Assoc Prof Ricardo Palma-Dias (Obstetrician)
- Name
- Assoc Prof Ricardo Palma-Dias
- Occupation
- Obstetrician
- Obstetrics and Gynaecologist
- Obstetrics and Gynaecological Ultrasound Specialist
- Gender
Ricardo Palma-Dias qualified as a subspecialist in obstetric and gynaecological ultrasound in Brazil, where he also completed a MSc and a PhD in the area. Ricardo has worked with the Fetal Medicine Foundation (London, UK) in different research projects involving ultrasound in pregnancy and is a holder of their Diploma in Fetal Medicine. He came to Australia in 2006 with an initial appointment as maternal-fetal medicine fellow at the Womens Hospital. He subsequently attained fellowship of the Royal Australian and New Zealand College of Obstetricians and Gynaecologists (RANZCOG) and the Diploma in Diagnostic Ultrasound from the Australasian Society for Ultrasound in Medicine (ASUM). He has held a consultant position at the ultrasound department at the Womens Hospital for the last 10 years, where he is currently the Director of Ultrasound Services, being involved with teaching, ultrasound training and research in this role. He is currently Clinical Associate Professor at the Department of Obstetrics and Gynaecology, University of Melbourne and his main areas of research involvement are first trimester screening including cell-free DNA, the role of MRI in prenatal diagnosis and prediction and prevention of preterm birth. He has co-authored more than 30 peer-reviewed papers in national and international scientific journals. Ricardo is Chairman of the Nuchal Translucency Ultrasound Education and Monitoring Program at RANZCOG and the convenor of the Victorian Obstetric Sonologists meetings in Melbourne. In 2015 he has co-founded with colleagues from other tertiary hospitals the Melbourne Fetal Neurology Interest Group.
- Affiliated Clinics
- Women's Ultrasound Melbourne - Parkville
- Women's Ultrasound Melbourne - Glen Iris
- Women's Ultrasound Melbourne - East Melbourne
Practice Locations
Melbourne
- Women's Ultrasound Melbourne - Parkville
- Address
- Suite 13 Level 2
20 Flemington Road
Parkville VIC 3052
Australia
- Phone
- 03 9348 2299
- Fax
- 03 9348 2599
- Women's Ultrasound Melbourne - East Melbourne
- Address
- Suite 6 320 Victoria Parade
East Melbourne VIC 3002
Australia
- Phone
- 03 9417 6788
- Fax
- 03 9416 1084
- Women's Ultrasound Melbourne - Glen Iris
- Address
- Suite G12-13 762 Toorak Road
Glen Iris VIC 3146
Australia
- Phone
- 03 9822 1433
- Fax
- 03 9822 1411
