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Wilton van Klei received his PhD in 2002 and completed postgraduate training as an anesthesiologist in the Netherlands in 2006. He undertook a clinical research fellowship in perioperative medicine in Ottawa, Ontario, in 2007, and returned to the Netherlands to complete a fellowship in cardiothoracic anesthesia in 2009, with training in transesophageal echocardiography. From 2007 to 2012, he served as the Medical Director of the Outpatient Preoperative Evaluation Clinic at UMC Utrecht. Subsequently, he was the Chair of the Department of Anesthesiology and the Director of Research and Education for the Division of Anesthesiology, Intensive Care and Emergency Medicine at UMC Utrecht from 2013 to 2021. Currently, he has a primary affiliation with the University Health Network Toronto and the University of Toronto while holding a small appointment as a research professor at UMC Utrecht. His research interests focus on improving care for high-risk surgical patients and involve collaborations with cardiologists, surgeons, and clinical chemists.
Outpatient Preoperative Evaluation Clinic, UMC Utrecht • Utrecht, Netherlands
Oversaw the clinic's operations, focusing on preoperative evaluations.
Department of Anesthesiology, UMC Utrecht • Utrecht, Netherlands
Led the department and directed research and educational initiatives.
PhD candidates at UMC Utrecht are generally considered employees. Admission requires first securing a position with a professor (promotor) within the Graduate School of Life Sciences.