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Dr Amée Buziau (Dept of Internal Medicine) received this year’s Prof. Dr. J. Terpstra Young Investigator Award at the Annual Dutch Diabetes Meeting (NVDO).

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Luisa Wensky wins the FIGON PhD Student Competition

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Maarten Snoeijs

Maarten Snoeijs' main clinical and scientific interests are vascular access surgery and kidney transplantation. In addition, he is trained as a clinical epidemiologist. Maarten has been the clinical lead of the vascular access program at the department of vascular surgery of Maastricht UMC+ since 2018. With a multidisciplinary team of vascular surgeons, nephrologists, interventional radiologists, and dialysis nurses, they introduced several surgical innovations (e.g. endovascular arteriovenous fistulas and biodegradable vascular grafts) to expand treatment options for patients with vascular access problems referred to Maastricht UMC+. This has strengthened the position as the national referral centre for vascular access surgery.

In addition to Maarten his clinical and scientific work, he am involved in educational activities to promote vascular access care. He is the chair of the educational committee of the international Vascular Access Society, the course director of the vascular access programme of the annual European Vascular Course, and leads the vascular access surgery theme of the national training and assessment course for vascular surgery residents. Finally, Maarten contributes to several national and international clinical practice guidelines on vascular access surgery.

Maarten his research is focused on vascular access for hemodialysis and includes the following themes:

  • Pragmatic multicentre randomised controlled trials. This research theme has immediate impact on vascular access care. The OASIS trial studies the best type of vascular access for elderly patients starting hemodialysis treatment, and the FLOW trial studies the best strategy for follow-up and treatment of vascular access stenosis.
  • Biology of vascular remodelling. This research theme intends to understand the biology of venous outward remodelling and intimal hyperplasia after arteriovenous fistula creation using human tissue and mouse models. This research is done with the department of pathology at Maastricht UMC+ (Prof. Andrew Baker and Prof. Judith Sluimer) and the departments of nephrology and surgery at LUMC (Prof. Joris Rotmans and dr. Margreet de Vries).
  • Hemodynamic consequences of arteriovenous fistulas. This research theme intends to study the hemodynamic consequences of vascular access surgery by computational modelling. Patient-specific hemodynamic modelling is used to create digital twins that support decision making in vascular access creation (Shunt Simulation Study) and thrombosis prevention (ThromboRisk doctoral network). This research is done with the department of biomedical engineering at TU/e and Maastricht UMC+ (Prof. Wouter Huberts and Prof. Tammo Delhaas).
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Department of Vascular Surgery
P. Debyelaan 25, 6229 HX Maastricht
Room number: 3.B2.002

