UMC has partnered with leading institutions to remain at the forefront of healthcare innovation

Talent and tech in Amsterdam

In 2018 the VU University Medical Center and AMC merged to become Amsterdam UMC. Which is now s a leading medical centre that combines complex patient care, scientific research and education. Collaborating with Amsterdam’s wealth of research institutes, doctors at Amsterdam UMC have put their focus on cancer as well as to neurological and cardiovascular diseases.

Joining forces for better patient care

The goal of the merger of the medical centres of the two Amsterdam universities is for Amsterdam UMC to reach an even higher quality of patient care. This will be achieved by clustering specific patient groups in one of the two locations, enabling sustainable access to complex patient care. 

State-of-the-art Imaging Center

Part of Amsterdam UMC is the VU’s state-of-the-art Imaging Center, which brings together the existing infrastructure in one building. Recent developments in imaging technology are changing the way medical practitioners tackle disease, making it easier to find tumours and other diseases and track the high precision treatment of them. With MRI scanners that map the body and PET scanners that trace the effectiveness of drugs and hunt out illness, leading institutions are effectively able to peer inside us.

VUmc has one of the world’s most advanced labs for developing tracers – the contrasting agents that are injected into the body and attach themselves to diseased cells. It also has one of the few MRI PET scanners in the world. The cooperative approach of the Imaging Center includes partnerships with private enterprises.