A team from University of Nebraska Medical Centre (UNMC) travelled to India recently to meet with leaders of multiple prominent hospitals and explore new partnerships.

In 2009, UNMC signed a memorandum of understanding with the Directorate of Medical Education in the undivided State of Andhra Pradesh, now bifurcated into Telangana and Andhra Pradesh. The partnerships established under this memorandum are among the university’s most successful collaborations with international universities, providing the opportunity to collaborate with nearly 45 medical schools and their affiliated hospitals in education, research and clinical care. In turn, UNMC has hosted learners and faculty from Andhra Pradesh.

Since then, multiple medical students, residents, fellows and faculty have undertaken educational observerships and related activities. Medical students and residents from UNMC have completed rotations in India since 2009, with the most recent group in February 2025. Similarly, UNMC has hosted more than 1,000 observership opportunities for learners from India.

The visit coincided with international rotations of medical students and a surgery resident from UNMC and an advanced robotic surgery workshop in uro-oncology at the Basavatarakam Indo-American Cancer Hospital and Research Institute (BIACHR). BIACHR is one of the leading quaternary care cancer centers and one of the top-ranked cancer hospitals in India. The UNMC team met with leaders of both BIACHR and the Nizam’s Institute of Medical Science, one of the top quaternary care multi-specialty hospitals in India, to explore partnership opportunities in education, research and clinical activities.

“Successful partnerships with like-minded global partners and universities in countries such as India will boost opportunities for UNMC on the global stage,” Dr Chandra Are, MBBS, senior associate dean of graduate medical education at UNMC, said.