Academic Medical Center (Amsterdam)

See also: Academic health science centre

Hospital in Amsterdam, Netherlands

Academic Medical Center

Academisch Medisch Centrum Amsterdam

Geography
Location| Bijlmer, Amsterdam, Netherlands
Coordinates| 52°17′40″N 4°57′27″E﻿ / ﻿52.29444°N 4.95750°E﻿ / 52.29444; 4.95750
Organisation
Funding| Government hospital
Type| Teaching
Affiliated university| University of Amsterdam
Services
Emergency department| Level I trauma center
Beds| 1002 (2011)[1]
History
Opened| 1983
Links
Website| www.amc.nl (in Dutch)
Lists| Hospitals in Netherlands

The Academic Medical Center (Dutch: Academisch Medisch Centrum), or AMC, was the university hospital affiliated with the University of Amsterdam. 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,[2] located in the Bijlmer neighborhood in the most south-eastern part of the city of Amsterdam. AMC consistently ranked among the top 50 medical schools in the world.[3]

## History

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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

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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:[4]

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

## Gallery

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* Interior

* Interior

* Interior

* The AMC campus

## References

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1. ^ "Jaarverslagen zorg, CIBG, Ministerie VWS". Desan, Netherlands. Retrieved May 19, 2020.
2. ^ "Radio Netherlands Archives". Radio Netherlands. Retrieved May 19, 2020.
3. ^ "QS World University Rankings by Subject 2015 – Medicine". Top Universities.com. Retrieved May 19, 2020.
4. ^ "Academic Medical Center". Academic Medical Center, Amsterdam. Retrieved May 19, 2020.

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University of Amsterdam

Rector magnificus: Peter-Paul Verbeek

Campus|

* City center
* Roeterseiland campus
* Amsterdam Science Park
* Academic Medical Center

Faculties|

| FNWI|

* Anton Pannekoek Institute for Astronomy (API)
* Informatics Institute
* Institute for Biodiversity and Ecosystem Dynamics (IBED)
* Institute for Logic, Language and Computation (ILLC) (interfaculty)
* Institute of Physics (IoP)
* Korteweg-de Vries Institute for Mathematics (KdVI)
* Swammerdam Institute for Life Sciences (SILS)
* Van't Hoff Institute for Molecular Sciences

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FGw|

* Amsterdam Center for Language and Communication (ACLC)
* Amsterdam School for Regional, Transnational and European Studies (ARTES) (interfaculty)
* Amsterdam School for Cultural Analysis (ASCA)
* Amsterdam School of Historical Studies (ASH)
* Amsterdam School for Heritage, Memory and Material Culture (AHM)
* Institute for Logic, Language and Computation (ILLC) (interfaculty)
* Graduate School of Humanities (GSH)
* College of Humanities (CoH)

FMG|

* Amsterdam Institute for Advanced Labour Studies (AIAS)
* Amsterdam Institute for Social Science Research (AISSR)
* Amsterdam School for Regional, Transnational and European Studies (ARTES) (interfaculty)
* Amsterdam School of Communications Research [nl] (ASCoR)
* Institute for Migration and Ethnic Studies [nl] (IMES)
* Psychology Research Institute (PsyRes)
* Research Institute of Child Development and Education (CDE)

FEB|

* Amsterdam School of Economics Research Institute
* Amsterdam Business School
* SEO Economic Research and etc.

FdR|

* Amsterdam Research Institute for Legal Studies (ARILS) and etc.

FdG|

* Amsterdam Cancer Center and etc.

ATCA|

* Institute of Education
* Research institute

People|

* List of rectores magnifici [nl]
* List of staff members and students [nl]
* List of eredoctoraten [nl]

Others|

* Agnietenkapel
* Allard Pierson Museum
* Amsterdam University College
* Amsterdam University Library
* Amsterdam University Press
* Athenaeum Illustre of Amsterdam
* Bibliotheca Rosenthaliana
* Bungehuis
* George Mosse Fund
* Handboogdoelen
* Oost-Indisch Huis
* PC Hoofthuis
* Phobot
* Zoological Museum Amsterdam
* 2024 pro-Palestinian campus occupations

* Official Website
* Category
* Commons

Authority control databases

International|

* ISNI
* VIAF

National|

* Germany
* United States
* France
* BnF data
* Israel

Other|

* IdRef
* Yale LUX

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