About VU university medical center
VU University Medical Center (VUmc) makes a substantial contribution to the quality of the health service and, by extension, to the welfare of individuals. In its role as a university medical center, VUmc develops and applies knowledge within five leading pivotal points in patient care and pioneering research: cancer, brain, vital functions, movement, and extramural/transmural care (the latter is defined as the interface between primary and secondary health care). In addition, VUmc disseminates knowledge within an engaging medical, nursing, and paramedical training system. The purpose of this is to improve patient care still further.
Knowledge makes us better
Knowledge makes us better and helps us move forward, and this is evident in VUmc. In addition to new methods of treatment and types of care, this also applies to innovative scientific developments and insights. Our professionals use the latest equipment. VUmc combines a healthy dose of ambition with fundamental curiosity, and people-oriented ways of thinking and acting. Not content with making patients better, VUmc itself wants to be better now and to become still better in future. Scientific research is, of course, closely linked to issues that are important to society. Its research is both fundamental in nature and directed towards achieving applications in everyday practice.
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