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Prizes Radiology Days Bob Knapen

Prizes Radiology Days Bob Knapen

9 June 2026

Dr Bob Knapen won 2nd place in the Frederik Philips Prize 2026 and the Audience Award for his innovative stroke research.

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Aneurysm-NL Young Talent Research Grant Pepijn Saraber

Aneurysm-NL Young Talent Research Grant Pepijn Saraber

22 May 2026

Pepijn Saraber (Dept of Biomedical Engineering) has received the Aneurysm-NL Young Talent Research Grant for the project ‘VSMC Biology in Aortic Aneurysm Disease: Embryological Diversity as a Determinant of Dissection and Rupture Risk’

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Jos Maessen

Professor

Prof. Jos Maessen joined a young Maastricht University community in 1978 and stayed there after graduation in Medicine, obtaining his PhD, and being trained as a cardiothoracic surgeon, to become professor and chief of the Department of Cardiothoracic surgery as well as Principal Investigator in CARIM in 2005. From a rather non-academic clinical department, his group turned into an important clinical partner for basic scientists within CARIM initiating and supporting many translational research projects. Apart from delivering the best possible care his team is convinced that this approach is the best and shortest way to innovate the cardiac surgical profession. Crossing borders leads to new opportunities. Surgeons and electrophysiologists developed hybrid treatment modalities for AF treatment with better results and new research opportunities. Similarly, in reconstructive surgery of the aorta and mitral valve, combining treatment with virtual reality, modeling and experimental imaging, outcome improved and the results raised new hypotheses for basis research.

Jos-maessen

Department of Cardiothoracic Surgery
P. Debyelaan 25, 6229 HX Maastricht 
PO Box 5800, 6202 AZ Maastricht
Room number: 3.C2.023
T: +31(0)43 387 11 25

