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Expertises Medicine and Dentistry Patient Heart Surgery Mobilization Heart Evaluation Study Extracorporeal Membrane Oxygenation Hospital Computer Science Organisaties Frank Halfwerk (1989) obtained his Bachelor (2010) and Master of Science (2014) degree in Technical Medicine, with a specialisation in Reconstructive Medicine at the University of Twente. He also finished a Master in Health Sciences with a specialisation in Health Services and Management in 2014 at the same university. He started as a Technical Physician and external Doctoral Candidate in October 2014 in cardio-thoracic surgery at Thorax Centrum Twente (Medisch Spectrum Twente) and in the department of Biomechanical Engineering in the ‘Technology in Cardiac Surgery’ group of prof. Grandjean.
As of 2020, he works as an Assistant Professor in the Engineering Organ Support Technologies group from prof. Jutta Arens where he is principle investigator of the Cardiac Surgery Innovations Lab.
His focus is both on technical and applied innovations in cardio-thoracic surgery. This includes personalised rehabilitation after cardiac surgery with accelerometers and artificial intelligence, simulation-based surgical training, 3D-planning, and surgical technology assessment.
He was awarded the Prof. Snellen Award (2014) from the Dutch Society for Cardiology / Dutch Society for Cardio-Thoracic Surgery, and the Prof. Schuijer Campus Culture Prize (2012) for 'combining excellent cultural performance with good study results'. His research was nominated for the prof. David Winter Young Investigator Award from the International Society of Biomechanics (2015).
He is co-applicant and project manager of awarded research projects and supervised over 70 bachelor- and master students.
Other interests include dancing in national and international ballroom competitions, playing chess, organising, politics, health care policy.
Publicaties 2024
Contemporary CABG practice in the Netherlands 2005 – 2020: Increased arterial grafting, stable cardiopulmonary bypass use, good outcomes . Halfwerk, F. R. , Speekenbrink, R. G. H., Meinema, S., Roefs, M. M., Plonek, T. & Cardiochirurgie, R. Three-dimensional heart modelling of hypertrophic obstructive cardiomyopathy for in situ patient-specific simulation to optimise septal myectomy (Accepted/In press). Smits, K., Speekenbrink, R. G. H., Hekman, E. E. G. , Koenrades, M. A. , Heeringa, T., Arens, J. & Halfwerk, F. R. Ex vivo validation of magnetically actuated intravascular untethered robots in a clinical setting , Article 68. Ligtenberg, L.-J., Rabou, N. C. A., Goulas, C. , Duinmeijer, W. , Halfwerk, F. R. , Arens, J. , Lomme, R., Magdanz, V., Klingner, A., Rot, E. A. M. K., Nijland, C. H. E., Wasserberg, D. , Liefers, H. R. , Jonkheijm, P. , Susarrey-Arce, A. , Warlé, M. & Khalil, I. S. M. https://doi.org/10.1038/s44172-024-00215-2 ECMOve: A Mobilization Device for Extracorporeal Membrane Oxygenation Patients , 377-386. van Galen, D. J. M. , Meinders, Q. , Halfwerk, F. R. & Arens, J. https://doi.org/10.1097/mat.0000000000002153 The optimal treatment for patients with stage I non-small cell lung cancer: minimally invasive lobectomy versus stereotactic ablative radiotherapy – a nationwide cohort study , Article 107792. Ruiter, J. C. d., Noort, V. v. d., Diessen, J. N. A. v., Smit, E. F., Damhuis, R., Hartemink, K. & Halfwerk, F. R. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.lungcan.2024.107792 TRACKing or TRUSTing transfusion prediction: Validation of Red blood cell transfusion prediction models for low transfusion rate cardiac surgery and high transfusion rate post-cardiotomy veno-arterial extracorporeal life support . Haumann, R. G. , Alp, R., Płonek, T. P., Niesten, E. D., Maaskant, J. M., Mariani, S., Wiegmann, B., Arens, J. , van der Palen, J. & Halfwerk, F. R. Influence of utilizing hemodialysis membranes outside-in on solute clearance and filtration efficiency – One step towards a novel combined lung and kidney support device , Article 122575. Martins Costa, A. , Halfwerk, F. R. , Thiel, J.-N., Wiegmann, B., Neidlin, M. & Arens, J. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.memsci.2024.122575 Designing a Patient-Centred Educational Extracorporeal Membrane Oxygenation Simulator (EduECMO) – A training needs analysis with international experts . Halfwerk, F. R. , Duinmeijer, W. , Arens, J. & Groenier, M. 2023
