Rigshospitalet

Rigshospitalet has more than 100 highly specialized departments and functions gathered under one roof. The hospital enjoys a special status, being in charge of many functions for the entire country, Greenland, and the Faroe Islands.

Rigshospitalet is a part of Copenhagen University Hospital and has a high research activity at an international level. This means that the treatment forms are constantly developed and improved.

A specialized hospital for the entire country
Rigshospitalet gathers a number of specialties for the region and for the entire country, for instance organ transplantation and cancer treatment. Rigshospitalet is also in charge of a special interdisciplinary function for rare disabilities.

Furthermore, Rigshospitalet is in charge of several forms of treatment of citizens in Copenhagen and Frederiksberg. This includes pediatrics, gynecology and obstetrics, oto-rhino-laryngology, and clinical oncology.

A highly specialized trauma center
Rigshospitalet has a shared emergency department with a highly specialized trauma center function. The region’s trauma center admits seriously injured and critically ill patients who require a special effort and on-site co-operation among many diagnostic and clinical specialties. For this reason there is always a vast range of medical specialists on duty.

Hospital of Bornholm attached to Rigshospitalet
The Hospital of Bornholm manages most specialties at the main function level independently, but is organizationally attached to Rigshospitalet.

Specialties and functions at Rigshospitalet

• The trauma center of the region

Surgical specialties

• Orthopedic surgery
• Surgery
• Pediatric surgery
• Vascular surgery
• Thoracic surgery
• Urology
• Plastic surgery
• Mamma surgery

Internal medical specialties

• Cardiology
• Gastroenterology
• Endocrinology
• Rheumatology
• Infectious medicine
• Nephrology
• Hematology

The woman-child specialties

• Gynecology and obstetrics
• Pediatrics, including a neonatal ward and a ward for rare disabilities

Interdisciplinary specialties

• Anaesthesiology, including anaethesia of children and intensive care as well as an interdisciplinary pain center
• Diagnostic radiology
• Clinical biochemistry
• Clinical physiology and nuclear medicine
• Clinical immunology, including transplantation immunology and transfusion-medical counseling
• Clinical microbiology
• Pathological anatomy and cytology
• Clinical pharmacology – research lab as a satellite from Bispebjerg Hospital
• Clinical genetics

Other clinical specialties

• Neurology, including clinical neuru-physiology
• Neurosurgery, especially skull surgery
• Clinical oncology
• Oto-rhino-laryngology surgery
• Dental, oral and maxilliofacial surgery
• Dementia – specialized function