Dr. Park is Professor of Surgery at the University of Michigan, Co-Director of the Surgical Intensive Care Unit at Michigan Medicine and Program Director for the Surgical Critical Care Fellowship. She received her MD from Jefferson Medical College and completed residency in General Surgery at the Thomas Jefferson University Hospitals. She completed an additional research fellowship investigating microvascular endothelial cell-vascular prosthetic interactions, working with a team translating bench discoveries to preclinical and Phase I device studies in critical limb ischemia. Dr. Park is certified by the American Board of Surgery in General Surgery and Surgical Critical Care and is a Fellow of the American College of Surgeons and the American College of Critical Care Medicine.

Dr. Park is committed to the care of critically ill and injured patients and maintains ongoing clinical and research interest in the prevention and support of severe acute lung injury and early resuscitation of shock. She served as Co-Principal Investigator of the Michigan Clinical Center for the NHLBI Prevention and Early Treatment of Acute Lung Injury (PETAL) Network, as Surgery Designated Seat for the Society of Critical Care Medicine and consultant to the American Board of Surgery and the National Board of Medical Examiners. She has served as the University of Michigan site principal investigator for several Phase I, II and III clinical trials in critical care and innovative mechanical ventilation, with funding from NHLBI, NIAID, PCORI, COVID Operation Warp Speed and industry. She has presented nationally and internationally on lung injury prevention, extracorporeal support and advanced ventilator strategies. Dr. Park has been a recipient of the Francis Rosato Teaching Award, Society of Critical Care Medicine Presidential Citations and the Annual Scientific Award.