{"id":33723,"date":"2025-02-26T13:00:49","date_gmt":"2025-02-26T12:00:49","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/semmelweis.hu\/nki\/?p=33723"},"modified":"2026-01-12T16:24:25","modified_gmt":"2026-01-12T15:24:25","slug":"study-in-buffalo-ny-application-deadline-march-15-2025","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/semmelweis.hu\/nki\/en\/2025\/02\/26\/study-in-buffalo-ny-application-deadline-march-15-2025\/","title":{"rendered":"Study in Buffalo, NY \u2013 Application deadline March 15, 2025"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The Dent Neurological Institute has entered into an agreement with the four Hungarian medical universities (Semmelweis University, University of Debrecen, University of P\u00e9cs, University of Szeged) to provide 8 week credit-bearing senior electives to medical students who are in their 6th year of education (apply for the program during 5th year)<\/p>\n<p>The rotations begin four times a year, approximately in July, September, and December of next year and March of the year following the next. The exact dates will be determined by HMAA (shortly after the interview).<\/p>\n<p>The purpose of the program is to facilitate the exchange of students as well as experience and knowledge between the involved medical universities. With this program the HMAA contributes and provides broad medical knowledge to young Hungarian physicians who are entering the Hungarian health care system.<\/p>\n<p><strong>This program is sponsored and managed by the Hungarian Medical Association of America, HMAA.<\/strong><\/p>\n<h3>Students may take the following electives<\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li>Neurology<\/li>\n<li>Child Neurology<\/li>\n<li>Obstetrics and Gynecology<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Please note that these electives are subject to availability at the time of the rotation.<\/p>\n<h3>Financing<\/h3>\n<h5>Students are expected to cover:<\/h5>\n<ul>\n<li>Round trip air transportation<\/li>\n<li>Health insurance<\/li>\n<li>Medical liability (coordinated by HMAA) is appr. 300 USD for 2 months<\/li>\n<li>Meal costs (some Buffalo departments provide meal tickets for use in the hospital)<\/li>\n<li>Students accepted for the program will contribute to their housing in the amount of 550 USD per month (1100 USD total)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h3>Financial Support (not provided by HMAA)<\/h3>\n<h3>Who can apply?<\/h3>\n<p>The program is opened to students with the<em>\u00a0Hungarian heritage<\/em>\u00a0of all Hungarian medical schools. Medical students who are in their 6th year of education at the beginning of\u00a0 September 2025.<\/p>\n<p><b>Only<\/b>\u00a0medical students\u00a0<b>with\u00a0<em>Hungarian heritage<\/em><\/b>\u00a0may apply from both the Hungarian and English language programs.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Only HMAA<\/strong>\u00a0members can apply for the exchange program (membership is free for medical students, for further information visit the HMAA home page).<\/p>\n<p><b>Students must apply only to one location from the HMAA Exchange Programs! It is not possible to apply for more (Buffalo, Houston).<\/b><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center\"><strong><span style=\"font-size: 18pt\">Deadline:\u00a0applications must be emailed by March 15th, 2025 midnight (CET).<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Applications emailed later than this date will not be accepted.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Only online applications will be accepted.<\/strong><\/p>\n<h3>Requirements<\/h3>\n<p>All should be submitted by email in ONE pdf document named as the applicant<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Completed Application Form<\/li>\n<li>Hungarian or English credit transcript from year 1 onwards \u2013 scanned original<\/li>\n<li>Statement of the medical student status \u2013 scanned original<\/li>\n<li>Curriculum vitae (in English) \u2013 scanned original\u00a0<b>signed<\/b><\/li>\n<li>Letter of motivation\/intent (in English) \u2013 scanned original\u00a0<b>signed<\/b><\/li>\n<li>Passport size photo \u2013 scanned original<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>The application must be complete, otherwise, it will be automatically rejected.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>For further information contact the program coordinator.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>The personal interview will take place on April 1, 2025 (Location: Semmelweis University, Directorate of International Relations \u2013 1091 Budapest, \u00dcll\u0151i u. 25. Room nr. 220 \u2013 Dr. Marcel Pop\u2019s Office)<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>All students must submit a written Exit Interview to the Department of International Relations of Semmelweis University and to the HMAA\u00a0 after the end of the rotation.\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>All students are encouraged to attend the HMAA Summer Conference of the HMAA Hungary Chapter. (<em>earn plus points for your presentation\/research\/ HMAA activity<\/em>)\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n<h3>How to submit your application<\/h3>\n<p><strong>\u00a0Form<\/strong>:\u00a0<\/p>\n<p><strong>https:\/\/www.dropbox.com\/scl\/fi\/a3fxsnhb9adm3026jkqi3\/hmaa-houston-application-2025-Copy-edited.pdf?rlkey=bk9wjsium8133nroetksjhvv1&amp;st=x1p7ao6p&amp;dl=0<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>One copy to be emailed to:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Alex DiLeo \u2013 HMAA Student Exchange Program Coordinator \u2013 Buffalo<br \/>\nDent Neurologic Institute \u2013 Office of Dr. Laszlo Mechtler<br \/>\nOffice: (716) 558-5668<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Email<\/strong>:\u00a0<a href=\"mailto:amcfayden@dentinstitute.com\">adileo@dentinstitute.com<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>One copy to be emailed to:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Zsolt Garami, MD \u2013\u00a0Co-Director HMAA Student Exchange Program<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Email:<\/strong>\u00a0<a href=\"mailto:zgarami@houstonmethodist.org\">zgarami@houstonmethodist.org<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>One copy to be emailed to:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Directorate of International Relations at\u00a0<strong>Semmelweis University<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Email<\/strong>:\u00a0<a href=\"mailto:szlovak.judit@semmelweis-univ.hu\">szlovak.judit@semmelweis.hu<\/a><br \/>\n<strong>Address<\/strong>: 1085 Budapest, \u00dcll\u0151i \u00fat 25.<br \/>\n<strong>Phone<\/strong>: +36 1 4591500\/62697<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>One copy to be emailed to:<\/strong><br \/>\n<strong>HMAA Hungary Chapter<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Email<\/strong>:\u00a0<a href=\"mailto:hungary@hmaa.org\">hungary@hmaa.org<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Dent Neurological Institute has entered into an agreement with the four Hungarian medical universities (Semmelweis University, University of Debrecen, University of P\u00e9cs, University of Szeged) to provide 8 week credit-bearing senior electives to medical students who are in their 6th year of education (apply for the program during 5th year) The rotations begin four &hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":101423,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[151],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-33723","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-hirek-en"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/semmelweis.hu\/nki\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/33723","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/semmelweis.hu\/nki\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/semmelweis.hu\/nki\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/semmelweis.hu\/nki\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/101423"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/semmelweis.hu\/nki\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=33723"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/semmelweis.hu\/nki\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/33723\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":33726,"href":"https:\/\/semmelweis.hu\/nki\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/33723\/revisions\/33726"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/semmelweis.hu\/nki\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=33723"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/semmelweis.hu\/nki\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=33723"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/semmelweis.hu\/nki\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=33723"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}