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Our new Division Leaders

Our new Division Leaders

3 October 2024

As of 1 October 2024, Casper Schalkwijk and Joost Lumens have been appointed as Division Leaders Vessels and Heart. Judith Sluimer will success Hugo ten Cate as Division Leader Blood in March 2025.

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New CARIM initiative: Anna Maria van Schurman Stipend - call for proposals

New CARIM initiative: Anna Maria van Schurman Stipend - call for proposals

1 October 2024

In 2024, CARIM introduces the Anna Maria van Schurman Stipend, aimed at encouraging and supporting female researchers, named after the acknowledged ‘first female Dutch student’.

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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
    • Robbe, M. M. Q., Pinckaers, F. M. E., Wagemans, B. A. J. M., van Oostenbrugge, R. J., van Zwam, W. H., Staals, J., & Postma, A. A. (2024). Additional value of CTP maps in occlusion detection on CTP angiographic reconstructions for ischemic stroke. European Journal of Radiology, 181, Article 111789. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ejrad.2024.111789
    • Knapen, R. R. M. M., Celen, M., Benali, F., van Oostenbrugge, R. J., van Zwam, W. H., & van der Leij, C. (2024). The use of a (non-) balloon guide catheter in endovascular stroke treatment, a registry of real-life use and nationwide questionnaire. Journal of Stroke & Cerebrovascular Diseases, 33(12), Article 108033. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jstrokecerebrovasdis.2024.108033
    • Robbe, M. M. Q., Pinckaers, F. M. E., van Kuijk, S. M. J., van Oostenbrugge, R. J., van Zwam, W. H., & Postma, A. A. (2024). Post-endovascular therapy contrast extravasation in the mesial temporal region on dual-energy CT is associated with outcome in acute ischemic stroke patients. Journal of Stroke & Cerebrovascular Diseases, 33(11), Article 107949. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jstrokecerebrovasdis.2024.107949
    • Yoo, A. J., Zaidat, O. O., Sheth, S. A., Rai, A. T., Ortega-Gutierrez, S., Given, C. A., Zaidi, S. F., Grandhi, R., Cuellar, H., Mokin, M., Katz, J. M., Alshekhlee, A., Taqi, M. A., Ansari, S. A., Siddiqui, A. H., Barazangi, N., English, J. D., Maud, A., Kirmani, J., ... van Zwam, W. H. (2024). Thrombectomy for Stroke With Large Infarct on Noncontrast CT The TESLA Randomized Clinical Trial. JAMA-Journal of the American Medical Association, Article 13933. https://doi.org/10.1001/jama.2024.13933
    • Knapen, R. R. M. M., Simon, S. R., Robbe, M. M. Q., Jongkind, J., Brans, R., de Ridder, I. R., van Oostenbrugge, R. J., van Zwam, W. H., & van der Leij, C. (2024). Comparison of clinical, technical, and safety outcomes between the Sofia 5Fr catheter vs. the Sofia 6Fr catheter; a MaSQ-Registry study. Journal of Stroke & Cerebrovascular Diseases, 33(11), Article 107967. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jstrokecerebrovasdis.2024.107967
    • Strbian, D., Tsivgoulis, G., Ospel, J., Räty, S., Cimflova, P., Georgiopoulos, G., Ullberg, T., Arquizan, C., Gralla, J., Zelenak, K., Hussain, S., Fiehler, J., Michel, P., Turc, G., & van Zwam, W. H. (2024). European Stroke Organisation (ESO) and European Society for Minimally Invasive Neurological Therapy (ESMINT) guideline on acute management of basilar artery occlusion. Journal of Neurointerventional Surgery, 16(9), e7. https://doi.org/10.1136/jnis-2024-022053
    • Zhao, H., Xu, Z., Chen, L., Wu, L., Cui, Z., Ma, J., Sun, T., Lei, Y., Wang, N., Hu, H., Tan, Y., Lu, W., Yang, W., Liao, K., Teng, G., Liang, X., Li, Y., Feng, C., Nie, T., ... Zheng, C. (2024). Large-scale pretrained frame generative model enables real-time low-dose DSA imaging: An AI system development and multi-center validation study. Med. Advance online publication. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.medj.2024.07.025
    • Tanaka, K., Brown, S., Goyal, M., Menon, B. K., Campbell, B. C. V., Mitchell, P. J., Jovin, T. G., Saver, J. L., Muir, K. W., White, P. M., Bracard, S., Guillemin, F., Roos, Y. B. W. E. M., van Zwam, W. H., Najm, M., Dowlatshahi, D., Hill, M. D., Demchuk, A. M., & HERMES Collaboration (2024). HERMES-24 Score Derivation and Validation for Simple and Robust Outcome Prediction After Large Vessel Occlusion Treatment. Stroke, 55(8), 1982-1990. https://doi.org/10.1161/STROKEAHA.123.045871
    • Diana, F., Romoli, M., Raz, E., Agid, R., Albuquerque, F. C., Arthur, A. S., Beck, J., Berge, J., Boogaarts, H. D., Burkhardt, J.-K., Cenzato, M., Chapot, R., Charbel, F. T., Desal, H., Esposito, G., Fifi, J. T., Florian, S., Gruber, A., Hassan, A. E., ... Peschillo, S. (2024). Complex intracranial aneurysms: a DELPHI study to define associated characteristics. Acta Neurochirurgica, 166(1), Article 294. https://doi.org/10.1007/s00701-024-06182-z
    • van Zwam, W. H., Aguiar de Sousa, D., & Ribo, M. (2024). ESR Bridges: imaging and treatment of cerebral ischaemia-a multidisciplinary view. European Radiology. https://doi.org/10.1007/s00330-024-10891-5
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