Lifelines_NL Competitors

We are Erasmus MC. Our roots lie in Rotterdam, a city and port of international standing. We are the most innovative university medical center in the Netherlands and one of the world’s leading centers of scientific research. We are committed to achieving a healthy population and pursuing excellence in healthcare through research and teaching. Day in, day out, our staff, volunteers and students work with passion and dedication to achieve everything we stand for: safe, first-rate healthcare for patients with complex issues, unusual and rare conditions or acute needs. But we also stand for top-quality teaching that attracts ambitious, inquisitive and talented students and seeks to answer the healthcare questions of tomorrow. And we stand for world-class scientific research that bolsters our understanding of diseases and disorders and helps to predict, treat and prevent them. We do our work based on our basic principles, the core values of Erasmus MC, 'responsible', 'connecting' and 'enterprising'. We believe that we provide the best care, research and education if we are responsible, binding and enterprising.

At Amsterdam UMC, more than 15,000 professionals strive to provide good and accessible care. For the generations of today and tomorrow. The two medical university centers in Amsterdam, AMC and VUmc, are working together towards a future in which we prevent illnesses and make the best treatment available to all patients. To this end, we develop new methods for diagnostics and treatment together with professionals from other renowned national and international institutions. We treat over 350,000 patients a year at both our sites - AMC and VUmc. Our main focus is on complex patient care and highly-specialized treatment of rare medical conditions. At Amsterdam UMC, we teach and train thousands of young people to become doctors, specialists or nurses. Our researchers are clustered in eight research centers so that we can achieve our ambition of executing international, cutting-edge research. At Amsterdam UMC, AMC and VUmc are working together on academic patient care, scientific research and teaching & training.

The University Medical Center Utrecht is one of the largest academic healthcare institutions in the Netherlands. We provide the best healthcare for today’s patients, and we also work towards a healthy society in the future. Our organization has three core tasks: care, research and education. Care for patients and employees Every day, we devote ourselves to providing adults and children with the best possible care, based on their specific needs and wishes. But we also care for our 11,000 employees. Because they have the knowledge, experience and expertise that we need in order to continue improving the care we provide. Our values Our mission is to continue to be a leading international institute. To achieve this, we ensure that: • We are involved and committed; • We constantly innovate and never stop learning; • We work together and take responsibility. Preserving the highest level of care Our scientific research is based on the world around us. Together with national and international partners, we invest in innovation and research in order to keep the care we provide at the highest level. Focus is essential, which is why we have selected six priority areas: • Brain • Infection & Immunity • Circulatory Health • Personalized Cancer Care • RM & Stem Cells • Child Health