Wilko Spiering MD, PhD

Dr. Wilko Spiering studied medicine (1997) at Maastricht University, where he also obtained his Ph.D. (2004). Since 2006 he has been working as an internist-vascular physician at the Department of Vascular Medicine at UMC Utrecht. He founded the Complicated Hypertension outpatient clinic and is involved in the renal denervation program at UMC Utrecht. He also has a special outpatient clinic for patients with pseudoxanthoma elasticum (PXE), a rare hereditary disorder of the blood vessels, among other things. His research focuses on (obesity-related) hypertension, new treatment strategies for hypertension and vascular complications, and possible treatments in PXE. He is chairman of the Internist Vascular Society and secretary of the Dutch Hypertension Association.