Dr. Alasnag is Director of Catheterization Laboratory at the King Fahd Armed Forces Hospital in Jeddah, Saudi Arabia. She was the first female interventional cardiologist in the Gulf region and has since represented women on multiple medical committees, including the Saudi Arabian Cardiac Interventional Society Board.
Dr. Alasnag trained in Clinical Cardiology and Interventional Cardiology at Loma Linda University Medical Center (Loma Linda, California) and Harper University Hospital, Detroit Medical Center (Detroit, Michigan), respectively. Dr. Alasnag returned to Saudi Arabia in mid-2009 to become an Attending Interventional Cardiologist at the King Fahd Armed Forces Hospital where she currently works.
Dr. Alasnag is currently serving as a member of the Board of Trustees for SCAI, member of the ACC Interventional Leadership Council, an Associate/Contributing Editor for PCROnline, Open Heart, Radcliffe Cardiology, ACCEL, Faculty Opinions (ESC), Circulation: Cardiovascular Interventions, and Cardiovascular Revascularization Medicine. She is also a member of the ESC Congress Programme Committee and the EAPCI Women’s Steering Committee as well as the Interventional Cardiology Section Chief of the Telemedicine Working Group.
