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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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Michael Jacobs

Professor

Prof. Michael Jacobs has obtained his medical doctor degree at the University of Limburg, Maastricht. His PhD research focussed on microcirculation in patients with peripheral arterial disease. Following his surgical residency, he was trained as a cardiovascular surgeon at the Texas Heart Institute in Houston, USA. He was appointed chief of vascular surgery at the Amsterdam Medical Center in 1992 and started research programmes concentrating on assessment of spinal cord function in thoraco-abdominal aortic aneurysm (TAAA) repair and preventive strategies by means of selective organ perfusion and motor evoked potentials. In 2000, he was invited to Maastricht UMC+ to chair the Department of Surgery and create an integrated heart- and vascular center (HVC). Research addressed pre-operative imaging of the blood supplying arteries of the spinal cord in TAAA patients, and the role of arginine and nitric oxide (NO) metabolism in patients undergoing extensive aortic repair. In 2005, he also accepted the chair of Vascular Surgery at the RWTH University Hospital in Aachen, Germany.

He yearly organises the European Vascular Course, hosting around 2,000 cardiovascular specialists from all over the world.

Michael-jacobs

Department of Vascular Surgery
P. Debyelaan 25, 6229 HX Maastricht 
PO Box 5800, 6202 AZ Maastricht                                                                                                      T: +31(0)43 387 22 79

  • 2025
    • Frankort, J., Frankort, S., Doukas, P., Uhl, C., Elfeky, M., Mees, B. M. E., Gombert, A., & Jacobs, M. J. (2025). Shift in Patient Demographics of Open Thoracoabdominal Aortic Aneurysm Repair Patients in the Endovascular Era. Journal of Clinical Medicine, 14(19), Article 7088. https://doi.org/10.3390/jcm14197088
    • Frankort, J., Keszei, A., Doukas, P., Uhl, C., Jacobs, M. J., Mees, B. M. E., Gombert, A., & Elfeky, M. (2025). Outcome following open TAAA repair after TEVAR compared to conventional open type II TAAA repair. Vasa-European Journal of Vascular Medicine. https://doi.org/10.1024/0301-1526/a001247
    • Frankort, J., Frankort, S., Doukas, P., Uhl, C., Jacobs, M. J., Mees, B. M. E., & Gombert, A. (2025). Outcome Following Open Repair of Hereditary and Non-Hereditary Thoracoabdominal Aortic Aneurysm in Patients Under 60 Years Old-A Multicenter Study. Journal of Clinical Medicine, 14(7), Article 2513. https://doi.org/10.3390/jcm14072513
    • Smorenburg, S. P. M., Lely, R. J., van Kelckhoven, B. J., Vermeulen, E. G., Yeung, K. K., Kruse, R. R., Kraai, M., Stassen, C. M., Jacobs, M. J., & Hoksbergen, A. W. J. (2025). Initial Clinical Experience With AneuFix Injectable Biocompatible Elastomer for Translumbar Embolization of Type 2 Endoleaks. Journal of Endovascular Therapy, 32(1), 57-67. https://doi.org/10.1177/15266028231165731
  • 2024
    • Frankort, J., Doukas, P., Uhl, C., Otte, N., Krabbe, J., Mees, B., Jacobs, M. J., & Gombert, A. (2024). Determinants of Neurological Outcome Following Elective and Emergency Open Thoracoabdominal Aortic Aneurysm Repair-A Retrospective Multi-Center Study. Journal of Clinical Medicine, 13(18), Article 5473. https://doi.org/10.3390/jcm13185473
    • Smorenburg, S. P. M., Lely, R. J., Jacobs, M. J., & Hoksbergen, A. W. J. (2024). Aortic aneurysm sac filling with AneuFix injectable polymer during endovascular aneurysm repair: feasibility and safety trial study protocol. BMJ Open, 14(7), Article e082380. https://doi.org/10.1136/bmjopen-2023-082380
    • Frankort, J., Doukas, P., Mees, B., Gombert, A., & Jacobs, M. (2024). Contemporary operative strategies and technical nuances for open thoracoabdominal aortic aneurysm repair. Jvs Vascular Insights, 2, Article 100109. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jvsvi.2024.100109
    • Frankort, J., Krabbe, J., Otte, N., Doukas, P., Krabbe, H., Jacobs, M. J., & Gombert, A. (2024). Posttraumatic stress disorder and quality of life in patients after open thoracoabdominal aortic repair. Vasa-European Journal of Vascular Medicine, 53(1), 45-52. https://doi.org/10.1024/0301-1526/a001103
  • 2023
    • Shekarchian, S., Van Laanen, J., Barbati, M. E., Vleugels, M.-J., Nelemans, P., Razavi, M. K., Mees, B., Jacobs, M. J., & Jalaie, H. (2023). Quality of Life after Stenting for Iliofemoral Venous Obstruction: A Randomised Controlled Trial with One Year Follow Up. European Journal of Vascular and Endovascular Surgery, 66(5), 678-685. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ejvs.2023.07.044
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