Sahlgrenska University Hospital

Sahlgrenska University Hospital is our most important partner when it comes to postgraduate specialist training in medicine.

Sahlgrenska University Hospital is an engine for health care development in the entire Region Västra Götaland. Sahlgrenska University Hospital has top-notch experts in many different specialities.

Sahlgrenska University Hospital is one of six teaching hospitals with medical education in Sweden. The hospital provides an infrastructure necessary for teaching and research in cooperation with the Sahlgrenska Academy at the University of Gothenburg.

Sahlgrenska University Hospital has 17 000 employees with its most famous researcher being Arvid Carlsson. In the year 2000 he received the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine for his work with the neurotransmitter dopamine and its effects in Parkinson’s disease.