Clinical referrals

For questions about hospitalized patients with neurological infectious diseases or neuroinflammatory diseases you can contact Diederik van de Beek, Matthijs Brouwer of Willeke Westendorp by telephone (020-5669111). If transfer to the Amsterdam UMC is indicated we will try to arrange this at the shortest notice. The referral process will be accelerated if we receive all relevant medical correspondence, laboratory test results, medical imaging and other test results as soon as possible.

Outpatient clinic referrals

For tertiary referrals and second opinions considering neurologic infections, neuroinflammatory diseases and spontaneous intracranial hypotension, we have a specific outpatient clinic service. Patients referred to us will first be evaluated by a neurology resident and afterwards by Diederik van de Beek or Matthijs Brouwer. Before the appointment, we would like to receive all relevant medical correspondence, laboratory results, medical imaging and results of other relevant additional tests that have been performed previously for the current episode of disease. The letter and patient information for tertiary referrals or second opinions can be send to:

Prof. Dr. D. van de Beek, neurologist or Prof. Dr. M.C. Brouwer, neurologist or Dr. W. Westendorp
Amsterdam UMC, locatie AMC
Secretariaat Neurologie H2
Postbus 22660
1100 DD Amsterdam

Disease specific referrals

Tertiary referral center Neurosarcoidosis Amsterdam UMC

We have established a tertiary referral center for neurosarcoidosis patients in the Amsterdam UMC in the summer of 2015. We work together with the sarcoidosis center at the Erasmus MC in Rotterdam. When a patient is suspected of neurosarcoidosis the general practitioner, the neurologist or the treating physician can refer patients directly to the above mentioned neurologists. Additionally, there is a multidisciplinary video conference with the Erasmus MC once a month and a multidisciplinary meeting in the Amsterdam UMC every Friday (KIR). 

Amsterdam Multidisciplinary Lyme Center 

The neurologists of Neuroinfections Amsterdam are part of the Amsterdam Multidisciplinary Lyme Center (AMLC). Patients with suspected neuroborreliosis can be referred by general practitioners or neurologists to one of the neurologists mentioned above. If symptoms are not specifically neurological, referral can be done through the AMLC after which the patient will be evaluated first by one of the infectious disease specialists of the AMLC. AMLC Link (Dutch) for referral: Verwijzen naar het Lyme-centrum Amsterdam UMC

Consultation spontaneous intracranial hypotension

The treating neurologist can refer patients with a clinical suspicion of spontaneous intracranial hypotension to the neurologists mentioned above, at Amsterdam UMC. Patients will be seen at the out-patient clinic. If necessary, patients can be admitted for a short period to accelerate diagnostics and treatment. Additionally, Amsterdam UMC can be reached for consultation through the afore mentioned channels. There is a biweekly multidisciplinary meeting with neurology, neurosurgery, interventional radiology, and anesthesiology departments present to discuss diagnosis and treatment.