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ERC Advanced Grant awarded to Prof. Andy Baker

ERC Advanced Grant awarded to Prof. Andy Baker

15 April 2024

Prof. Andy Baker (Dept of Pathology) has been awarded a European Research Council (ERC) Advanced Grant of €2,5M for his research project PolymiRize: Poly-miRNA targeting to prevent and reverse complex tissue remodelling after acute cardiovascular events'.

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Longer and better lives for patients with atrial fibrillation

Longer and better lives for patients with atrial fibrillation

15 April 2024

An international panel of experts published recommendations to improve management of atrial fibrillation (AF).

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Carim Maastricht
Carim Maastricht

Wim van Zwam

Professor

Education/Training
• Medical study, MD (Free University, Amsterdam) 1989
• Tropical Medicine (Dutch Tropical Institute, Amsterdam) 1992
• Radiology (Maastricht University Medical Centre) 2002
• International Diplome in Neurovascular Diseases, MSc (Université Paris XI) 2004
 
Positions and Employment
• Resident Tropical Medicine (Surgery – Gynaecology) 1989 – 1992
Slotervaart General Hospital, Amsterdam
• Tropical Doctor, Medecins Sans Frontieres 1992 – 1994
Somalië, Laos, Sri Lanka
• Resident Radiology, MUMC+, Maastricht 1995 – 2002
• Interventional Radiology, Leuven, Belgium 2002
• Neuro-interventional Radiology, Tilburg 2002
• Neuro-interventional Radiology, Essen, Germany 2003
• Interventional Radiology, MUMC+, Maastricht 2003
 
Thesis, PhD: 2013
Aneurysmal subarachnoid hemorrhage: Imaging strategies and cost-effectiveness aspects in diagnostic work-up and post-therapeutic follow-up.
 
• PI of MACCA study (Magnetic resonance Angiography with Contrast in patients with Cerebra Aneurysms). Funding: 300k Euro from Profileringsfonds azM. 2006-2010 
• Co-PI, member of executive committee and imaging committee of the MRCLEAN trial (Multicenter Randomized Clinical trial of Endovascular treatment of Acute ischemic stroke in the Netherlands). 2010 - 2015
Funding: 800k Euro from Dutch Heart Foundaton; 500k Euro from unrestricted grants. 
 
Professional memberships: NVvR, NGIR, NNG, NVF, ESR, CIRSE, ESMINT, WFITN
Chair of Stroke Task Force, CIRSE
Board member of ESMINT
Member executive committee European Board of NeuroInterventions (EBNI)

PI of MRCLEAN_Late (MRCLEAN - patients arriving between 6 – 24 hrs after symptom onset), study under CONTRAST umbrella.
Co-PI, member of executive committee and imaging committee of CONTRAST (COnsortium for New Treatments in Acute Stroke).
Funding: 4000k Euro from Dutch Heart Foundaton; 4000k Euro from unrestricted grants. 200k Euro from Dutch Brain Council. 272k Euro from ZonMW
Member of executive committee MRCLEAN NoIV.
Wim-van-zwam

Department of Radiology and Nuclear Medicine
P. Debyelaan 25, 6229 HX Maastricht
PO Box 5800, 6202 AZ Maastricht
T: +31(0)43 387 69 09

