Northern Light Mercy Hospital welcomes two new cardiologists

Date: 03/13/2023

Northern Light Mercy Hospital is pleased to welcome Aline Iskandar, MD and Adam Karpman, DO to Northern Light Mercy Cardiovascular Care in Portland. Photos of each physician are attached. 

“We are excited to welcome Dr. Iskandar and Dr. Karpman to Mercy,” said Charlie Therrien, president of Mercy Hospital. “They will help us increase access to specialty care in the community, and the expertise of both cardiologists allows us to expand non-invasive services to include coronary CT imaging.”
 
Coronary CT imaging is a diagnostic test that produces detailed images of the arteries of the heart. This non-invasive imaging technique provides valuable information about the presence and extent of coronary artery disease. 

Bios of Drs. Iskandar and Karpman can be found below:

Aline Iskandar, MD
Dr. Iskandar earned her medical degree from the University of Southern Denmark. Her postdoctoral training includes an internship in internal medicine, surgery, and family medicine, a residency in radiology at Odense University Hospital in Denmark, a residency in internal medicine at the University of Connecticut Health Center, and a cardiology fellowship at University of Massachusetts Memorial Medical Center. 

Dr. Iskandar specializes in comprehensive cardiology care with a special interest in non-invasive advanced cardiac imaging. She is board certified in internal medicine, cardiology, nuclear cardiology, echocardiography, cardiac CT, and diagnostic medical sonography.

After completing her fellowship, she joined the faculty at Maine Medical Center and worked as a cardiologist with MaineHealth for almost 7 years. During this time, she was also an active member of the Tufts University School of Medicine faculty. Her research has been featured in renowned medical publications such as Circulation, Journal of the American College of Cardiology, American Journal of Medicine, and more.

Adam Karpman, DO
After growing up in New Jersey and attending college at the University of Cincinnati, Dr. Karpman earned his medical degree from the University of New England College of Osteopathic Medicine in Biddeford, Maine. He completed his residency in internal medicine at Newark Beth Israel Medical Center in Newark, New Jersey, followed by a fellowship in cardiology at Oklahoma State University Center for Health Sciences in Tulsa, Oklahoma. 

Dr. Karpman specializes in outpatient and inpatient clinical cardiology and has a special focus in non-invasive cardiac imaging such as transthoracic echocardiography, transesophageal echocardiography, and cardiac CT. Dr. Karpman is active in training the next generation of physicians and is a professor at the University of New England College of Osteopathic Medicine. He is board certified in both internal medicine and cardiology.

To learn more, please call Northern Light Mercy Cardiovascular Care at 207-879-3770.