prof. dr. W.A. (Wilton A.) van Klei
Full Professor
- Anesthesiology

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Biography
Wilton van Klei received his PhD in 2002 and completed his postgraduate training as anesthesiologist in the Netherlands (2006. After that he did a clinical and research fellowship in perioperative medicine (Ottawa, Ontario, 2007). He returned to the Netherlands to complete a fellowship in cardiothoracic anesthesia (2009), including training in TEE. From 2007 till 2012, he was the Medical Director of the Outpatient Preoperative Evaluation Clinic of the UMC Utrecht.
Currently, he is the Chair of the Department of Anesthesiology and the Director Research and Education of the Division of Anesthesiology, Intensive Care and Emergency Medicine of the UMC Utrecht. His interests focus on improving care for high-risk surgical patients, and involve collaborations with cardiologists, surgeons, clinical chemists, and epidemiologists within the UMC Utrecht’s Circulatory Health research programme. He is supervising several PhD students on clinical research projects in the field of cardiovascular perioperative medicine. Most projects aim to unravel further the etiology, detection and treatment of asymptomatic myocardial injury after surgery. He considers hisself a specialist in perioperative medicine.
Perioperative medicine starts before surgery with a preanesthesia assessment and currently often ends with the patient leaving the recovery room, except for a responsibility for postoperative pain management. However, anesthesiologists should be involved not only in pain management, but also in providing postoperative care on general wards, monitoring vital functions and monitoring for complications likely to be related to surgery and anesthesia. In fact, anesthesiologists should extend what they are doing in the operating room to the surgical floor in order to improve patient outcomes. He is working towards this goal by initiating research in those areas where evidence for optimal treatment is absent.
Fellowship and Awards
2011 Research Award of the International Anesthesia Research Society (IARS)
Research Output (190)
Kersten Bas J., Salden Roy L.T.N., van Klei Wilton A., Hoff Reinier G., Schellekens Willem Jan M. 7 sep 2020, In: Journal of clinical anesthesia. 67 2 p.
Akkermans Annemarie, Vernooij Lisette M, van Klei Wilton A, van Waes Judith A 16 jul 2020, In: Perioperative medicine. 9
Verwijmeren Lisa, Peelen Linda M., van Klei Wilton A., Daeter Edgar J., van Dongen Eric P.A., Noordzij Peter G. 1 apr 2020, In: British Journal of Anaesthesia. 124 , p. 377-385 9 p.
Pasma Wietze, Peelen Linda M, van den Broek Stefanie, van Buuren Stef, van Klei Wilton A, de Graaff Jurgen C apr 2020, In: Acta Anaesthesiologica Scandinavica. 64 , p. 472-480 9 p.
Mathis Michael R., Naik Bhiken I., Freundlich Robert E., Shanks Amy M., Heung Michael, Kim Minjae, Burns Michael L., Colquhoun Douglas A., Rangrass Govind, Janda Allison, Engoren Milo C., Saager Leif, Tremper Kevin K., Kheterpal Sachin, Aziz Michael F., Coffman Traci, Durieux Marcel E., Levy Warren J., Schonberger Robert B., Soto Roy, Wilczak Janet, Berman Mitchell F., Berris Joshua, Biggs Daniel A., Coles Peter, Craft Robert M., Cummings Kenneth C., Ellis Terri A., Fleishut Peter M., Helsten Daniel L., Jameson Leslie C., van Klei Wilton A., Kooij Fabian, LaGorio John, Lins Steven, Miller Scott A., Molina Susan, Nair Bala, Paganelli William C., Peterson William, Tom Simon, Wanderer Jonathan P., Wedeven Christopher, 1 mrt 2020, In: Anesthesiology. 132 , p. 461-475 15 p.
Rots Marjolijn L, Fassaert Leonie M M, Kappelle L Jaap, de Groot Mark C H, Haitjema Saskia, Bonati Leo H, van Klei Wilton A, de Borst Gert J 5 feb 2020, In: European Journal of Vascular and Endovascular Surgery. 59 , p. 526-534 9 p.
Pasma Wietze, Peelen Linda M, van Buuren Stef, van Klei Wilton A, de Graaff Jurgen C 3 feb 2020, In: Anesthesiology. 132 , p. 723-737 15 p.
Vernooij Lisette M., van Klei Wilton A., Moons Karel G.M., van Waes Judith A., Peelen Linda M. 6 jan 2020, In: British Journal of Anaesthesia. 124 , p. e35-e37 3 p.
El-Boghdadly K., Wong D. J.N., Owen R., Neuman M. D., Pocock S., Carlisle J. B., Johnstone C., Andruszkiewicz P., Baker P. A., Biccard B. M., Bryson G. L., Chan M. T.V., Cheng M. H., Chin K. J., Coburn M., Fagerlund M. J., Myatra S. N., Myles P. S., O’Sullivan E., Pasin L., Shamim F., van Klei W. A., Ahmad I. 1 jan 2020, In: Anaesthesia. 75 , p. 1437-1447 11 p.
Akkermans Annemarie, van Waes Judith A.R., van Doormaal Tristan P.C., de Waal Eric E.C., Rinkel Gabriël J.E., van der Zwan Albert, Kalkman Cor J., van Klei Wilton A. 1 jan 2020, In: British Journal of Anaesthesia. 125 , p. 539-547 9 p.