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W.J. (Wesley) Visser/PhD student

PhD student, registered dietician

  • Department
  • Dietetics
  • Focus area
  • Nutrition, Nephrology, Kidney transplantation, Nutritional Assessment, Nutritional Status, Dietetics
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About W.J. (Wesley) Visser/PhD student

Introduction

I have been working at Erasmus MC since 2011 and since 2015 I have been involved in scientific research and since 2018 in PhD project.
Aim: improve patient care through scientific research. Kidney diseases and nutrition intertwined, both in patient care and in scientific research.
Nutritionists leading research in nutrition and kidney diseases.

Field(s) of expertise

Nutrition

Nephrology 

Kidney transplantation

Nutritional Assessment

Nutritional Status
 

Education and career

Basiscursus Regelgeving en Organisatie voor Klinisch onderzoekers (Brok)

Biomedical English Writing Course

Experions in research, co-auteur

Multiple study’s: saltrestriction, potassium enrich, observational study of nutritional status in hemodialysis patients and a dubble blind placebo controlled trial with intradialytic parenteral nutrition. 

 

Publications

Dietary Potassium in Chronic Kidney Disease: Do Not Restrict the Evidence.

Visser WJ, Gritter M, Hoorn EJ.

J Ren Nutr. 2021 Mar 11:S1051-2276(21)00036-4. doi: 10.1053/j.jrn.2020.12.012. Online ahead of print.

PMID: 33715954 No abstract available.

Risk Factors for Muscle Loss in Hemodialysis Patients with High Comorbidity.

Visser WJ, Egmond AMEM, Timman R, Severs D, Hoorn EJ.

Nutrients. 2020 Aug 19;12(9):2494. doi: 10.3390/nu12092494.

PMID: 32824951 Free PMC article.

Diet-Exercise-Induced Hypokalemic Metabolic Alkalosis.

Hoorn EJ, Bovée DM, Geerse DA, Visser WJ.

Am J Med. 2020 Nov;133(11):e667-e669. doi: 10.1016/j.amjmed.2020.04.019. Epub 2020 May 20.

PMID: 32442511 No abstract available.

A Randomized Trial of Distal Diuretics versus Dietary Sodium Restriction for Hypertension in Chronic Kidney Disease.

Bovée DM, Visser WJ, Middel I, De Mik-van Egmond A, Greupink R, Masereeuw R, Russel FGM, Danser AHJ, Zietse R, Hoorn EJ.

J Am Soc Nephrol. 2020 Mar;31(3):650-662. doi: 10.1681/ASN.2019090905. Epub 2020 Jan 29.

PMID: 31996411 Free PMC article. Clinical Trial.

A Successful Approach to Kidney Transplantation in Patients With Enteric (Secondary) Hyperoxaluria.

Roodnat JI, de Mik-van Egmond AME, Visser WJ, Berger SP, van der Meijden WAG, Knauf F, van Agteren M, Betjes MGH, Hoorn EJ.

Transplant Direct. 2017 Nov 8;3(12):e331. doi: 10.1097/TXD.0000000000000748. eCollection 2017 Dec.

PMID: 29536032 Free PMC article.


Other positions

Chairman of the nutritional assessment committee Erasmus MC.
Member of the education and research group of the Dutch Dietitians Kidney disease.

Scholarships, grants, and awards

Nominated for the Young Professional Award 2019.