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.

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

  • 2026
    • van Poppel, L. M., de Vries, L., Mojtahedi, M., Kappelhof, M., Olthuis, S. G. H., van Oostenbrugge, R., van Zwam, W. H., van Doormaal, P. J., Beenen, L. F. M., Roos, Y. B. W. E. M., Majoie, C. B. L. M., Marquering, H. A., & Emmer, B. J. (2026). Machine learning models for CT-based classification of ischemic stroke onset time within or beyond 4.5 h: a comparison of approaches. European Radiology, 36(5), 3722-3732. https://doi.org/10.1007/s00330-025-12189-6
    • Kök, M., Bokkers, R. P. H., Dippel, D. W. J., van der Lugt, A., van Doormaal, P. J., Roos, Y. B. W. E. M., Majoie, C. B. L. M., van Oostenbrugge, R. J., van Zwam, W. H., Zeebregts, C. J., & Uyttenboogaart, M. (2026). Use of a Balloon Guide Catheter during Endovascular Treatment of Acute Ischaemic Stroke due to Large Vessel Occlusion in the Anterior Circulation in Patients with an Atherosclerotic Tandem Lesion. European Journal of Vascular and Endovascular Surgery, 71(5), 734-741. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ejvs.2025.10.044
    • Rallios, D., Hilbert, A., Majoie, C., van Zwam, W. V. H., van der Lugt, A., Bendszus, M., Bonekamp, S., Vajkoczy, P., Aydin, O. U., & Frey, D. (2026). Cerebrovascular CTA radiomics for objective collateral grading in acute ischemic stroke. European Radiology Experimental, 10(1), Article 27. https://doi.org/10.1186/s41747-026-00680-8
    • Handelsmann, H.-L., Herzog, L., Hoving, A.-J., Majoie, C., Van Zwam, W., Van der Lugt, A., Wegener, S., & MR CLEAN Investigators (2026). Futile recanalisation in patients with anterior large vessel occlusion stroke randomised to mechanical thrombectomy. Journal of the Neurological Sciences, 482, Article 125772. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jns.2026.125772
    • van Poppel, L. M., de Vries, L., Mojtahedi, M., van Voorst, H., Kappelhof, M., Olthuis, S. G. H., van Oostenbrugge, R. J., van Zwam, W. H., van Doormaal, P., Beenen, L. F. M., Roos, Y. B. W. E. M., Majoie, C. B. L. M., Marquering, H. A., & Emmer, B. J. (2026). CTP-Free Method for Automated Lesion Water Uptake in Acute Ischemic Stroke. American Journal of Neuroradiology, 47(3), 620-627. https://doi.org/10.3174/ajnr.A9054
    • te Nijenhuis, F., van der Sluijs, M., van Doormaal, P. J., van Zwam, W., Hofmeijer, J., Zhang, X., Cornelissen, S., Ruijters, D., Su, R., & van Walsum, T. (2026). Integrating cross-sectional imaging data into functional outcome prediction models for acute ischemic stroke of the anterior circulation. Neuroscience Informatics, 6(1), Article 100260. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.neuri.2026.100260
    • Huijberts, I., Wagemans, B. A. J. M., Pinckaers, F. M. E., Robbe, M. M. Q., van Zwam, W. H., van Oostenbrugge, R. J., & Postma, A. A. (2026). Visualisation of lenticulostriate arteries using photon counting detector CT angiography: A retrospective cohort study. European Journal of Radiology, 195, Article 112618. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ejrad.2025.112618
    • van der Sluijs, P. M., Su, R., Schoon, B. A., van de Graaf, R. A., Cornelissen, S. A. P., van Es, A. C. G. M., van Doormaal, P. J., Hofmeijer, J., Roozenbeek, B., van Zwam, W. H., van der Lugt, A., van Walsum, T., & MR CLEAN Registry Investigators (2026). Perfusion Angiography in Reperfused Patients with Ischemic Stroke: differentiating between favorable and unfavorable outcome. American Journal of Neuroradiology, 47(1), 59-65. Article ajnr.A8936. https://doi.org/10.3174/ajnr.A8936
    • Doheim, M. F., Knapen, R. R. M. M., Dippel, D. W. J., Staals, J., Hofmeijer, J., van Es, A. C. G. M., Coutinho, J. M., van der Leij, C., Nogueira, R. G., van Oostenbrugge, R. J., van Zwam, W. H., & MR CLEAN Registry Investigators (2026). Association of anesthesia strategies with outcomes in endovascular treatment for distal and medium vessel occlusions: A propensity score-matched analysis of the MR CLEAN registry and meta-analysis. European Stroke Journal, 11(1), Article 23969873251352406. https://doi.org/10.1177/23969873251352406