Nermina Alagic

Cardiology Specialization & Focus

Dr. Alagic specializes in cardiac imaging techniques. She uses 2D and 3D transthoracic and transesophageal echocardiography (TTE/TEE). Her clinical work involves diagnosing conditions like pulmonary hypertension and chronic heart failure. This imaging helps her treat patients with coronary artery disease, arrhythmia, and hypertension.

The specialist also treats atherosclerosis and complications following myocardial infarction. She performs several interventional and diagnostic procedures:

• Coronary angiography
• Carotid angioplasty and stenting
• Covered stent placement
• Heart preventive examinations
• Ultrasound of carotid arteries
• Advanced 3D TEE assessment of aortic ulcers — an imaging technique to view the heart and aorta from the esophagus

Professional Experience

Dr. Alagic is an attending cardiologist at Anadolu Medical Center. She gained experience through several rotations. In 2019, she completed an interventional cardiology observership at Royal North Shore Hospital in Sydney. She volunteered at the TEE Lab in Istanbul from 2018 to 2019.

The doctor also served as a research fellow at the Alabama University at Birmingham Echo Lab. Her earlier career included roles at these institutions:

• 2014–2018 – Cardiology Resident, Istanbul Mehmet Akif Ersoy Hospital, Turkey
• 2012–2013 – Researcher, Harvard Medical School – Wellman Center for Photomedicine
• 2010 – Clinical Cardiology Clerkship, Brigham and Women's Hospital, USA
• 2010 – Emergency Care Training, Massachusetts General Hospital, USA
• 2010 – Emergency Care Clerkship, King’s College Hospital, London
• 2010 – Elective Clerkship in Obstetrics and Gynecology
• 2010 – Observership in Obstetrics and Gynecology at Massachusetts General Hospital
• 2010 – Elective Clerkship in Obstetrics and Gynecology at Heidelberg University – St. Josephkrankenhausen

Education and Training

• 2004–2011 – Istanbul University Cerrahpaşa Medical Faculty – Medical Degree
• 2014–2018 – Health Sciences University – Cardiology Residency
• 2015 – UAB Echo Lab, USA – Advanced 2D/3D TTE and TEE research training
• 2018 – Ministry of Health, Turkey – Certificate of Animal Use in Experimental Research

Research and Recognition

Dr. Alagic contributes to medical literature on photomedicine and cardiovascular imaging. She has published studies in PNAS, Echocardiography, and the Journal of Biomedical Optics. Her research includes treatment response metrics in 3D ovarian cancer models. She also authored chapters for the book Interesting Cases in Echocardiography.

Furthermore, she contributed to several international medical publications and received recognition for her early research work:

• 2013 – Recipient of the ASP Fredrick Urbach Memorial Student Travel Award
• 2003 – First place winner in the UNESCO South–Eastern Mediterranean Sea Project
• Translator for the Manual of Chronic Total Occlusion Interventions
• Contributor to the Essentials of Pathophysiology (2nd Edition)

Professional Memberships

• European Society of Cardiology (ESC) – Full Member
• Turkish Society of Cardiology – Full Member
• European Association of Cardiovascular Imaging – Silver Member