MS Center Amsterdam

General director: Chris Polman
Scientific directors: Christine Dijkstra and Frederik Barkhof

The MS research at the VUmc is assembled in the multidisciplinary MS Center Amsterdam. The centre has three important roles: research into multiple sclerosis (MS), care for people with MS and education of MS-specialized researchers, neurologists and radiologists. The center is a reliable source of scientific information about MS for both neurologists and patients. About 50 percent of all newly diagnosed MS patients in the Netherlands visit the center for a consultation. Our key theme, ‘Early and Targeted’, aims at generating knowledge on early disease events and inter-individual heterogeneity. The centre has an excellent international reputation and is one of the top five MS research groups in the world.

The primary goal of the MS Center Amsterdam is to perform internationally distinctive MS research focused on early disease events and on inter-individual heterogeneity. Research lines can be divided in the following categories:


Information for patients in the Netherlands: