Herlev Hospital

A specialized hospital with a cancer center
The hospital gathers a number of surgical specialties, gynecological-obstetric functions, and pediatrics, including a neonatal function.

Within certain specialties the hospital serves 700,000 citizens in the entire Capital Region of Denmark. This applies to urology, plastic surgery, mamma surgery, hematology, an interdisciplinary pain center as well as a number of specialized functions within oncology, surgery, orthopedic surgery, medical gastroenterology, and endocrinology.

Herlev Hospital has a strong profile in the cancer area, being one of the country’s six cancer centers. In the cancer area Herlev Hospital also treats citizens outside the Capital Region of Denmark.

Shared emergency department
The hospital is going to have one shared emergency department, which will serve as the place of admission for acute patients. These patients will have direct access to the necessary specialists at the hospital. Within surgery and orthopedic surgery the hospital is in charge of acute and elective functions.

Herlev Hospital is a part of Copenhagen University Hospital.

Specialties and functions at Herlev Hospital

• Shared emergency department

Surgical specialties

• Orthopedic surgery
• Surgery
• Urology
• Plastic surgery
• Mamma surgery

Internal medical specialties

• Cardiology
• Lung disease
• Gastroenterology
• Endocrinology
• Geriatrics
• Infectious medicine
• Nephrology, including kidney transplantations
• Hematology

Woman-child specialties

• Gynecology and obstetrics
• Pediatrics, including a neonatal ward

Other clinical specialties

• Neurology
• Clinical oncology, including radiation treatment
• Palliative treatment
• Dementia team

Interdisciplinary specialties

• Anaesthesiology, including intensive care and an interdisciplinary pain center
• Diagnostic radiology
• Clinical biochemistry
• Clinical physiology and nuclear medicine
• Clinical immunology
• Clinical microbiology
• Pathological anatomy and cytology