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Kootstra Fellowship 1 October 2021

Kootstra Fellowship 1 October 2021

28 July 2021

We are pleased to inform you that the call for the “Kootstra Talent Fellowship” (KTF), round Fall 2021 is open. The application deadline is 1 October 2021.

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Michiel Henkens Coordinator of the 'hartenbank'

Michiel Henkens Coordinator of the 'hartenbank'

27 July 2021

The 'Hartenbank' of the Netherlands Heart Institute (NHB), a non-profit organisation founded June 2020, is a central biobank in which heart tissue from deceased donors and associated medical data is stored for scientific research.

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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.

Jordi-heijman

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

  • 2021
    • Aguilar, M., Heijman, J., Dobrev, D., & Nattel, S. (2021). One Ring to Rule Them All: Continuous Monitoring of Patients With Secondary Atrial Fibrillation Points to a Unifying Underlying Mechanism. Canadian Journal of Cardiology, 37(5), 686-689. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cjca.2021.01.018
    • Heijman, J., Hohnloser, S. H., & Camm, A. J. (2021). Antiarrhythmic drugs for atrial fibrillation: lessons from the past and opportunities for the future. EP Europace, 23, 14-22. https://doi.org/10.1093/europace/euaa426
    • Nedios, S., Sanatkhani, S., Oladosu, M., Seewoester, T., Richter, S., Arya, A., Heijman, J., Crijns, H. J. G. M., Hindricks, G., Bollmann, A., & Menon, P. G. (2021). Association of low-voltage areas with the regional wall deformation and the left atrial shape in patients with atrial fibrillation: A proof of concept study. IJC Heart & Vasculature, 33, [100730]. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ijcha.2021.100730
    • Heijman, J., Vernooy, K., & C van Gelder, I. (2021). The road goes ever on: innovations and paradigm shifts in atrial fibrillation management. EP Europace, 23, 1-3. https://doi.org/10.1093/europace/euab061
    • van Cauteren, Y. J. M., Smulders, M. W., Theunissen, R. A. L. J., Gerretsen, S. C., Adriaans, B. P., Bijvoet, G. P., Mingels, A. M. A., van Kuijk, S. M. J., Schalla, S., Crijns, H. J. G. M., Kim, R. J., Wildberger, J. E., Heijman, J., & Bekkers, S. C. A. M. (2021). Cardiovascular magnetic resonance accurately detects obstructive coronary artery disease in suspected non-ST elevation myocardial infarction: a sub-analysis of the CARMENTA Trial. Journal of Cardiovascular Magnetic Resonance, 23(1), [40]. https://doi.org/10.1186/s12968-021-00723-6
    • Lyon, A., van Mourik, M., Cruts, L., Heijman, J., Bekkers, S. C. A. M., Schotten, U., Crijns, H. J. G. M., Linz, D., & Lumens, J. (2021). Both beat-to-beat changes in RR-interval and left ventricular filling time determine ventricular function during atrial fibrillation. EP Europace, 23, I21-I28. https://doi.org/10.1093/europace/euaa387
    • Xenakis, M. N., Kapetis, D., Yang, Y., Heijman, J., Waxman, S. G., Lauria, G., Faber, C. G., Smeets, H. J., Lindsey, P. J., & Westra, R. L. (2021). Non-extensitivity and criticality of atomic hydropathicity around a voltage-gated sodium channel's pore: a modeling study. Journal of Biological Physics, 47(1), 61-77. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10867-021-09565-w
  • 2020
    • Gomez, A. M., Heijman, J., & Remme, C. A. (2020). The ESCWorking Group Cardiac Cellular Electrophysiology. European Heart Journal, 41(46), 4374-4376. https://doi.org/10.1093/eurheartj/ehaa646
    • 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
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