Omar Ishrak’s Tweeple: Journalists, Medtronic and @medcitynews

By the time I post this @MedtronicCEO will likely be following many more people.

But for now I am happy that Omar Ishrak, who has created quite a stir by tweeting on a new Medtronic CEO account, is following @medcitynews, my employer’s official Twitter account among 11 people he is following.

Here are the 10 other Twitter accounts he’s connected with during his first 24 hours in healthcare social media.

@MassDevice: a Boston-based online publication covering the medical device industry.

@FierceMedicalDev: a Washington, D.C.-based site that curates news about the medical device and diagnostics industry.

@JonKamp: Apparently the medical device industry reporter for Dow Jones Newswires. But he’s never tweeted.

@Loftus: Peter Loftus, a Dow Jones Newswires reporter covering pharma.

@ChrisSnowbeck: Christopher Snowbeck, a health reporter for the St. Paul Pioneer Press.

Plus, he’s following five Medtronic Twitter accounts: @MedtronicANZ, @Medtronic_CRDM, @Medtronic_CV, @Medtronic_News and @HeartRescue (Medtronic Foundation)

Come on Omar, give a poor journalist an ego boost and follow me at @aparmarbb. I can direct message you in Bengali – the national language of the country of your birth: Bangladesh.