Rate My Professor Felicity Park

Dr Felicity Park is a Conjoint Associate Professor in the School of Medicine and Public Health within the College of Health, Medicine and Wellbeing at the University of Newcastle, Australia. She earned her MBBS from the University of Sydney and holds specialist qualifications including FRANZCOG, DDU, and CMFM. Dr Park completed her PhD focusing on preterm preeclampsia and fetal growth restriction. With over 20 years of experience in obstetrics and gynaecology imaging, she has undertaken specialist training and held clinical positions across Australia and overseas, including remote outreach obstetrics and imaging services. Currently, she serves as Director of Maternal Fetal Medicine and Clinical Lead for Maternity and Gynaecology at John Hunter Hospital in Newcastle. She is actively involved in educating specialist trainees, junior medical staff, medical students, and midwifery students, sharing her expertise in obstetrics and imaging.

Dr Park's research centers on the prediction and prevention of obstetric complications, with a particular emphasis on preterm preeclampsia, fetal growth restriction, aspirin therapy effects on neonates at risk, vaginal progesterone for preterm birth prevention, and cardiovascular health interventions for women with a history of preeclampsia. Her work includes collaborations with Hunter New England Health and the Hunter Medical Research Institute. Notable publications include 'Do first-trimester screening algorithms for preeclampsia aligned to use of preventative therapies reduce the prevalence of pre-term preeclampsia: A systematic review and meta-analysis' (2023), 'Does Aspirin Prescribed to Women Deemed High Risk for Preterm Pre-Eclampsia at 11–13+6 Weeks Gestation Affect the Prevalence of Small for Gestational Age Neonates?' (2021), 'Vaginal progesterone for prevention of preterm birth in asymptomatic high-risk women with a normal cervical length: a systematic review and meta-analysis' (2021), 'Cost effectiveness analysis of a model of first trimester prediction and prevention for preterm preeclampsia against usual care' (2020), 'Be Healthe for Your Heart: A Pilot Randomized Controlled Trial Evaluating a Web-Based Behavioral Intervention to Improve the Cardiovascular Health of Women with a History of Preeclampsia' (2020), and 'Evidence that fetal death is associated with placental aging' (2018). Additionally, she represents the Australian Medical Association for the Hunter region and has been providing outreach ultrasound teaching in the Pacific since 2023, collaborating with the WFUMB Centre of Education in Fiji and the Obstetric Department at Colonial War Memorial Hospital in Suva.