Maurits A. Allessie, MD PhD

Professor of Physiology

Tel: +31 43 3881202
Fax: +31 43 3884166

m.allessie@fys.unimaas.nl

Profile

Dr. Allessie studied medicine at the University of Amsterdam. He graduated in 1971 and obtained his PhD in 1977 on the basis of a thesis entitled: Circulation excitation in the heart. In 1984 he was appointed as professor of Physiology at the Universiteit Maastricht. He is a member of the Editorial Board of the Journal of Cardiovascular Electrophysiology, Cardiac Electrophysiology Review, guest editor of Cardiovascular Research and member of the Council for Medical Sciences of the KNAW. Professor Allessie coordinates experimental studies on electrophysiologic mechanisms of cardiac arrhythmias, especially atrial fibrillation. In 2003 Professor Allessie was appointed Academy Professor by the Royal Netherlands Academy of Arts and Sciences (KNAW: Koninklijke Nederlandse Akademie van Wetenschappen).