Rate My Professor Fabricio da Silva Costa

Professor Fabricio Da Silva Costa is Professor of Obstetrics and Gynaecology at Griffith University and Medical Director of the Maternal Fetal Medicine Unit at Gold Coast University Hospital. He graduated in Medicine in 1995 and was awarded a PhD in 2001 from the University of Sao Paulo, Brazil, for Doppler studies in the prediction of pre-eclampsia. He received board certification in obstetrics and gynaecology with subspecialty training in obstetric and gynaecological ultrasound. In 2005, he became an Associate Professor in obstetrics and gynaecology and served as a board member in a variety of Brazilian Medical Associations. In 2009, he moved to Australia as a Clinical/Research Postdoctoral Fellow in fetal medicine and ultrasound in obstetrics and gynaecology at the Royal Women’s Hospital in Melbourne. He was awarded Fellowship of The Royal Australian and New Zealand College of Obstetricians and Gynaecologists in 2011, and the Diploma of Diagnostic Ultrasound and Certification in Obstetric and Gynaecological Ultrasound in 2012. In 2014 he was promoted to Deputy Director, Ultrasound Services, Royal Women’s Hospital and Clinical Associate Professor at the Department of Obstetrics and Gynaecology, University of Melbourne. In early 2016, he moved to Perinatal Services, Monash Medical Centre to set up a clinical/academic first trimester screening program at Monash Health and joined the Monash University Department of Obstetrics and Gynaecology as an Adjunct Clinical Associate Professor. In early 2018 he was promoted to Head, Perinatal Services, Monash Health. He has authored numerous peer-reviewed publications and is a frequent speaker at national and international conferences on ultrasound in obstetrics and gynaecology and maternal-fetal medicine. He is a member of the Board of Trustees of the International Society of Ultrasound in Obstetrics and Gynecology. His clinical and research interests focus on the use of ultrasound in maternal-fetal medicine, especially pre-eclampsia, fetal growth restriction, preterm labour, first trimester screening and non-invasive prenatal testing.