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Uyên Châu Nguyên wins UM Dissertation Prize 2025

Uyên Châu Nguyên wins UM Dissertation Prize 2025

29 January 2026

During the Dies Natalis of Maastricht University, Uyên Châu Nguyên received the UM Dissertation Prize 2025.

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Global research network launched to study menopause and heart health

Global research network launched to study menopause and heart health

20 January 2026

Ten international health research funders, including the Dutch Heart Foundation, are investing $10 million in a new global research network to improve early prevention of cardiovascular disease in women. The initiative focuses on understanding how menopause affects heart health and how early intervention can reduce risk.

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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

  • 2025
    • Cabrucci, F., Bacchi, B., Petrone, D., Baudo, M., Magouliotis, D. E., Yamashita, Y., Sicouri, S., Bonacchi, M., Gelsomino, S., & Ramlawi, B. (2025). Clinical and Radiological Outcomes of Acute Type A Aortic Dissection Repair with the Ascyrus Medical Dissection Stent. Journal of Clinical Medicine, 14(23), Article 8553. https://doi.org/10.3390/jcm14238553
    • Ceravolo, R., Parise, O., & Gelsomino, S. (2025). Cuore e innovazione: applicazione dell’intelligenza artificiale sintetica in cardiologia. Giornale Italiano di Cardiologia, 26(11), 805-814. https://doi.org/10.1714/4585.45926
    • Baudo, M., Sicouri, S., Yamashita, Y., Magouliotis, D. E., Cabrucci, F., Carnila, S. M., Goldman, S. M., Gnall, E. M., Gray, W. A., Gelsomino, S., & Ramlawi, B. (2025). Snorkel Stenting During Transcatheter Aortic Valve Implantation: A Single-Center Study. Medicina-Lithuania, 61(9), Article 1679. https://doi.org/10.3390/medicina61091679
    • Coveliers, J., Meani, P., Huizinga, E., Gutta, K., Piccirillo, G., Gasparotti, E., Vignali, E., Mazzoli, M., Kowalewski, M., Huberts, W., Moradi, H., Di Mauro, M., Holtackers, R. J., de Jong, M., Gelsomino, S., Paparella, D., Celi, S., Haxhiademi, D., Körver, E., ... Lorusso, R. (2025). Large-scale computed tomography study of aortic arch and supra-aortic artery morphology: Variations and potential implications for arterial extracorporeal life support access. Perfusion. Advance online publication. https://doi.org/10.1177/02676591251370074
    • Baudo, M., Sicouri, S., Cabrucci, F., Yamashita, Y., Magouliotis, D. E., Carnila, S. M., Abramson, S. V., Hawthorne, K. M., Jarrett, H., Rodriguez, R., Goldman, S. M., Coady, P. M., Gnall, E. M., Gray, W. A., Gelsomino, S., & Ramlawi, B. (2025). Evolution of Untreated Moderate Mitral Regurgitation After Transcatheter Aortic Valve Implantation. Medicina-Lithuania, 61(4), Article 686. https://doi.org/10.3390/medicina61040686
    • Parrini, I., Lucà, F., Rao, C. M., Ceravolo, R., Gelsomino, S., Ammendolea, C., Pezzi, L., Ingianni, N., Del Sindaco, D., Murrone, A., Geraci, G., Bilato, C., Armentaro, G., Sciacqua, A., Riccio, C., Colivicchi, F., Grimaldi, M., Oliva, F., Gulizia, M. M., ... Epidemiology Working Group of Italian Association of Hospital Cardiologists (2025). Management of Atrial Fibrillation in Elderly Patients: A Whole New Ballgame?Journal of Clinical Medicine, 14(7), Article 2328. https://doi.org/10.3390/jcm14072328
    • Baudo, M., Sicouri, S., Yamashita, Y., Magouliotis, D., Cabrucci, F., Goldman, S. M., Rodriguez, R., Gnall, E. M., Coady, P. M., Gray, W. A., Gelsomino, S., & Ramlawi, B. (2025). Transcatheter aortic valve-in-valve implantation in failed stentless valves: a single-center experience. Journal of Invasive Cardiology. Advance online publication. https://doi.org/10.25270/jic/25.00006
    • Luca, F., Parrini, I., Canale, M. L., Rao, C. M., Nucara, M., Pelaggi, G., Murrone, A., Oliva, S., Bisceglia, I., Sergi, A., Geraci, G., Riccio, C., Ceravolo, R., Gelsomino, S., Colivicchi, F., Grimaldi, M., Oliva, F., Gulizia, M. M., Cardiogeriatrics Working Group, ... Multi-Specialist and Multi-Integrated Approach in Cardiology Working Group (2025). Cardiac Metastasis: Epidemiology, Pathophysiology, and Clinical Management. Life, 15(2), Article 291. https://doi.org/10.3390/life15020291
    • Parise, O., Kronenberger, R., Parise, G., de Asmundis, C., Gelsomino, S., & La Meir, M. (2025). CTGAN-driven synthetic data generation: A multidisciplinary, expert-guided approach (TIMA). Computer Methods and Programs in Biomedicine, 259, 108523. Article 108523. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cmpb.2024.108523
    • Cabrucci, F., Baudo, M., Sicouri, S., Bacchi, B., Magouliotis, D. E., Yamashita, Y., Chiarello, B., Petrone, D., Bessi, G., Pacini, T., Rodriguez, R., Torregrossa, G., Bonacchi, M., Gelsomino, S., & Ramlawi, B. (2025). Dual-center external validation of the ARCH score: Predictive accuracy and calibration for hypothermic circulatory arrest aortic arch surgery. Surgery, Article 109971. Advance online publication. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.surg.2025.109971
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