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Professorship Julie Staals

Professorship Julie Staals

22 April 2024

Dr Julie Staals (Dept. of Neurology) has been appointed as professor 'Neurovascular disease' as of 1 April 2024.

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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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Sandro Gelsomino

Professor

Prof. Sandro Gelsomino has studied Medicine in Bologna. He was trained as a heart surgeon at the University Hospital S. Orsola Malpighi in Bologna and qualified in 1995. He was fellow at the Bologna University from 1990 to 1995. He was resident Cardiac Surgeon at Pinna Pintor Clinic and Staff member at Brescia Hospital from 1995 to 1997. From 1998 to 2003 he was Cardiac Surgeon staff member at S. Maria della Misericordia Hospital, Udine, Italy and member of the Stentless valve program. From 2003 to 2007 he was staff surgeon at Careggi Hospital Florence, Italy and he carried out the program on Ischemic mitral regurgitation. From 2008 to 2006 he was Director (Head) of the Experimental Surgey Unit Careggi Hospital Florence.

In 2009, he obtained his PhD on this subject at the Faculty of Medicine and Life Sciences at Maastricht University. In 2014, he was appointed Associate Professor and in 2018 he became Professor of Heart Surgery.

One of the main topic of his research is atrial fibrillation (AF). He is developing a new true hybrid true bipolar tool (CORDIA) for the ablation of the atrial fibrillation which has been patented with the support of Maastricht University. In addition, he is developing, in collaboration with MERLIN, a patch for several application in the field of cardiovascular medicine, apart from AF. With the University of Florence, he is involved in the programme for new anti-oxidants for the treatment of AF. He is leading a programme, in cooperation with the University of Brussel, for the application of artificial intelligence in arrhythmias (ISAAC).

He is starting a cooperation with other AF experts at Maastricht University for computer modelling of AF.

 

Sandro-gelsomino

Department of Cardiothoracic Surgery
Universiteitsingel 50, 6229 ER Maastricht
PO Box 616, 6200 MD Maastricht
Room number: F3.102
T: +31 (0)43 388 10 66

  • 2012
    • Gelsomino, S., Maessen, J. G., van der Veen, F., Livi, U., Renzulli, A., Luca, F., Carella, R., Crudeli, E., Rubino, A., Rostagno, C., Russo, C., Borghetti, V., Beghi, C., De Bonis, M., Gensini, G. F., & Lorusso, R. (2012). Emergency Surgery for Native Mitral Valve Endocarditis: The Impact of Septic and Cardiogenic Shock. Annals of Thoracic Surgery, 93(5), 1469-1476. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.athoracsur.2011.11.025
    • van Garsse, L., Gelsomino, S., Luca, F., Lorusso, R., Rao, C. M., Stefano, P., & Maessen, J. (2012). Importance of anterior leaflet tethering in predicting recurrence of ischemic mitral regurgitation after restrictive annuloplasty. Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery, 143(4), S54-S59. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jtcvs.2011.09.061
    • Lorusso, R., Gelsomino, S., Luca, F., De Cicco, G., Bille, G., Carella, R., Villa, E., Troise, G., Vigano, M., Banfi, C., Gazzaruso, C., Gagliardotto, P., Menicanti, L., Formica, F., Paolini, G., Benussi, S., Alfieri, O., Pastore, M., Ferrarese, S., ... Giustina, A. (2012). Type 2 Diabetes Mellitus Is Associated With Faster Degeneration of Bioprosthetic Valve Results From a Propensity Score-Matched Italian Multicenter Study. Circulation, 125(4), 604-614. https://doi.org/10.1161/CIRCULATIONAHA.111.025064
  • 2011
    • Gelsomino, S., van Garsse, L., Luca, F., Lorusso, R., Cheriex, E., Rao, C. M., Caciolli, S., Vizzardi, E., Crudeli, E., Stefano, P., Gensini, G. F., & Maessen, J. (2011). Impact of Preoperative Anterior Leaflet Tethering on the Recurrence of Ischemic Mitral Regurgitation and the Lack of Left Ventricular Reverse Remodeling after Restrictive Annuloplasty. Journal of the American Society of Echocardiography, 24(12), 1365-1375. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.echo.2011.09.015
    • Gelsomino, S., Lorusso, R., Livi, U., Masullo, G., Luca, F., Maessen, J., & Gensini, G. F. (2011). Cost and cost-effectiveness of cardiac surgery in elderly patients. Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery, 142(5), 1062-1073. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jtcvs.2011.02.013
    • Van Garsse, L. A. F. M., Gelsomino, S., van Ommen, V., Luca, F., & Maessen, J. (2011). Emergency Transthoracic Transapical Mitral Valve-in-Valve Implantation. Journal of Interventional Cardiology, 24(5), 474-476. https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1540-8183.2011.00637.x
    • La Meir, M., Gelsomino, S., Luca, F., Pison, L., Chambille, P., Parise, O., Crijns, H. J., & Maessen, J. G. (2011). Time-Related Prevalence of Postoperative Atrial Fibrillation After Stand-Alone Minimally Invasive Radiofrequency Ablation. Journal of Cardiac Surgery, 26(4), 453-459. https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1540-8191.2011.01272.x
    • Gelsomino, S., Luca, F., Renzulli, A., Rubino, A. S., Romano, S. M., van der Veen, F. H., Carella, R., Maessen, J. G., Gensini, G. F., & Lorusso, R. (2011). Increased Coronary Blood Flow and Cardiac Contractile Efficiency With Intraaortic Balloon Counterpulsation in a Porcine Model of Myocardial Ischemia-Reperfusion Injury. Asaio Journal, 57(5), 375-381. https://doi.org/10.1097/MAT.0b013e31822c1539
  • 2010
    • Rostagno, C., La Meir, M., Gelsomino, S., Ghilli, L., Rossi, A., Carone, E., Braconi, L., Rosso, G., Puggelli, F., Mattesini, A., Stefano, P. L., Padeletti, L., Maessen, J., & Gensini, G. F. (2010). Atrial Fibrillation After Cardiac Surgery: Incidence, Risk Factors, and Economic Burden. Journal of Cardiothoracic and Vascular Anesthesia, 24(6), 952-958. https://doi.org/10.1053/j.jvca.2010.03.009
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