Wiser about Referrals to our center

Sarcoidosis is a complex disease and both the diagnosis as the treatment can be difficult. Therefore, sarcoidosis is one of the main focusses of the the departments of pulmonary medicine, clinical immunology and rheumatology, neurology and dermatology in the AMC, both concerning patient care and scientific research. In the AMC patients are treated in a multidisciplinary fashion. Patients can be referred by their medical specialist or general practitioner.

 

Referrals to our center

Referrals to the outpatient clinics

For referrals to one of our outpatient clinics we would like to receive all relevant disease related correspondence of all involved specialists, previous conducted laboratory tests, a CD-rom with all disease related imaging studies and results of other ancillary investigations preceding the first consult. Please refer to the specialist of the organ that is most severely affected. When you are a general practitioner based in the Netherlands you can refer using ZorgDomein. If you are not yet registered you can do that here. For referrals by medical specialists in the Netherlands, the medical specialist can write a letter of referral and send it to the outpatient clinic of choice in the AMC. When you are a general practitioner or medical specialist not based in the Netherlands or when you have any additional questions you can fill in the contact form below.

What kind of scientific research do we conduct in our center?

Transfers to our ward

For enquiries concerning patients diagnosed with or suspected of sarcoidosis who are admitted you can contact us either by calling the AMC and ask for one of the specialists involved in our tertiary referral center or call one of the numbers in the link below. When patients need to be transfered to a certain ward at the AMC, we will try to arrange this as soon as possible. When we receive the disease related medical correspondence of all involved specialists, previous conducted laboratory tests, a CD-rom with all disease related imaging studies and results of other ancillary investigations quickly, this will accelerate the process. If you have any additional questions you can fill in the contact form below.

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Tertiary referral center sarcoidosis AMC

We are a tertiary referral center for patients with sarcoidosis. Care for patients with sarcoidosis is complex. Our opinion is that because the disease is relatively rare, care for these patients with severe manifestations of the disease should preferably be performed in a few specialized hospitals. We want to improve healthcare for these patients. Part of this is a specialist outpatient clinic for sarcoidosis patients with a multidisciplinary approach. Additionally, we have started various scientific research projects, aimed at improving the diagnostic process and treatment of this disease. Below you can find more information concerning the pulmonary medicine department, who we are, what kind of research we are conducting and how you can refer patients to us.

Who are we?   Scientific research