Dr. Mirvat Alasnag

Dr. Mirvat Alasnag is currently the Director of the Catheterization Laboratory & Deputy Head of the Adult Cardiology Division at King Fahd Armed Forces Hospital, Jeddah-Saudi Arabia. She was the first female interventional cardiologist in the Gulf region. She has represented women in multiple committees and boards including the Saudi Arabian Cardiac Interventional Society (SACIS), Saudi Commission for Health Specialties Verification Committee (SCFHS), Saudi National Health Council (Saudi CDC) and the Saudi Commission for Health Specialties Cardiology Fellowship Committee (SCFHS). Internationally, she serves on steering committees and boards of numerous international societies including the American College of Cardiology’s Interventional Leadership Council (ACCIC), Society of Cardiovascular Angiography & Interventions (SCAI), ACC Women in Cardiology Working Group chair and the EAPCI Women’s Steering Committee and Asian Pacific Society of Interventional Cardiology (APSIC). She is the current chair of the SCAI International Committee & WINAPSIC Committee.

Dr. Alasnag is currently the Editor in Chief of Saudi Medical Journal & the Director of Research, an Associate Editor for the Open Heart, Cardiovascular Revascularization Medicine Journals and PCROnline. She is an Editor for Circulation: Cardiovascular Interventions, Journal of Society of Cardiovascular Angiography & Interventions (JSCAI), Radcliffe Cardiology.

Dr. Alasnag is an author and reviewer of several expert opinion and society statements locally and internationally including the Saudi Lipid Management Guideline. Internationally, she served as a reviewer for several ACC guideline and statements including:

• 2020 ACC Clinical Competencies for Nurse Practitioners and Physician Assistants in Adult Cardiovascular Medicine. A Report of the ACC Competency Management Committee.
• 2018 AHA/ACC/AACVPR/AAPA/ABC/ACPM/ADA/AGS/APhA/ASPC/NLA/PCNA Guideline on the Management of Blood Cholesterol. A Report of the American College of Cardiology/American Heart Association Task Force on Clinical Practice Guidelines
• 2017 ACC/AHA/HFSA/ISHLT/ACP Advanced Training Statement on Advanced Heart Failure and Transplant Cardiology (Revision of the ACCF/AHA/ACP/HFSA/ISHLT 2010 Clinical Competence Statement on Management of Patients With Advanced Heart Failure and Cardiac Transplant)

She led the first TAVR and MTEER registries in the Gulf regions which were published & presented including sub-analyses reporting outcomes in women.