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Judith van Waes

Assistant Professor - medical

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Biography

Judith Anne Rolanda van Waes obtained her Medical Doctor degree at the Utrecht University in 2008. Subsequently, she started as a resident in Anesthesiology at the University Medical Center Utrecht.  She combined her residency with a PhD track about postoperative monitoring of cardiac complications, and obtained her Master of Science degree in Clinical Epidemiology in 2013. After her specialty training in Anesthesiology, she did a fellowship in cardiothoracic anesthesia in 2017.
Currently, Judith works as an anesthesiologist and clinical researcher at the University Medical Center Utrecht. In clinical care her focus is on major noncardiac surgical procedures and perioperative care for high risk patients.

Research groups

Perioperative risk management and monitoring

Research aim

Our research aim is to improve prevention and early detection of complications in surgical patients, in order to reduce morbidity and improve or preserve quality of life, and to develop novel monitoring techniques and advanced AI technology.

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Recent publications

The association between postoperative myocardial injury of unexplained aetiology after noncardiac surgery and sex and cancer on 1-yr survival Eva P.C. van Schaik, Lisette M. Vernooij, Younes Haddou, Remco B. Grobben, Wilton A. van Klei, Judith A.R. van Waes
BJA open, 2025, vol. 16
Angiotensin-converting enzyme inhibitors and angiotensin receptor blockers in the perioperative period Lynn A Miggelbrink, Wilton A van Klei, Marianne C Verhaar, Folkert W Asselbergs, Wilko Spiering, Wolfgang F F A Buhre, Markus W Hollmann, Felix van Lier, Eric H P A van Dongen, Patrick Schober, Thijs C D Rettig, Hans J B Reitsma, Eva P C van Schaik, Lisette M Vernooij, Judith A R van Waes
British Journal of Anaesthesia, 2025, vol. 135, p.1075-1077
Association between self-reported functional capacity measures and postoperative myocardial injury in patients undergoing noncardiac surgeries Kamil Polok, Giovanna Lurati Buse, Eckhard Mauermann, Daniela Ionescu, Jakub Fronczek, Stefan De Hert, Miodrag Filipovic, Beatrice Beck Schimmer, Judith Van Waes, Hans Jörg Gillmann, Cornelia Schultze, Katarzyna Kotfis, Simon J. Howell, Dorota Studzińska, Florian Espeter, Mona Jung-König, Jan Larmann1, Wojciech Szczeklik,
Kardiologia Polska, 2024, vol. 82, p.716-726
Postoperative myocardial injury phenotypes and self-reported disability in patients undergoing noncardiac surgery Lisette M. Vernooij, Judith A.R. van Waes, W. Scott Beattie, Wilton A. van Klei
British Journal of Anaesthesia, 2024, vol. 133, p.696-697
Erratum to ‘Association between self-reported functional capacity and general postoperative complications Sebastian Roth, René M'Pembele, Johannes Nienhaus, Eckhard Mauermann, Daniela Ionescu, Wojciech Szczeklik, Stefan De Hert, Miodrag Filipovic, Beatrice Beck-Schimmer, Savino Spadaro, Purificación Matute, Daniel Bolliger, Sanem C. Turhan, Judith van Waes, Filipa Lagarto, Kassiani Theodoraki, Anil Gupta, Hans Jörg Gillmann, Luca Guzzetti, Katarzyna Kotfis, Hinnerk Wulf, Jan Larmann, Dan Corneci, Frédérique Chammartin, Simon J. Howell, Giovanna L. Buse,
British Journal of Anaesthesia, 2024, vol. 132, p.1346-1347
Association between self-reported functional capacity and general postoperative complications Sebastian Roth, René M'Pembele, Johannes Nienhaus, Eckhard Mauermann, Daniela Ionescu, Wojciech Szczeklik, Stefan De Hert, Miodrag Filipovic, Beatrice Beck-Schimmer, Savino Spadaro, Purificación Matute, Daniel Bolliger, Sanem C. Turhan, Judith van Waes, Filipa Lagarto, Kassiani Theodoraki, Anil Gupta, Hans Jörg Gillmann, Luca Guzzetti, Katarzyna Kotfis, Hinnerk Wulf, Jan Larmann, Dan Corneci, Frédérique Chammartin, Simon J. Howell, Giovanna Lurati Buse, Johann Kemper, Lena Kohaupt, Jette Witzler, Michael Tuzhikov, Alexandra Stroda, Theresa Tenge, Ragnar Huhn, Cornelia Schultze, Nele Verbarg, Christian Gehrke, Anna Katharina Klemann, Friederike Hagebölling, Svenja Albrecht, Jakob Stroeder, Ann Kristin Schubert, Florian Espeter, Benedikt Russe, Markus A. Weigand, Lars Bergmann, Matthias Unterberg, Petra Bischoff, Raphael Pirzer, Patric Rene Rach, Klaus Ott,
British Journal of Anaesthesia, 2024, vol. 132, p.811-814

External positions

Lid commissie Wetenschap & Innovatie, Voorzitter subcommissie "kennisnetwerk & talentontwikkeling" - Bevorderen ontwikkeling en netwerkvorming (jonge) onderzoekers binnen de anesthesiologie - Nederlandse Vereniging voor Anesthesiologie