Dr Amanda Beech

Obstetric Medicine Physician & Endocrinologist

• FRACP
• MBBS (Hons)
• BSc PHED (Hons)
• Staff Specialist Royal Hospital for Women and Prince of Wales Hospital
• VMO at Prince of Wales Hospital

Dr Beech is an obstetric medicine physician and endocrinologist with an interest in women’s health across all ages. She has a breadth of experience in preconception counselling, managing medical disorders of pregnancy including pre-eclampsia, gestational and pre-existing diabetes, thyroid disease and hyperemesis. Amanda has a special interest in reproductive endocrinology, menopause and osteoporosis, including the prevention of secondary fractures in women and men with osteoporosis. 

Amanda can also see men for endocrine disorders such as bone and mineral disease. 

Having trained in Obstetric Medicine at both the Royal Hospital for Women (RHW) in Sydney and Royal Brisbane and Women’s Hospital, Amanda has a breadth of experience in Obstetric Medicine, managing medical disorders of pregnancy and management of pre-existing medical conditions including neurological and autoimmune conditions.  She has extensive experience in pre-conception counselling for women with complicated medical disorders and facilitates the Pre-conception clinic at the RHW. She has published widely in academic journals.

Dr Beech was a secondary school teacher before her medical training and has a passion for medical education, teaching medical students from UNSW, junior medical officers and basic physician trainees, as well as providing GP training and education sessions.

Referral Forms

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• Dr Beech is able to conduct Telehealth consultations where appropriate. 

Publications

Guidelines:

A summary of Society of Obstetric Medicine Australia and New Zealand (SOMANZ)’s Hypertension in Pregnancy Guideline (2023), Shanmugalingam R, Barrett HL, Beech A, et al. doi: 10.5694/mja2.52312

Developing the Society of Obstetric Medicine Australia and New Zealand (SOMANZ)’s Hypertension in Pregnancy Guideline 2023: Guideline development approaches, challenges and contextual considerations. Shanmugalingam R, Munn Z, Barker T, Barrett H, Beech A et al.

Lowe SA, Armstrong G, Beech A, Bowyer L, Grzeskowiak L, Marnoch CA, Robinson H. SOMANZ position paper on the management of nausea and vomiting in pregnancy and hyperemesis gravidarum. Australian and New Zealand Journal of Obstetrics and Gynaecology. 2020 Feb;60(1):34-43.

Papers

Henry A, Arnott C, Makris A, Davis G, Hennessy A, Beech A, Pettit F, Homer CS, Craig ME, Roberts L, Hyett J.  The blood pressure postpartum (BP2) RCT: Testing utility of structured follow-up and lifestyle behaviour change interventions in the first 12 months following hypertensive pregnancy (2024-09-25) doi: 10.1016/j.preghy.2024.01.025

Henry A, Arnott C, Makris A, Davis G, Hennessy A, Beech A, Pettit F, Homer CS, Craig ME, Roberts L, Hyett J. Blood pressure postpartum (BP2) RCT protocol: follow-up and lifestyle behaviour change strategies in the first 12 months after hypertensive pregnancy. Pregnancy hypertension. 2020 Oct 1;22:1-6.

Henry et al. Blood Pressure Postpartum (BP2) RCT Protocol: follow-up and lifestyle behaviour change strategies in the first 12 months after hypertensive pregnancy. Pregnancy Hypertens. 2020 Oct;22:1-6. doi: 10.1016/j.preghy.2020.07.001. Epub 2020 Jul 9

Beech A, Mangos G. Management of hypertension in pregnancy. Australian Prescriber. 2021 Oct;44(5):148.

Lee VY, Beech A, Makris A, Arnott C, Shanthosh J, Donges K, Patel A, Henry A. Investigating opportunities to prevent Type 2 Diabetes Mellitus after Gestational Diabetes Mellitus: the DIVINE-NSW study. medRxiv. 2022:2022-11. doi: 10.1101/2022.11.27.22282793

Lim JR, Nielsen TC, Dale RC, Jones HF, Beech A, Nassar N, Lain SJ, Shand A. Prevalence of autoimmune conditions in pregnant women in a tertiary maternity hospital: a cross-sectional survey and maternity database review. Obstetric Medicine. 2021 Sep;14(3):158-63.

Kolanu N, Brown AS, Beech A, Center JR, White CP. Natural language processing of radiology reports for the identification of patients with fracture. Arch Osteoporosis. 2021 Jan 6;16(1):6doi: 10.1210/jendso/bvaa046.1619. PMID: 33403479.