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Israeli medical students visit the university hospital

02/24/2026

In the first few weeks of this year, five female students from Technion University in Haifa gained practical experience at Würzburg University Hospital. The cooperation is to be expanded further in the future.

Von links: Prof. Dr. Andreas Buck (Prodekan für Internationale Angelegenheiten), Adi Goldring, Noa Arbel, Romi Gleicher und Alma Barry (alle vier Technion-Universität, Haifa), Prof. Dr. Jürgen Deckert (Seniorprofessor, ehem. Prodekan für Internationale Angelegenheiten), Lee Kaniel (Technion-Universität, Haifa) sowie Barbara Moll (Medizinische Fakultät). In der ersten Reihe kniend: Yuka Yamazato und Mizuki Sakimoto, zwei Medizinstudentinnen aus Japan, die zeitgleich im Rahmen des Nagasaki-Würzburg-Austauschs in der unterfränkischen Universitätsstadt sind
From left: Prof. Dr. Andreas Buck (Vice Dean for International Affairs), Adi Goldring, Noa Arbel, Romi Gleicher and Alma Barry (all four from Technion University, Haifa), Prof. Dr. Jürgen Deckert (Senior Professor, former Vice Dean for International Affairs), Lee Kaniel (Technion University, Haifa) and Barbara Moll (Faculty of Medicine). Kneeling in the front row: Yuka Yamazato and Mizuki Sakimoto, two medical students from Japan who are currently visiting the Lower Franconian university town as part of the Nagasaki-Würzburg exchange programme. (Image: Andreas Buck / UKW)

Adi, Alma, Lee, Noa and Romi - these are the names of five medical students from Israel's Technion University who completed a six-week training programme at Würzburg University Hospital (UKW) at the beginning of January this year. They are in their sixth and final year of study at their home university in the harbour city of Haifa. "The aim of their stay in Würzburg was to deepen and apply the knowledge they had acquired to date - similar to the German practical year," explains Professor Andreas Buck. The Director of the Nuclear Medicine Clinic at the UKW has been Vice Dean for International Affairs at the Faculty of Medicine at Julius-Maximilians-Universität Würzburg since 2023.

The students worked at the UKW in dermatology, gynaecology, ear, nose and throat medicine, ophthalmology, transplant surgery and psychiatry.

"The feedback from the junior doctors on the teaching programme is excellent," says a delighted Andreas Buck and continues: "They also praised the friendly contact with the Jewish Community of Würzburg, which included our guests in community life."

Resumption of previous contacts

The ideas for cooperation between Würzburg University Medicine and Technion University were initiated several years ago by Professor Jürgen Deckert, Andreas Buck's predecessor as Vice Dean for International Affairs. "Unfortunately, contact was broken off again due to the coronavirus pandemic," reports the former Director of the Clinic and Polyclinic for Psychiatry, Psychosomatics and Psychotherapy at the UKW. Now, as a senior professor, he is all the more pleased and grateful that 80 years after the Shoah, both student exchange and scientific cooperation are possible and are being driven forward with renewed vigour.

Andreas Buck adds: "The Technion University is an excellent, technically orientated educational and research institution that is suitable for enriching the portfolio of Würzburg University Medicine in many respects. The next important step is to coordinate reciprocal visits by the respective Faculties of Medicine."

The exchange complements the long-standing exchange programmes with universities, primarily in Nagasaki/Japan and Mwanza/Tanzania, but also with other universities worldwide.

By UKW press office / translated with DeepL

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