Athens Medical Center SAAthens Medical Group (AMC) was founded in 1984 by Dr. G. Apostolopoulos with a vision to stop the outflow of Greek patients to established medical destinations in Western Europe and the USA. Today, AMC is a top-level European Medical Group, whose hospitals operate under the strictest international quality criteria, with specialised and experienced medical and nursing personnel and state-of-the-art medical equipment.AMC’s mission is “to offer top medical services, abiding by the most austere international medical guidelines and certifications, with respect and dedication to the human being and by having a single aim for all of us, health improvement”. It has been listed on the Athens Stock Exchange since 1991, while Asklepios Kliniken GmbH, one of the largest Healthcare groups in Europe, which operates 140 medical units, is a major shareholder.AMC runs 8 ultramodern hospitals with a capacity of 1200 beds and collaborates with more than 2,800 affiliated doctors of all specialties, with international careers in Europe and in the USA. It employs more than 3,000 personnel of medical, nursing, administrative and other functions and it cooperates with the most eminent Universities and Organisations of the World. In the greater Athens metropolitan area 7 hospital units are located: Athens Medical Center, Paediatric Center and GAIA Maternity Clinic in Maroussi, Psychiko Clinic, PaleoFaliro Clinic, Dafne Clinic, and Peristeri Clinic. The European Interbalkan Medical Center (EIMC) is located in the Northern part of Greece, in Thessaloniki. Additionally, AMC cooperates with an extensive nationwide network of more than 2,500 physicians, 390 diagnostic centers and 8 haemodialysis units whose aim is to offer vertically integrated healthcare services throughout Greece. In AMC annually there are 62,000 admissions, 48,000 surgical operations are performed, 6,800 births, 42,000 haemodialysis sessions and 14,000 check ups take place and 400,000 outpatients are treated. Its Emergency Medical Services (EMS) offer 24/7 urgent medical assistance and patient transportation with a fleet of fully equipped mobile intensive care units.