  • 2011
    • Snoeijs, M. G., Vaahtera, L., de Vries, E. E., Schurink, G. W. H., Haenen, G. R. M. M., Peutz-Kootstra, C. J., Buurman, W. A., van Heurn, L. W. E., & Parkkinen, J. (2011). Addition of a water-soluble propofol formulation to preservation solution in experimental kidney transplantation. Transplantation, 92(3), 296-302. https://doi.org/10.1097/TP.0b013e3182247b78
    • Snoeijs, M. G., Matthijsen, R. A., Seeldrayers, S., Marcus, M. A., Daemen, J. W., Peutz-Kootstra, C. J., Buurman, W. A., Schurink, G. W. H., & van Heurn, L. W. E. (2011). Autologous transplantation of ischemically injured kidneys in pigs. Journal of Surgical Research, 171(2), 844-850. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jss.2010.05.064
    • Hoogland, E. R., Snoeijs, M. G., Winkens, B., Christiaans, M. H., & van Heurn, L. W. (2011). Kidney transplantation from donors after cardiac death: uncontrolled versus controlled donation. American Journal of Transplantation, 11(7), 1427-1434. https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1600-6143.2011.03562.x
    • Oostendorp, M., de Vries, E. E., Slenter, J. M., Peutz-Kootstra, C. J., Snoeijs, M. G., Post, M. J., van Heurn, L. W. E., & Backes, W. H. (2011). MRI of renal oxygenation and function after normothermic ischemia-reperfusion injury. NMR in Biomedicine, 24(2), 194-200. https://doi.org/10.1002/nbm.1572
    • Wind, J., Snoeijs, M. G., van der Vliet, J. A., Winkens, B., Christiaans, M. H. L., Hoitsma, A. J., & van Heurn, L. W. E. (2011). Preservation of kidneys from controlled donors after cardiac death. British Journal of Surgery, 98(9), 1260-1266. https://doi.org/10.1002/bjs.7543
    • de Vries, E. E., Hoogland, E. R., Winkens, B., Snoeijs, M. G., & van Heurn, L. W. E. (2011). Renovascular resistance of machine-perfused DCD kidneys is associated with primary nonfunction. American Journal of Transplantation, 11(12), 2685-2691. https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1600-6143.2011.03755.x
  • 2010
    • Snoeijs, M. G., Vink, H., Voesten, N., Christiaans, M. H., Daemen, J. W., Peppelenbosch, A. G., Tordoir, J. H. M., Peutz-Kootstra, C. J., Buurman, W. A., Schurink, G. W. H., & van Heurn, E. L. (2010). Acute ischemic injury to the renal microvasculature in human kidney transplantation. American Journal of Physiology-Renal Physiology, 299(5), F1134-F1140. https://doi.org/10.1152/ajprenal.00158.2010
    • Vermeulen Windsant, I. C., Snoeijs, M. G., Hanssen, S. J. P., Altintas, S., Heijmans, J. H., Koeppel, T. A., Schurink, G. W. H., Buurman, W. A., & Jacobs, M. J. H. M. (2010). Hemolysis is associated with acute kidney injury during major aortic surgery. Kidney International, 77(10), 913-920. https://doi.org/10.1038/ki.2010.24
    • Snoeijs, M. G., van Heurn, L. W. E., & Buurman, W. A. (2010). Biological modulation of renal ischemia-reperfusion injury. Current Opinion in Organ Transplantation, 15(2), 190-199. https://doi.org/10.1097/MOT.0b013e32833593eb
    • Hoogland, E. R., Snoeijs, M. G., & van Heurn, L. W. E. (2010). DCD kidney transplantation: results and measures to improve outcome. Current Opinion in Organ Transplantation, 15(2), 177-82. https://doi.org/10.1097/MOT.0b013e32833734b1
    • Snoeijs, M. G., Boonstra, L. A., Buurman, W. A., Goldschmeding, R., van Suylen, R. J., van Heurn, L. W., & Kootstra, C. J. (2010). Histological assessment of pre-transplant kidney biopsies is reproducible and representative. Histopathology, 56(2), 198-202. https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1365-2559.2009.03469.x
    • de Vries, E. E., Snoeijs, M. G., & van Heurn, L. W. E. (2010). Kidney donation from children after cardiac death. Critical Care Medicine, 38(1), 249-253. https://doi.org/10.1097/CCM.0b013e3181c025fd
    • Snoeijs, M. G., Schaubel, D. E., Hene, R., Hoitsma, A. J., Idu, M. M., Ijzermans, J. N., Ploeg, R. J., Ringers, J., Christiaans, M. H., Buurman, W. A., & van Heurn, L. W. (2010). Kidneys from donors after cardiac death provide survival benefit. Journal of the American Society of Nephrology, 21(6), 1015-21. https://doi.org/10.1681/ASN.2009121203
    • Snoeijs, M. G., Winkens, B., Heemskerk, M. B., Hoitsma, A. J., Christiaans, M. H., Buurman, W. A., & van Heurn, L. W. E. (2010). Kidney transplantation from donors after cardiac death: a 25-year experience. Transplantation, 90(10), 1106-1112. https://doi.org/10.1097/TP.0b013e3181f83b0b
  • 2008
    • Snoeijs, M. G., Buurman, W. A., Christiaans, M. H., van Hooff, J. P., Goldschmeding, R., van Suylen, R. J., Kootstra, C. J., & van Heurn, L. W. (2008). Histological assessment of preimplantation biopsies may improve selection of kidneys from old donors after cardiac death. American Journal of Transplantation, 8(9), 1844-51. https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1600-6143.2008.02318.x
  • 2007
    • Snoeijs, M. G., van Heurn, L. W. E., van Mook, W. N., Christiaans, M. H., & Cohen Tervaert, J. W. (2007). Controlled donation after cardiac death - A European perspective. Transplantation reviews, 1, 219-229. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.trre.2007.07.004
    • Snoeijs, M. G., Dekkers, A. J., Buurman, W. A., van den Akker, L., Welten, R. J., Schurink, G. W., & van Heurn, L. W. (2007). In Situ Preservation of Kidneys From Donors After Cardiac Death: Results and Complications. Annals of Surgery, 246(5), 844-852. https://doi.org/10.1097/SLA.0b013e318142cb1b
    • Snoeijs, M. G., Wiermans, B., Christiaans, M. H., van Hooff, J. P., Timmerman, B. E., Schurink, G. W., Buurman, W. A., & van Heurn, L. W. (2007). Recipient hemodynamics during non-heart-beating donor kidney transplantation are major predictors of primary nonfunction. American Journal of Transplantation, 7(5), 1158-1166. https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1600-6143.2007.01744.x
  • 2006
    • Snoeijs, M. G., Schaefer, S., Christiaans, M. H., van Hooff, J. P., van den Berg-Loonen, E. M., Peutz-Kootstra, C. J., Buurman, W. A., & van Heurn, L. W. E. (2006). Kidney transplantation using elderly non-heart-beating donors: a single-center experience. American Journal of Transplantation, 6(5 Pt 1), 1066-1071. https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1600-6143.2006.01312.x
    • de Vries, B., Snoeijs, M. G., von Bonsdorff, L., Ernest van Heurn, L. W., Parkkinen, J., & Buurman, W. A. (2006). Redox-Active Iron Released During Machine Perfusion Predicts Viability of Ischemically Injured Deceased Donor Kidneys. American Journal of Transplantation, 6(11), 2686-2693. https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1600-6143.2006.01510.x
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