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Research Interests:
Dr. Parks' primary interest is in perinatal pathology, including fetal autopsy and placental pathology. Clinically, Dr. Parks is a perinatal pathologist with extensive experience in both autopsy and placental examinations, and currently examines the majority of the cases at Magee-Women's Hospital in Pittsburgh, approximately 4500 placentas and 90 autopsies per year. Dr. Parks research interests include trophoblast function and mechanisms of stillbirth. Dr. Parks is involved in multiple research collaborations with investigators from the Magee Women's Research Institute, the University of Pittsburgh School of Public Health, the University of Pittsburgh School of Nursing and the Department of Obstetrics-Gynecology at Magee-Women's Hospital.
Selected Publications:
Cajaiba MM, Parks WT, Fuhrer K, Randhawa PS. Evaluation of human polyomavirus BK as a potential cause of villitis of unknown etiology and spontaneous abortion. J Med Virol 2011; 83(6):1031-3.
Castro EC, Parks WT, Galambos C. Neither normal nor diseased placentas contain lymphatic vessels. Placenta 2011; 32(4):310-6.
Founds SA, Fallert-Junecko B, Reinhart TA, Conley YP, Parks WT. LAIR2 localizes specifically to sites of extravillous trophoblast invasion. Placenta 2010; 31(10):880-5.
Mouillet JF, Chu T, Hubel CA, Nelson DM, Parks WT, Sadovsky Y. The levels of hypoxia-regulated microRNAs in plasma of pregnant women with fetal growth restriction. Placenta 2010; 31(9):781-4.
Hoffner L, Parks WT, Swerdlow SH, Carson JC, Surti U. Simultaneous detection of imprinted gene expression (p57(KIP2)) and molecular cytogenetics (FICTION) in the evaluation of molar pregnancies. J Reprod Med 2010; 55(5-6):219-28.
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