Doctor Bart Maesen

Bart Maesen studied medicine at the University of Antwerp, Belgium. Afterwards he moved to Maastricht, the Netherlands. He did a 4 -years fellowship at the electrophysiology lab of Prof Maurits Allessie and Prof Ulli Schotten in 2006 and obtained his PhD with a thesis on structure-function relationships of atrial fibrillation waves in goat and man. He was trained in arrhythmia surgery by Prof Mark La Meir. With his understanding of electrophysiology and manual skills, he was soon able to take over the hybrid AF ablation program and developed an international highly acclaimed minimally invasive hybrid arrhythmia surgery program at MUMC+. Bart became staff member in 2017 and is head Arrhythmia surgery program. He set up a translational research program with focus on improving outcome in surgical AF management by better understanding of basic mechanisms and concepts. He supervises several PhD students and helps other centers to start their own AF minimally invasive hybrid AF program.