Helical Propulsion in Low-Re Numbers with Near-Zero Angle of Attack In 2023 IEEE/RSJ International Conference on Intelligent Robots and Systems (IROS) (pp. 2647-2652). IEEE. Ligtenberg, L.-J. W., Ekkelkamp, I. A. A., Halfwerk, F. R. , Goulas, C. , Arens, J. , Warlé, M. & Khalil, I. S. M. https://doi.org/10.1109/iros55552.2023.10341627 A mobilization poster stimulates early in-hospital rehabilitation after cardiac surgery: a prospective sequential-group study , Article 83, 1-11. Halfwerk, F. R. , Wielens, N., Hulskotte, S., Brusse-Keizer, M. & Grandjean, J. G. https://doi.org/10.1186/s13019-023-02173-w Patient Centred Educational ECMO Simulator (EduECMO) – An international training needs analysis , 7-8. Halfwerk, F. R. , Duinmeijer, W. , Groenier, M. & Arens, J. Trends and Outcomes of Coronary Artery Bypass Grafting in the Netherlands 2005 – 2020: A Netherlands Heart Registration Registry-based Study , 15-16. Halfwerk, F. R. , Plonek, T., Meinema, S., Roefs, M. M., Grandjean, J. G. , Speekenbrink, R. G. H. & Cardiochirurgie, R. https://www.cardiologie.nl/wp-content/uploads/2023/11/Abstracts-NVT.pdf Sex-stratified patterns of emergency cardiovascular admissions prior and during the COVID-19 pandemic , Article 17924 (E-pub ahead of print/First online). Gajewski, P., Błaziak, M., Urban, S., Garus, M., Braunschweig, F., Caldeira, D., Gawor, A., Greenwood, J. P., Guzik, M., Halfwerk, F. R. , Iwanek, G., Jarocki, M., Jura, M., Krzystek-Korpacka, M., Lewandowski, Ł., Lund, L. H., Matysiak, M., Pinto, F., Sleziak, J., … Zymliński, R. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-023-44400-3 CABG practice in the Netherlands 2005 – 2020: More arterial grafting, stable pump use, good outcomes . Halfwerk, F. R. , Speekenbrink, R. G. H., Meinema, S., Roefs, M. M., Plonek, T., Grandjean, J. G. & Cardiochirurgie, R. ET-BE Rules and Guidelines for Writing a Thesis . University of Twente. Halfwerk, F. R. , Kalpathy Venkiteswaran, V. & Keemink, A. Q. L. https://doi.org/10.3990/1.9789036551557 Principles of Technical Medicine - Domain of Image-guided interventions . University of Twente. Kraeima, J., Schröder, F. , Boers, T. , Koenrades, M. , Ruiter, S., van Alphen, M. J. A. , Ooms, A., Verhoeven, R., Smit, J. & Halfwerk, F. https://www.principles-of-tm.nl/tm-disciplines/image-guided-interventions/ Effect of hollow fiber configuration and replacement on the gas exchange performance of artificial membrane lungs , Article 121742. Costa, A. M. , Halfwerk, F. R. , Thiel, J.-N., Wiegmann, B., Neidlin, M. & Arens, J. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.memsci.2023.121742 SESAM 2023 Workshop on "Open Access data sharing - How to make simulation-based training data Findable, Accessible, Interoperable and Reusable (FAIR)?" . Halfwerk, F. R. & Öztürk, Z. https://doi.org/10.3990/1.9789036557221 In situ patient-specific simulation of complex cardiac surgery: A simulation-based observational study with 3D heart models . Halfwerk, F. R. , Smits, K., Hekman, E. E. G. , van Es, J., Koenrades, M. A. , Arens, J. & Speekenbrink, R. Opportunities and challenges of using simulation technology and wearables for skill assessment . Groenier, M. , Schmettow, M. , Halfwerk, F. R. & Endedijk, M. Vroege delierdetectie na hartchirurgie: de Brain Pro-TCT studie . Ten Broeke, M. , Henckens, W. P. R., Weierink, A., Hensens, A. G., van der Palen, J. & Halfwerk, F. R. Defining low- and high-fidelity simulation in systematic reviews: the case of heart auscultation simulators , Article PKB4904. Halfwerk, F. R. , Duinmeijer, W. C. , Haumann, R. & Arens, J. https://doi.org/10.54531/fpkb4904 ECMO Mobilizing Device , 148-148. van Galen, D. J. M. , Meinders, Q. , Halfwerk, F. & Arens, J. https://doi.org/10.1097/01.mat.0000944096.36171.f5 Brain Pro-TCT: Quality improvement of delirium detection on a cardiothoracic surgical ward . Ten Broeke, M. , Halfwerk, F. R. , Henckens, W. P. R., Weierink, A., Hensens, A. G. & van der Palen, J. Development of a combined, highly integrated extracorporeal lung and kidney support device (RenOx): Evaluation of fibre configurations on gas exchange preservation , 140-141. Martins Costa, A. , Wiegmann, B., Thiel, J.-N., Neidlin, M., Halfwerk, F. R. & Arens, J. https://doi.org/10.1177/02676591231162023 Overige bijdragen In 2020 verdedigde dr. Frank R. Halfwerk zijn proefschrift getiteld: "Innovations in cardio-thoracic surgery: Predicting and optimising outcome with state of the heart technology" o.l.v. prof. Grandjean en prof. Koopman met succes aan de Universiteit Twente, zie https://doi.org/10.3990/1.9789036550697
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