Academic Medical Center

Academic Medical Center
Academisch Medisch Centrum Amsterdam
Geography
Location	Bijlmer, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
Coordinates	Coordinates: 52°17′36″N 4°57′28″E / 52.29333°N 4.95778°E / 52.29333; 4.95778
Organisation
Funding	Government hospital
Hospital type	Academic
Affiliated university	University of Amsterdam
Services
Emergency department	I
Beds	1002 (2011)^[1]
History
Founded	1983
Links
Website	www.amc.nl
Lists	Hospitals in The Netherlands

The AMC

The Academic Medical Center (Dutch: Academisch Medisch Centrum), or AMC, is the university hospital affiliated with the Universiteit van Amsterdam (University of Amsterdam).

It is one of the largest and leading hospitals of The Netherlands, located in the Bijlmer neighborhood in the most south-eastern part of the city. AMC consistently ranks among the top 50 medical schools in the world.^[2]

The AMC has an intensive cooperation with the other university hospital of Amsterdam, the VU University Medical Center (VUmc), which is affiliated with the VU University Amsterdam, Amsterdam's other university.

Tertiary care departments include advanced trauma care, pediatric and neonatal intensive care, cardiothoracic surgery, neurosurgery, infectious diseases and other departments.

Special units include:

Neurosurgery
Cardiothoracic surgery
Neonatal and pediatric surgery and intensive care
Pediatric oncology
Level I trauma center

Gallery

Interior
Interior
Interior

References

External links

Academisch Medisch Centrum (in Dutch)

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