  • 2024
    • Simon, S. R., Knapen, R. R. M. M., Truijman, M. T. B., van Oostenbrugge, R. J., Wagemans, B. A. J. M., van Zwam, W. H., & van der Leij, C. (2024). Timing of acute carotid artery stenting for tandem lesions in patients with acute ischemic stroke: A Maastricht Stroke Quality Registry (MaSQ-Registry) study. Interventional neuroradiology : journal of peritherapeutic neuroradiology, surgical procedures and related neurosciences, Article 15910199241245166. Advance online publication. https://doi.org/10.1177/15910199241245166
    • Pinckaers, F. M. E., Grutters, J. P. C., Huijberts, I., Gabrio, A., Boogaarts, H. D., Postma, A. A., van Oostenbrugge, R. J., van Zwam, W. H., & Evers, S. M. A. A. (2024). Cost- and Utility Estimates per Modified Rankin Scale-Score up to 2 Years Post-Stroke: Data to Inform Economic Evaluations from a Societal Perspective. Value in Health, 27(4), 441-448. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jval.2024.01.001
    • van Voorst, H., Hoving, J. W., Koopman, M. S., Daems, J. D., Peerlings, D., Buskens, E., Lingsma, H. F., Beenen, L. F. M., de Jong, H. W. A. M., Berkhemer, O. A., van Zwam, W. H., Roos, Y. B. W. E. M., van Walderveen, M. A. A., van den Wijngaard, I., Dippel, D. W. J., Yoo, A. J., Campbell, B. C. V., Kunz, W. G., Emmer, B. J., ... MR CLEAN Registry Investigators (2024). Cost-effectiveness of CT perfusion for the detection of large vessel occlusion acute ischemic stroke followed by endovascular treatment: a model-based health economic evaluation study. European Radiology, 34(4), 2152-2167. https://doi.org/10.1007/s00330-023-10119-y
    • Ceulemans, A., Spronk, H. M. H., Ten Cate, H., van Zwam, W. H., van Oostenbrugge, R. J., & Nagy, M. (2024). Current and potentially novel antithrombotic treatment in acute ischemic stroke. Thrombosis Research, 236, 74-84. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.thromres.2024.02.009
    • Vos, E. M., Kappelhof, M., den Hartog, S. J., Coutinho, J. M., Emmer, B. J., Roozenbeek, B., van Zwam, W. H., van Oostenbrugge, R. J., van der Worp, H. B., Uyttenboogaart, M., van Es, A. C. G. M., Majoie, C. B. L. M., Dippel, D. W. J., Peeters-Scholte, C. M. P. C. D., van den Wijngaard, I. R., & MR CLEAN Registry Investigators (2024). Endovascular treatment of patients with stroke caused by anterior cerebral artery occlusions. Acta neurologica Belgica, 124(2), 621-630. https://doi.org/10.1007/s13760-023-02395-8
    • Robbe, M. M. Q., Pinckaers, F. M. E., Olthuis, S. G. H., Bos, M. J., van Oostenbrugge, R. J., van Zwam, W. H., Staals, J., & Postma, A. A. (2024). Procedural Blood Pressure and Intracranial Hemorrhage on Dual-Energy Computed Tomography After Endovascular Stroke Treatment. Cardiovascular and Interventional Radiology, 47(4), 483-491. https://doi.org/10.1007/s00270-023-03619-3
    • Robbe, M. M. Q., Pinckaers, F. M. E., Santegoeds, R. G. C., Bos, M. J., van Oostenbrugge, R. J., van Zwam, W. H., Staals, J., & Postma, A. A. (2024). Procedural blood pressure and contrast extravasation on dual energy computed tomography after endovascular stroke treatment. Journal of Stroke & Cerebrovascular Diseases, 33(6), Article 107673. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jstrokecerebrovasdis.2024.107673
    • Kaesmacher, J., Cavalcante, F., Kappelhof, M., Treurniet, K. M., Rinkel, L., Liu, J., Yan, B., Zi, W., Kimura, K., Eker, O. F., Zhang, Y., Piechowiak, E. I., van Zwam, W., Liu, S., Strbian, D., Uyttenboogaart, M., Dobrocky, T., Miao, Z., Suzuki, K., ... IRIS Collaborators (2024). Time to Treatment With Intravenous Thrombolysis Before Thrombectomy and Functional Outcomes in Acute Ischemic Stroke: A Meta-Analysis. JAMA-Journal of the American Medical Association, 331(9), 764-777. https://doi.org/10.1001/jama.2024.0589
    • Mojtahedi, M., Bruggeman, A. E., van Voorst, H., Ponomareva, E., Kappelhof, M., van der Lugt, A., Hoving, J. W., Dutra, B. G., Dippel, D., Cavalcante, F., Yo, L., Coutinho, J., Brouwer, J., Treurniet, K., Tolhuisen, M. L., LeCouffe, N., Arrarte Terreros, N., Konduri, P. R., van Zwam, W., ... Marquering, H. A. (2024). Value of Automatically Derived Full Thrombus Characteristics: An Explorative Study of Their Associations with Outcomes in Ischemic Stroke Patients. Journal of Clinical Medicine, 13(5), Article 1388. https://doi.org/10.3390/jcm13051388
    • Hoving, J. W., Konduri, P. R., Tolhuisen, M. L., Koopman, M. S., van Voorst, H., Van Poppel, L. M., Daems, J. D., van Es, A. C. G. M., van Walderveen, M. A. A., Lingsma, H. F., Dippel, D. W. J., Van Zwam, W. H., Marquering, H. A., Majoie, C. B. L. M., Emmer, B. J., MR CLEAN Registry Investigators, van Oostenbrugge, R. J., Goldhoorn, R.-J., Hinsenveld, W., ... Pinckaers, F. (2024). Impact of Intracranial Volume and Brain Volume on the Prognostic Value of Computed Tomography Perfusion Core Volume in Acute Ischemic Stroke. Journal of Cardiovascular Development and Disease, 11(3), Article 80. https://doi.org/10.3390/jcdd11030080
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