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Jordan Prize for Hugo ten Cate

Jordan Prize for Hugo ten Cate

21 December 2020

On 11 December, the outgoing chairman of the board of the Federation of Dutch Thrombosis Services (FNT), Prof. Hugo ten Cate (Dept. of Internal Medicine), was presented with the Jordan Medal during the General Members' Meeting in Hoevelaken.

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Winkler medal MR CLEAN

Winkler medal MR CLEAN

21 December 2020

Six doctors from three different UMCs, including Prof. Robert van Oostenbrugge and Prof. Dr. Wim van Zwam (Dept. of Neurology), were jointly awarded the prestigious gold Winkler medal by the Dutch Neurology Society.

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Carim Maastricht
Carim Maastricht

Jordi Heijman

Assistant Professor

Dr Jordi Heijman studied Knowledge Engineering and obtained his PhD cum laude (a distinction awarded to only 5% of PhDs in the Netherlands) in April 2012, for his work on a joint project between the Dept. of Cardiology and the Dept. of Data Science and Knowledge Engineering at Maastricht University. As part of his PhD, he spent 1.5 years at the renowned Cardiac Bioelectricity and Arrhythmia Center, Washington University in St. Louis, USA under the supervision of Prof. Yoram Rudy. After completing his PhD, he worked as a postdoctoral fellow at the Medical Faculty Mannheim, Heidelberg University, and the Institute of Pharmacology, University Duisburg-Essen (director: Prof. Dobromir Dobrev). In April 2015, he was recruited back to Maastricht University as an Assistant Professor at the Department of Cardiology to strengthen the translational axis between CARIM and the Maastricht UMC+ Heart+Vascular Center for their strategic focus area ‘cardiac arrhythmias’.

Jordi’s research combines experimental and computational methods to investigate the mechanisms of cardiac arrhythmias. His work is funded by prestigious grants (NWO Veni, Dutch Heart Foundation/CVON Predict Young Talent Program). He has published >55 peer-reviewed articles, the majority as (shared-)first author, many in high-impact journals, covering various topics related to heart rhythm disorders. These articles have been cited >1650 times, and emphasise the need for interdisciplinary research to advance the diagnosis and treatment of cardiac arrhythmias. His expertise is recognised as invited speaker for numerous international conferences, including the EHRA, ESC, and HRS meetings, and as referee for scientific journals and grant applications.

Furthermore, he serves on various committees, including the nucleus of the ESC Working Group on Cardiac Cellular Electrophysiology, the nucleus of the Working Group Cellular Electrophysiology of the German Cardiac Society, and the Strategic Board of CARIM. He is an associate editor for International Journal of Cardiology: Heart & Vasculature and in 2018 was Co-Chair of the 45thComputing in Cardiology conference. His work has received attention from several general media in response to a nomination for the popular science magazine NewScientist’s top 25 of young scientific talent 2016.

Department of Cardiology
P. Debyelaan 25, 6229 HX Maastricht 
PO Box 5800, 6202 AZ Maastricht

  • 2020
    • Sutanto, H., Lyon, A., Lumens, J., Schotten, U., Dobrev, D., & Heijman, J. (2020). Cardiomyocyte calcium handling in health and disease: Insights from in vitro and in silico studies. Progress in Biophysics & Molecular Biology, 157, 54-75. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.pbiomolbio.2020.02.008
    • Sutanto, H., & Heijman, J. (2020). Beta-Adrenergic Receptor Stimulation Modulates the Cellular Proarrhythmic Effects of Chloroquine and Azithromycin. Frontiers in physiology, 11, [587709]. https://doi.org/10.3389/fphys.2020.587709
    • Vagos, M. R., Arevalo, H., Hiejman, J., Schotten, U., & Sundnes, J. (2020). A Novel Computational Model of the Rabbit Atrial Cardiomyocyte With Spatial Calcium Dynamics. Frontiers in physiology, 11, [556156]. https://doi.org/10.3389/fphys.2020.556156
    • Xenakis, M. N., Kapetis, D., Yang, Y., Heijman, J., Waxman, S. G., Lauria, G., Faber, C. G., Smeets, H. J., Westra, R. L., & Lindsey, P. J. (2020). Cumulative hydropathic topology of a voltage-gated sodium channel at atomic resolution. Proteins-structure Function and Bioinformatics, 88(10), 1319-1328. https://doi.org/10.1002/prot.25951
    • Bogossian, H., Linz, D., Heijman, J., Bimpong-Buta, N-Y., Bandorski, D., Frommeyer, G., Erkapic, D., Seyfarth, M., Zarse, M., & Crijns, H. J. (2020). QTc evaluation in patients with bundle branch block. IJC Heart & Vasculature, 30, [100636]. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ijcha.2020.100636
    • Heijman, J., Muna, A. P., Veleva, T., Molina, C. E., Sutanto, H., Tekook, M. A., Wang, Q., Abu-Taha, I., Gorka, M., Künzel, S., El-Armouche, A., Reichenspurner, H., Kamler, M., Nikolaev, V. O., Ravens, U., Li, N., Nattel, S., Wehrens, X. H., & Dobrev, D. (2020). Atrial Myocyte NLRP3/CaMKII Nexus Forms a Substrate for Post-Operative Atrial Fibrillation. Circulation Research, 127(8), 1036-1055. https://doi.org/10.1161/CIRCRESAHA.120.316710
    • Sutanto, H., Cluitmans, M. J. M., Dobrev, D., Volders, P. G. A., Bébarová, M., & Heijman, J. (2020). Acute effects of alcohol on cardiac electrophysiology and arrhythmogenesis: Insights from multiscale in silico analyses. Journal of Molecular and Cellular Cardiology, 146, 69-83. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.yjmcc.2020.07.007
    • Lyon, A., Dupuis, L. J., Arts, T., Crijns, H. J. G. M., Prinzen, F. W., Delhaas, T., Heijman, J., & Lumens, J. (2020). Differentiating the effects of beta-adrenergic stimulation and stretch on calcium and force dynamics using a novel electromechanical cardiomyocyte model. American Journal of Physiology-heart and Circulatory Physiology, 319(3), H519-H530. https://doi.org/10.1152/ajpheart.00275.2020
    • Altrocchi, C., de Korte, T., Bernardi, J., Spatjens, R. L. H. M. G., Braam, S. R., Heijman, J., Zaza, A., & Volders, P. G. A. (2020). Repolarization instability and arrhythmia by I-Kr block in single human-induced pluripotent stem cell-derived cardiomyocytes and 2D monolayers. EP Europace, 22(9), 1431-1441. https://doi.org/10.1093/europace/euaa111
    • Vranken, N. P. A., Pustjens, T. F. S., Kolkman, E., Hermanides, R. S., Bekkers, S. C. A. M., Smulders, M. W., van Cauteren, Y. J. M., Heijman, J., Rasoul, S., Ottervanger, J. P., & van't Hof, A. W. J. (2020). MINOCA: The caveat of absence of coronary obstruction in myocardial infarction. IJC Heart & Vasculature, 29, [100572]. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ijcha.2020.100572
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