Gentofte Hospital
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Gentofte Hospital is located in Gentofte
within Copenhagen
in Denmark
. Administratively, it is part of the hospital service of Region Hovedstaden
. The hospital primarily serves the municipalities
of Gentofte, Lyngby-Taarbæk
, and Rudersdal
, with a population of about 175,000. The hospital was opened in 1927.
As one of the university hospitals for Copenhagen University, Gentofte Hospital has extensive research (publication lists) and training facilities. Two large medical departments cover gastroenterology, endocrinology, rheumatology, geriatric medicine and stroke rehabilitation. The hospital also houses dedicated cardiology and pulmonary medicine departments, an ENT department with the largest audiology department in Denmark and a dermatology and allergy unit.
The hospital also hosts the regional department for innovations in elective surgery.
Gentofte
Gentofte Kommune is a municipality in the Capital Region of Denmark on the east coast of the island of Zealand in eastern Denmark. The municipality covers an area of , and has a total population of 68,913...
within Copenhagen
Copenhagen
Copenhagen is the capital and largest city of Denmark, with an urban population of 1,199,224 and a metropolitan population of 1,930,260 . With the completion of the transnational Øresund Bridge in 2000, Copenhagen has become the centre of the increasingly integrating Øresund Region...
in Denmark
Denmark
Denmark is a Scandinavian country in Northern Europe. The countries of Denmark and Greenland, as well as the Faroe Islands, constitute the Kingdom of Denmark . It is the southernmost of the Nordic countries, southwest of Sweden and south of Norway, and bordered to the south by Germany. Denmark...
. Administratively, it is part of the hospital service of Region Hovedstaden
Region Hovedstaden
The Capital Region of Denmark is an administrative region of Denmark established on January 1, 2007 as part of the 2007 Danish Municipal Reform, which replaced the traditional counties with five larger regions. At the same time, smaller municipalities were merged into larger units, cutting the...
. The hospital primarily serves the municipalities
Municipalities of Denmark
This is a list of Municipalities of Denmark.-Region Hovedstaden:* Albertslund Municipality* Allerød Municipality* Ballerup Municipality* Bornholm Regional Municipality* Brøndby Municipality* Copenhagen Municipality* Dragør Municipality* Egedal Municipality...
of Gentofte, Lyngby-Taarbæk
Lyngby-Taarbæk
Lyngby-Taarbæk Kommune is a municipality in Region Hovedstaden near Copenhagen on the east coast of the island of Zealand in eastern Denmark. The municipality covers an area of 39 km², and has a total population of 51,449 . Its mayor as of 2010 is Søren P...
, and Rudersdal
Rudersdal municipality
Rudersdal Kommune is a municipality in Region Hovedstaden in Denmark. It is situated approximately 20 kilometers north of Copenhagen...
, with a population of about 175,000. The hospital was opened in 1927.
As one of the university hospitals for Copenhagen University, Gentofte Hospital has extensive research (publication lists) and training facilities. Two large medical departments cover gastroenterology, endocrinology, rheumatology, geriatric medicine and stroke rehabilitation. The hospital also houses dedicated cardiology and pulmonary medicine departments, an ENT department with the largest audiology department in Denmark and a dermatology and allergy unit.
The hospital also hosts the regional department for innovations in elective surgery.
See also
- Region Hovedstadens PsykiatriRegion Hovedstadens PsykiatriRegion Hovedstadens Psykiatri is a psychiatric hospital with centers spread all around the capital region of Denmark, mainly consisting of Copenhagen, northern Zealand, and Bornholm....
for the psychiatric department of the hospital