| Academic Medical Center | |
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 Academisch Medisch Centrum Amsterdam | |
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| Geography | |
| Location | Bijlmer, Amsterdam, Netherlands |
| Coordinates | 52°17′40″N4°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 |
| Lists | Hospitals in Netherlands |
TheAcademic Medical Center (Dutch:Academisch Medisch Centrum), orAMC, was the university hospital affiliated with theUniversity of Amsterdam. After merging with theVU University Medical Center, it now operates as theAmsterdam 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 theBijlmer neighborhood in the most south-eastern part of the city ofAmsterdam. AMC consistently ranked among the top 50 medical schools in the world.[3]
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.
The AMC has had an intensive cooperation with the other university hospital of Amsterdam, theVU University Medical Center (VUmc), affiliated with theVrije Universiteit Amsterdam. The two hospitals merged their administrative tasks on 7 June 2018 to form theAmsterdam 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.
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