  • 2026
    • Dimmers, M. M., Marcuse, F., Baart, S. J., Maat, L. P. W. M., Maessen, J. G., Romeo, J. L. R., Hochstenbag, M. M. H., Peeters, S. T. H., Aerts, J. G. J. V., Mulders, T. A., von der Thusen, J. H., Siregar, S., & Dumoulin, D. W. (2026). Evolving treatment strategies and the impact of centralization on outcomes in thymic epithelial tumors: A nationwide population-based study from the Netherlands. European Journal of Cancer, 241, Article 116769. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ejca.2026.116769
    • Aerts, L., Gruwez, H., de Wever, M., Ezzat, D., Heuts, S., Luermans, J. G. L. M., Chaldoupi, S. M., Maessen, J. G., Lorusso, R., Gutermann, H., Pison, L., & Maesen, B. (2026). 1- and 2-stage hybrid atrial fibrillation ablation using a biparietal irrigated radiofrequency clamp: A dual-center cohort analysis. Heart Rhythm O2, 7(6), 1067-1076. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.hroo.2026.03.014
    • Denessen, E. J. S., Swinnen, B., Lamers, S. K., Delnoij, T. S. R., van Doorn, W. P. T. M., Bekers, O., Segers, P., Maessen, J. G., van der Horst, I. C. C., Heuts, S., & Mingels, A. M. A. (2026). Cardiac Biomarker Kinetics in Patients after Coronary Artery Bypass Grafting with an Uncomplicated Course. Clinical Chemistry, 72(6), 692-702. Article hvag012. https://doi.org/10.1093/clinchem/hvag012
    • de Ruiter, J. C., van der Noort, V., van Diessen, J. N. A., Smit, E. F., Damhuis, R. A. M., Hartemink, K. J., Yang, Z. L., van der Woude, L., van den Wildenberg, F. J. H., Wijsman, R., Wener, R. R., van der Wekken, A. J., de Wee, E. M., van de Wauwer, C., van der Voort van Zyp, N. C. M. G., Verhoeff, J. J. C., Verhagen, A. F. T. M., Verbruggen, L., Verbogt, N. P. A., ... ESLUNG group (2026). Stage I non-small cell lung cancer: improving patient selection for minimally invasive lobectomy or stereotactic ablative radiotherapy based on clinical characteristics. British Journal of Cancer, 134(6), 893-902. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41416-025-03332-7
    • Eussen, S. E. D. M., van de Koolwijk, A. F., Delnoij, T. S. R., Suverein, M. M., Essers, B. A. B., Hermanides, R. C., Otterspoor, L. C., Kraemer, C. V. E., Vlaar, A. P. J., van der Heijden, J. J., Scholten, E., den Uil, C. A., Mirada, D. D. R., Akin, S., de Metz, J., van der Horst, I., Winkens, B., Maessen, J. G., Lorusso, R., ... INCEPTION-investigators (2026). Attitudes of patients and family members towards deferred and waived consent in ECPR research, an ancillary study of the INCEPTION trial. Resuscitation Plus, 28, Article 101239. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.resplu.2026.101239
    • Habibi, Z., Verhaert, D. V. M., Ozgul, O. F., Betz, K., Hermans, B. J. M., Philippens, S. A. M., Chaldoupi, S.-M., Maesen, B., Sandgren, E., Maessen, J. G., Isaacs, A. J., Westra, S. W., Nijveldt, R., Zeemering, S., Vernooy, K., Linz, D., & Schotten, U. (2026). Pre-procedural time spent in atrial fibrillation using intermittent ECG monitoring is associated with arrhythmia recurrence after ablation: the ISOLATION cohort study. EP Europace, 28(3), Article euag044. https://doi.org/10.1093/europace/euag044
    • Tjien, A. T. J., Ko, K., Heuts, S., Houterman, S., Roefs, M., Bouwmeester, S., Tonino, P., Singh, S., Storm van Leeuwen, R., Maessen, J., Sardari Nia, P., Verberkmoes, N., Olsthoorn, J., & Cardiothoracic Surgery Registration Committee of the Netherlands Heart Registration (2026). Minimally Invasive Mitral Valve Surgery Compared to Sternotomy in Patients Over 70 Years Old: A Retrospective Nationwide Multicentre Study in The Netherlands. Interdisciplinary CardioVascular and Thoracic Surgery, 41(2), Article ivag026. https://doi.org/10.1093/icvts/ivag026
    • van der Hoofd, Z., van Dijk-Huisman, H. C., Bongers, B. C., Scheenstra, B., Maessen, J., & Lenssen, A. F. (2026). Preoperative Physical Fitness and Short-Term Postoperative Outcomes in Patients Undergoing Elective Cardiac Surgery: A Retrospective Cohort Study. Seminars in Cardiothoracic and Vascular Anesthesia. Advance online publication. https://doi.org/10.1177/10892532261427827
  • 2025
    • Ko, K., Heuts, S., Tjon Joek Tjien, A., Sardari Nia, P., Maessen, J. G., Houterman, S., Singh, S. K., Boon, R., Tonino, P., Verberkmoes, N., Olsthoorn, J. R., & Cardiothoracic Surgery Registration Committee of the Netherlands Heart Registration (2025). Textbook Outcome in Mitral Valve Surgery-Results from the Netherlands Heart Registration. European Journal of Cardio-Thoracic Surgery, 67(12), Article ezaf422. https://doi.org/10.1093/ejcts/ezaf422
    • Verberght, H. C. R., Delnoij, T. S. R., Suverein, M. M., Lunsing, J., Hermanides, R. C., Otterspoor, L., Elzo Kraemer, C. V., Vlaar, A. P. J., Van Der Heijden, J. J., Scholten, E., Uil, C. A. D., Miranda, D. D. R., Akin, S., Metz, J. D., Van Der Horst, I. C. C., Mathot, B. J., De Jonge, J., Nijboer, M. W. N., De Meijer, V. E., ... Van De Poll, M. C. G. (2025). Organ Donor Potential After Extracorporeal Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation for Out-of-Hospital Cardiac Arrest: A Post-Hoc Analysis of a Randomized Controlled Trial. Clinical Transplantation, 39(11), Article e70382. https://doi.org/10.1111/ctr.70382
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