A/Prof Alicia Dennis is an internationally recognised expert in obstetric anaesthesia, obstetric perioperative medicine and critical care, preeclampsia, and obstetric echocardiography. She is an academic obstetric anaesthetist, with appointments at The University of Melbourne, and The Royal Women’s Hospital, Melbourne.
A/Prof Dennis has worked in tertiary referral obstetric hospitals in Australia since 2001, and pioneered the contemporary use of transthoracic echocardiography for managing cardiovascular disease in pregnant women. Her work in the haemodynamics of preeclampsia has led to a new unified theory providing an alternative mechanism for the development of preeclampsia and consideration of new prevention and treatment options. "I am privileged to be able to work in an environment that enables me to pursue my dream of making a difference to the lives of pregnant women. I do this through advocating for gender equity, engaging with medical colleges, societies and government, and promoting clinical, research and educational excellence. Underpinning this is a strong sense of justice, ethics and respect; for patients, for colleagues, and importantly for medical students and early career doctors who we must care for and inspire to become the next generation of humanitarian leaders."
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Immediate birth - an analysis of women and their babies undergoing time critical birth in a tertiary referral obstetric hospital
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Honours, Awards and Fellowships
Best presentation of OAA Meeting 2010
LMAPacMed/ASA Fellowship
Gilbert Troup Prize
NHMRCF - NHMRC Fellowship
FANZCA - Fellow of the Australian and NZ College of Anaesthetists
Credentials
Positions
Honorary
Pharmacology And Therapeutics
Honorary
Obstetrics And Gynaecology Royal Women'S Hospital/Mercy
Honorary
Medicine And Radiology
Member
Association of Anaesthetists Great Britain and Ireland (AAGBI)
Member
Royal Women's Hospital Human Research Ethics Committee
Member
American Society of Echocardiography
Member
High Blood Pressure Reserach Council of Australia
Member
International Society for the Study of Hypertension in Pregnancy (ISSHP)
Chair Of Executive Committee
Obstetric Anaesthesia Special Interest Group ANZCA/ASA/NZSA
Member
Society of Obstetric Medicine Australia and New Zealand (SOMANZ)
Member
Obstetric Anaesthetists Association (OAA) UK
Member
Society of Obstetric Anesthesia and Perinatology (SOAP) USA
Member
Australian Society of Anaesthetists
Member
University of Melbourne Medical Society
Member
Australian Medical Association
Education
Master of International Public Health
University of Sydney
Doctor of Philosophy
University of Melbourne
Postgraduate Diploma of Perioperative and Critical Care Echocardiography
University of Melbourne
Bachelor of Medicine Bachelor of Surgery
University of Melbourne