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Uyên Châu Nguyên wins UM Dissertation Prize 2025

Uyên Châu Nguyên wins UM Dissertation Prize 2025

29 January 2026

During the Dies Natalis of Maastricht University, Uyên Châu Nguyên received the UM Dissertation Prize 2025.

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Global research network launched to study menopause and heart health

Global research network launched to study menopause and heart health

20 January 2026

Ten international health research funders, including the Dutch Heart Foundation, are investing $10 million in a new global research network to improve early prevention of cardiovascular disease in women. The initiative focuses on understanding how menopause affects heart health and how early intervention can reduce risk.

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Geert Willem Schurink

Professor

Prof. Geert Willem Schurink gained his medical degree in 1988 from the University of Utrecht and continued surgical training in Leiden University Medical Centre, the Netherlands, where he was thereafter trained in vascular surgery. In 1999, he obtained his PhD at the University of Leiden. The subject of his thesis was 'Endoleakage after endovascular treatment of abdominal aortic aneurysms'. Since November 1998, he has had a staff position in the Department of Surgery at Maastricht UMC+, with special interest in (endo)vascular surgery and kidney transplantation. He was appointed professor of Vascular Surgery in 2010. Currently, he is vice-chairman of the Department of Vascular Surgery.  

He is specially interested in open and endovascular repair of abdominal, thoracic and thoracoabdominal aortic aneurysms. His current research is mainly clinical oriented in the field of endovascular treatment of complex aortic aneurysms and dissections.

 

Geert-willem-schurink

Department of Vascular Surgery 
P. Debyelaan 25, 6229 HX Maastricht 
PO Box 5800, 6202 AZ Maastricht
T: +31(0)43 387 74 78

