Joost van der Maaten

Joost van der Maaten is a researcher at the Faculty of Medical Sciences within the University Medical Center Groningen (UMCG), focusing on cardiac and organ transplantation, echocardiography, and critical care for congenital heart disease.

His research interests span Cardiac Surgery, Transesophageal Echocardiography, and Combined Organ Transplantation, with a strong emphasis on Congestive Heart Failure and Cardiothoracic Anesthesia. Recent work includes investigating 3D Echocardiography applications and Pharmacokinetics in neonatal cardiac patients.

Notable publications involve combined heart-liver transplantation (2025), intraoperative imaging (2024), and educational simulation tools (2023). His work contributes to SDGs related to health innovation and organ transplantation.