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MLDS grant Sabine Daemen

MLDS grant Sabine Daemen

15 November 2024

Dr Sabine Daemen (Dept of Internal Medicine) received a Career Development Grant (160k) from the Dutch Digestive Foundation (MLDS).

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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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Carim Maastricht
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Simon Schalla

Assistant Professor

Dr Simon Schalla is involved in clinical reading, teaching and research in cardiovascular magnetic resonance imaging since 1997. Focus of his research is imaging of cardiovascular disease using echocardiography, computed tomography and magnetic resonance imaging.

Postgraduate medical training
1995 - 2006 1) University Hospital Ulm, 2) University Hospital Tübingen, 3) German Heart Institute Berlin/Charite, Humboldt University
2001 - 2003 Fellow of the German Cardiac Society at the University of California San Francisco, Cardiac MR Imaging

Positions
Since December 2003 Maastricht University Medical Center, Department of Cardiology. Since 2014 also a shared appointment at the Departments of Cardiology and Radiology, Maastricht University Medical Center

Doctoral thesis
Biologisch-physikalische Charakterisierung der Strahlenqualität schneller Neutronen bei isozentrischer Bewegungsbestrahlung, Heidelberg, 26-10-1994

PhD-thesis
Cardiovascular magnetic resonance: A key to imaging cardiac function, Maastricht, 06-07-2015

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Department of Cardiology
P. Debyelaan 25, 6229 HX Maastricht 
PO Box 5800, 6202 AZ Maastricht
T: +31(0)43 387 70 93

  • 2024
    • Ramaekers, M. J. F. G., Te Kiefte, B. J. C., Adriaans, B. P., Juffermans, J. F., van Assen, H. C., Winkens, B., Wildberger, J. E., Lamb, H. J., Schalla, S., & Westenberg, J. J. M. (2024). Comprehensive sex-specific and age-dependent analysis of 4D-flow MRI assessed aortic blood flow-related parameters in normal subjects using single-vendor MR systems and single-vendor software. Journal of Cardiovascular Magnetic Resonance, Article 101083. Advance online publication. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jocmr.2024.101083
    • Ramaekers, M. J. F. G., van der Vlugt, I. B., Westenberg, J. J. M., Perinajová, R., Lamb, H. J., Wildberger, J. E., Kenjereš, S., & Schalla, S. (2024). Flow patterns in ascending aortic aneurysms: Determining the role of hypertension using phase contrast magnetic resonance and computational fluid dynamics. Computers in Biology and Medicine, 172, Article 108310. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.compbiomed.2024.108310
    • Ramaekers, M. J. F. G., Westenberg, J. J. M., Venner, M. F. G. H. M., Juffermans, J. F., van Assen, H. C., te Kiefte, B. J. C., Adriaans, B. P., Lamb, H. J., Wildberger, J. E., & Schalla, S. (2024). Evaluating a Phase-Specific Approach to Aortic Flow: A 4D Flow MRI Study. Journal of Magnetic Resonance Imaging, 59(3), 1056-1067. https://doi.org/10.1002/jmri.28852
  • 2023
    • Ganizada, B. H., Reesink, K. D., Parikh, S., Ramaekers, M. J. F. G., Akbulut, A. C., Saraber, P. J. M. H., Debeij, G. P., Jaminon, A. M., Natour, E., Lorusso, R., Wildberger, J. E., Mees, B., Schurink, G. W., Jacobs, M. J., Cleutjens, J., Krapels, I., Gombert, A., Maessen, J. G., Accord, R., ... MUMC TAA Student Team (2023). The Maastricht Acquisition Platform for Studying Mechanisms of Cell-Matrix Crosstalk (MAPEX): An Interdisciplinary and Systems Approach towards Understanding Thoracic Aortic Disease. Biomedicines, 11(8), Article 2095. https://doi.org/10.3390/biomedicines11082095
    • Ramaekers, M. J. F. G., Westenberg, J. J. M., Adriaans, B. P., Nijssen, E. C., Wildberger, J. E., Lamb, H. J., & Schalla, S. (2023). A clinician's guide to understanding aortic 4D flow MRI. Insights into Imaging, 14(1), Article 114. https://doi.org/10.1186/s13244-023-01458-x
    • Parikh, S., Moerman, K. M., Ramaekers, M. J. F. G., Schalla, S., Bidar, E., Delhaas, T., Reesink, K., & Huberts, W. (2023). Biomechanical Characterisation of Thoracic Ascending Aorta with Preserved Pre-Stresses. Bioengineering, 10(7), Article 846. https://doi.org/10.3390/bioengineering10070846
    • Heuts, S., Schalla, S., Ramaekers, M. J. F. G., Bidar, E., Mihl, C., Wildberger, J. E., & Adriaans, B. P. (2023). Imaging surveillance for complications after primary surgery for type A aortic dissection. Heart, 109(2), 96-101. https://doi.org/10.1136/heartjnl-2022-320881
  • 2022
    • Raafs, A. G., Adriaans, B. P., Henkens, M. T. H. M., Verdonschot, J. A. J., Ramaekers, M. J. F. G., Gommers, S., Hamid, M. A. A., Schalla, S., Knackstedt, C., van Empel, V. P. M., Hans-Peter, B., Wildberger, J. E., Bekkers, S. C. A. M., & Hazebroek, M. R. (2022). Myocardial Fibrosis Assessment Using T1 and ECV Mapping With Histologic Validation in Chronic Dilated Cardiomyopathy. JACC-Cardiovascular Imaging, 15(10), 1828-1830. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jcmg.2022.05.002
    • Gulpen, A. J. W., Braeken, D. C. W., Schalla, S., Ten Cate, H., Crijns, H. J., & Ten Cate-Hoek, A. J. (2022). Long-Term Adherence to Direct Oral Anticoagulants in Patients with Atrial Fibrillation: A Comparative Cross-Sectional Study. Acta Haematologica, 145(5), 476-483. https://doi.org/10.1159/000524094
    • Heuts, S., Adriaans, B. P., Kawczynski, M. J., Daemen, J. H. T., Natour, E., Lorusso, R., Schalla, S., Maessen, J. G., Wildberger, J. E., Jacobs, M. J., Rylski, B., & Bidar, E. (2022). Extending Aortic Replacement Beyond the Proximal Arch in Acute Type A Aortic Dissection: A Meta-Analysis of Short Term Outcomes and Long Term Actuarial Survival. European Journal of Vascular and Endovascular Surgery, 63(5), 674-687. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ejvs.2021.12.045
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