  • 2025
    • Vacirca, A., Mesnard, T., Huang, Y., Mendes, B. C., Jakimowicz, T., Schneider, D. B., Haulon, S., Sobocinski, J., Beck, A. W., Schanzer, A., Farber, M. A., Timaran, C., Kahlberg, A., Kölbel, T., Gasper, W. J., Mees, B. M. E., Gargiulo, M., Dias, N. V., Woongchae, A. L., ... International Multicenter Aortic Research Group (2025). Predictors of failure to rescue after fenestrated-branched endovascular aortic repair of thoracoabdominal aortic aneurysms. Journal of Vascular Surgery, 82(1), 32-42.e3. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jvs.2025.02.032
    • Fleischmann, D., Mastrodicasa, D., Willemink, M. J., Turner, V. L., Hinostroza, V., Burris, N. S., Yang, B., Hanneman, K., Ouzounian, M., Ocazionez Trujillo, D., Afifi, R. O., Estrera, A. L., Lacomis, J. M., Sultan, I., Gleason, T. G., Pacini, D., Folesani, G., Lovato, L., Stillman, A. E., ... Miller, D. C. (2025). Predicting Late Adverse Events in Uncomplicated Stanford Type B Aortic Dissection: Results From the ROADMAP Validation Study. Circulation-Cardiovascular Imaging, 18(2), Article e016766. https://doi.org/10.1161/CIRCIMAGING.124.016766
    • Lemmens, C. C., Konings, T. J. A. J., Dean, A., Wanhainen, A., Mani, K., Gormley, S., Khashram, M., Mees, B. M. E., & Schurink, G. W. H. (2025). Branch Thrombus after Endovascular Treatment with Arch Branched Devices for Aortic Arch Pathologies. European Journal of Vascular and Endovascular Surgery, 69(1), 38-45. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ejvs.2024.07.023
    • Yazar, O., Tiwana, B. S., Daemen, J. H. T., Heymans, M., Van Wely, C., Bayrak, O., Mees, B. M. E., & Schurink, G. W. H. (2025). Impact of Stent-Graft Complexity on Outcomes of Complex Abdominal Aortic Aneurysm Repair: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis. Journal of Endovascular Therapy. Advance online publication. https://doi.org/10.1177/15266028251397841
  • 2024
    • Zomer, B., Ruiter, M. S., Dekker, F. W., Goertz, E. G. D., de Haan, M. W., Hemmelder, M. H. H., Hiligsmann, M. J. C., Konijn, W. S., van Loon, M. M., Maessen, J. M. C., Mees, B. M. E., Rotmans, J. I., Schurink, G. W. H., Vleugels, M. J. JPJ., & Snoeijs, M. G. J. (2024). FLOW: Flow dysfunction of hemodialysis vascular access: A randomized controlled trial on the effectiveness of surveillance of arteriovenous fistulas and grafts. Journal of vascular access, 25(6), 2007-2017. https://doi.org/10.1177/11297298231212754
  • 2023
    • Abdelhalim, M. A., Tenorio, E. R., Oderich, G. S., Haulon, S., Warren, G., Adam, D., Claridge, M., Butt, T., Abisi, S., Dias, N. V., Kölbel, T., Gallitto, E., Gargiulo, M., Gkoutzios, P., Panuccio, G., Kuzniar, M., Mani, K., Mees, B. M., Schurink, G. W., ... Multicenter International Aortic Research Group (2023). Multicenter trans-Atlantic experience with fenestrated-branched endovascular aortic repair of chronic post-dissection thoracoabdominal aortic aneurysms. Journal of Vascular Surgery, 78(4), 854-862.e1. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jvs.2023.05.053
    • Dias-Neto, M., Vacirca, A., Huang, Y., Baghbani-Oskouei, A., Jakimowicz, T., Mendes, B. C., Kolbel, T., Sobocinski, J., Bertoglio, L., Mees, B., Gargiulo, M., Dias, N., Schanzer, A., Gasper, W., Beck, A. W., Farber, M. A., Mani, K., Timaran, C., Schneider, D. B., ... International Multicenter Aortic Research Group (2023). Outcomes of Elective and non-elective fenestrated-branched Endovascular Aortic Repair for Treatment of Thoracoabdominal Aortic Aneurysms. Annals of Surgery, 278(4), 568-577. https://doi.org/10.1097/SLA.0000000000005986
    • Meertens, M. M., Tenorio, E. R., Lemmens, C. C., Marcondes, G. B., Lima, G. B. B., Schurink, G. W. H., Mendes, B. C., Oderich, G. S., & Mees, B. M. E. (2023). Safety of Percutaneous Femoral Access for Endovascular Aortic Aneurysm Repair Through Previously Surgically Exposed or Repaired Femoral Arteries. Journal of Endovascular Therapy, 30(5), 730-738. Article 15266028221092980. https://doi.org/10.1177/15266028221092980
    • Davies, H., Vleugels, M. J., Kwan, J. Y., Aerden, A., Wyld, L., Fawcett, L. E., Anthony, R., Khan, A., Wallace, T., Van Den Beuken-Van Everdingen, M., Schurink, G. W., Mees, B. M. E., & Scott, D. J. A. (2023). End-of-life care and advance care planning for outpatients with inoperable aortic aneurysms. Journal of Vascular Surgery, 78(2), 378-386.e2. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jvs.2023.04.015
    • Budtz-Lilly, J., D'Oria, M., Gallitto, E., Bertoglio, L., Kölbel, T., Lindström, D., Dias, N., Lundberg, G., Böckler, D., Parlani, G., Antonello, M., Veraldi, G. F., Tsilimparis, N., Kotelis, D., Dueppers, P., Tinelli, G., Ippoliti, A., Spath, P., Logiacco, A., ... Unosson, J. (2023). European Multicentric Experience with Fenestrated-Branched ENDOvascular Stent-grafting after Previous FAILed Infrarenal Aortic Repair: the EU-FBENDO-FAIL Registry. Annals of Surgery, 278(2), E389-E395. https://doi.org/10.1097/SLA.0000000000005577
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