellstar doctors I go to, I was so pleased with this new doctor. He was professional and very thorough. I felt he was really listening to me. The office staff was efficient and pleasant. Very happy with my experience!
December 22, 2023
5
As is pretty much always the case with the Wellstar doctors I go to, I was so pleased with this new doctor. He was professional and very thorough. I felt he was really listening to me. The office staff was efficient and pleasant. Very happy with my experience!
December 22, 2023
5
Overall great experience from reception to doctor visit. Everyone was nice and helpful.
December 22, 2023
5
Dr Piedad is a rock star!
December 22, 2023
5
both the doctor and asst were fabulous
December 22, 2023
5
Excellent as always is, with the doctors that I see at Wellstar. Dr.Piedad is a highly knowledgeable and skilled physician with a very amicable &. Pleasant manner with the way he relates the details of your visit to you an how he will be treating your medical problem , in a way that you can understand.
December 23, 2023
5
Dr. Piedad is knowledgable, patient, and empathetic physician. I look forward to our association.
December 23, 2023
5
Dr. Piedad is a caring doctor who genuinely cares about his patient's well being.
December 24, 2023
5
Parking is terrible. Doc said it is overflow from hospital .
January 10, 2024
5
good
January 11, 2024
5
This was a good follow up and will see this Dr again in six months. ?
January 11, 2024
5
Dr Piedad to me he is the best on his field
January 11, 2024
5
Wait time was brief; everyone was courteous; staff and doctor neatly dressed and clean looking. Also, the facility was spotless.
January 12, 2024
5
Excellent Doctor
January 12, 2024
5
Great team,they work smoothly and efficiently.
January 12, 2024
5
Reassuring
January 26, 2024
4
Everyone was very nice and friendly.
January 26, 2024
5
Yes, I've seen Dr. Piedad for almost 10 years and he's a great doctor and I trust him and I really like him. But this past time due to circumstances beyond my control, I ran out of medicine on my prescription and I left a message on the MyChart. I called in, I left a prescription refill request, multiple things and finally on the second day I came to the office and told him that I was desperately needing a prescription refill until I could see him the following week. And she, even though I had written down in MyChart every medicine that I take that I get a prescription for, she wanted me to write out what I needed. And you can't ever speak to anybody, it's very hard to communicate. I just feel like...
January 27, 2024
5
great
January 27, 2024
5
Everyone did a good job answering my questions.
January 28, 2024
5
Doctor was very knowledgeable.
January 28, 2024
5
Outstanding care.
February 9, 2024
5
Thanks everyone .
February 13, 2024
5
Dr. Piedad is awesome! Love him! Great doctor.
February 15, 2024
5
The visit was on time, accurate and satisfying
February 22, 2024
5
The doctor provided the information I needed in a clear and concise manner.
February 28, 2024
5
Wonderful!
March 2, 2024
5
Great experience.
March 4, 2024
5
Answered and explained what to expect.
March 6, 2024
5
Exceptional service!!
March 15, 2024
5
Love Dr. Piedad's bedside manner!
March 15, 2024
Publications and Articles
PatCare
Pat Gelisse has been dancing for 30 years. She even taught the Carolina shag for a while. It’s a partner dance, sometimes compared to Swing dancing to beach music.
But severe heart failure downgraded Pat’s dancing queen status for close to 10 years.
“I went from feeling happy to feeling like a nothing,” she remembered of that time in her life.
With a team of Wellstar heart specialists working together for her, Pat found hope and new life on the dance floor.
Heart failure masquerades as acid reflux
It started more than a decade ago when Pat lived in central Georgia. She scheduled a doctor’s appointment for what she thought was acid reflux. She popped in on a quick break from her marketing job, assuming it wouldn’t take long.
Blood work and an EKG got Pat a ticket straight to the hospital and a quadruple bypass.
“My heart got worse; it wasn’t pumping blood,” Pat said.
She was in acute heart failure, a life-threatening condition where the heart doesn’t pump well enough to deliver the necessary amount of oxygen to her body. Pat’s ejection fraction (EF)—the percentage measurement of the blood that leaves the heart each time it pumps—was only 10%. The normal range is 50 to 70%.
It was a scary time, and with a family history of heart problems, Pat was worried. She’d lost both parents to heart failure, as well as other family members.
“I just knew for sure I was going to be next,” said Pat.
Doctors from various academic institutions discussed serious treatments ranging from LVAD to transplant, but because the pumping performance of her heart improved, she was no longer a candidate for those procedures. Instead, Pat spent close to nine years managing her heart failure with a pacemaker and various medications—treatments that failed to get her back on the dance floor.
There aren’t many people out there who can say they survived cardiac arrest at 30. Kevin Miskewicz can.
According to the American Heart Association, more than 90% of people who experience an out-of-hospital cardiac arrest die. Those who survive often have permanent neurological disabilities. But Kevin’s story has an incredibly fortunate ending, thanks to the highly coordinated work of his medical experts at Wellstar.
Recovering from cardiac arrest is something Kevin will never forget. It lives forever as a piece of his health history—one that includes a dedicated healthcare team—and his wife, who was the first to save his life.
CPR to the rescue
Kevin woke up on Labor Day 2017 at 5:30 AM to take the dog out. Pausing to adjust the thermostat as he came in, he fell, knocking over a lamp.
He was in cardiac arrest.
With no symptoms and no known pre-existing condition, this was unexpected, but that didn’t stop his wife, Andrea, from jumping into action.
“If it weren’t for me knocking over a lamp when I passed out,” said Kevin, “she would have never woken up and saved my life.”
In addition to calling 911 and unlocking the door for the paramedics, Andrea performed CPR for 10 minutes.
Coordinating multidisciplinary care to save a life
When paramedics arrived at Kevin’s home, he had no pulse and was not breathing. As the paramedics performed their lifesaving work, he technically died two times.
The ambulance took him to Wellstar North Fulton Medical Center, where he was initially assessed and treated by Dr. David Jacoboff. The interventional cardiologist implanted an intra-aortic balloon pump to stabilize him. Then, he transferred Kevin to Wellstar Kennestone for highly specialized heart care.
When Kevin arrived at Wellstar Kennestone by helicopter, his heart function wasn’t strong enough to support his body. Dr. Reitman and a team of doctors including a cardiologist, a pulmonologist and critical care doctors worked in tandem to put Kevin on an advanced life support system called veno-arterial extracorporeal membrane oxygenation. Better known as VA-ECMO, it took the heart “offline” so it could heal. The technology removed unoxygenated blood from his body, oxygenated it and pumped it back in for the next three days.
“Very few places in the state—only four or five hospitals—have the technology and specialized training to put a patient on ECMO,” Dr. Reitman explained.