Anne Marie de Smet

Anne Marie de Smet is a Full Professor at the Division of Perioperative Care and Emergency Medicine, University Medical Center Utrecht. Her research focuses on infection prevention in intensive care units (ICUs), particularly through selective digestive decontamination (SDD) strategies.

• University Hospital Groningen (Anesthesiology training)
• Onze Lieve Vrouwe Gasthuis, Amsterdam (Intensivist training)

Research Interests:
Her work bridges Circulatory Health and Infection & Immunity strategic programs, with emphasis on:

• Optimizing antimicrobial prophylaxis in surgical contexts
• Gut microbiota dynamics in ICU patients
• Prevention of postoperative infectious complications
• Prognostic scoring systems for elderly ICU patients
• Clinical implementation of infection control protocols

Publications:
Recent work demonstrates her focus on microbial pathogenesis in critical care settings, with key contributions to understanding sputum proteomics, surgical site infections, and microbiota changes in cardio-surgical patients.