The Academic Medical Center (Dutch: ''Academisch Medisch Centrum''), or AMC, was the university hospital affiliated with the
University of Amsterdam
The University of Amsterdam (abbreviated as UvA, ) is a public university, public research university located in Amsterdam, Netherlands. Established in 1632 by municipal authorities, it is the fourth-oldest academic institution in the Netherlan ...
. After merging with the
VU University Medical Center, it now operates as the
Amsterdam University Medical Center, a single organization with two locations, affiliated with two universities. It was one of the largest and leading hospitals of the Netherlands, located in the
Bijlmer neighborhood in the most south-eastern part of the city of
Amsterdam
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. AMC consistently ranked among the top 50 medical schools in the world.
History
The Academic Medical Center was founded in the year 1983, it stands as one of the Netherlands' most extensive and technologically advanced hospitals, boasting a global medical ranking of approximately the fiftieth position.
Services
The AMC has had an intensive cooperation with the other university hospital of Amsterdam, the
VU University Medical Center (VUmc), affiliated with the
Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam. The two hospitals merged their administrative tasks on 7 June 2018 to form the
Amsterdam University Medical Center. The merger was fully completed on 31 December 2023.
Tertiary care departments included advanced trauma care, pediatric and neonatal intensive care, cardiothoracic surgery, neurosurgery, infectious diseases and other departments.
Special units include:
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Neurosurgery
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Cardiothoracic surgery
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Neonatal
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and
pediatric surgery and
intensive care
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Pediatric oncology
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Level I trauma center
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Gallery
File:AcademicMedicalCenter20110426a.jpeg, Interior
File:AcademicMedicalCenter20110426b.jpeg, Interior
File:AcademicMedicalCenter20110426c.jpeg, Interior
File:Academisch_Medisch_Centrum,_Universiteit_van_Amsterdam_(2007).jpg, The AMC campus
References
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1983 establishments in the Netherlands
Hospitals established in 1983
Teaching hospitals in the Netherlands
Hospitals in the Netherlands
Amsterdam-Zuidoost
Buildings and structures in Amsterdam