Piotr Ponikowski (born 11 February 1961 in Wrocław) is a Polish cardiologist, Professor of Medical Sciences, and Rector of the Wrocław Medical University and he served as the Head of the Polish Cardiological Society (2017-2019).

In 1997, he began to work at the 4th Military Clinical Hospital in Wrocław and since 2005, he has been the Head of Cardiology Department.

Since 2009, he has also been Head of Department of Heart Diseases at the Wrocław Medical University.

[3] He is considered one of the most prominent Polish scientists, having been included in the Thomson Reuters Ranking of The World's Most Influential Scientific Minds 2015.

He was the director of many international research projects such as SICA-HF Studies investigating co-morbidities aggravating heart failure (2009-2013).