Ela Istanbulluoglu

Healthcare and digital-health professional with experience across clinical, dental, hospital, pharmacy, research, and entrepreneurial settings in the United States, Germany, and Turkey. Combines healthcare operations, patient experience, AI-assisted research, consumer health communication, and brand development, with a focus on pharmaceutical operations, medical marketing, and healthcare innovation.

Founder & Project Lead at AI Ela (2026-01 – Present)

AI Pharmacy & Health Platform

• Lead research, product planning, workflow development, market analysis, and project prioritization for an early-stage AI-enabled healthcare and pharmacy platform.
• Define product concepts and workflow requirements for four user experiences: patient, pharmacist, provider, and pharmacy administrator, covering medication education, telehealth, multilingual support, GLP-1 programs, and pharmacy operations.
• Use AI tools to organize complex healthcare and business information and translate research into structured plans, written materials, and actionable workflows.

Concierge at Comfort Zone Dental Clinic

• Supported a patient-facing dental clinic with concierge service, front-desk communication, appointment coordination, and a welcoming patient experience.

Clinical Operations Support at Dr. Akin Kara Clinic

3 years

• Supported a patient-facing clinical environment and gained practical knowledge of medical-office workflows, patient communication, organization, confidentiality, and professional healthcare standards.
• Worked in a fast-paced setting requiring discretion, responsiveness, cross-cultural communication, and dependable day-to-day operational support.

Hospital & Pharmacy Experience at Metropol Hospital + Community Pharmacy

Summer placements

• Gained exposure to multidisciplinary hospital operations, patient-care environments, community-pharmacy workflows, medication-related communication, and healthcare administration.

Heilpraktiker Training in Natural and Holistic Medicine – Heilpraktiker Training (2022-01 – 2024-01)

Dentistry Studies – Bahçeşehir University (2020-01 – 2022-01)

German Abitur – Privatgymnasium Stadtkrone (2020-01)

– TMI Episcopal (Texas Military Institute) (2016-01)