Open Medical Institute
The Open Medical Institute (OMI) is an educational initiative for medical professionals which aims to improve healthcare on a global scale. Fellows trained by the OMI are equipped to significantly enhance healthcare delivery in their home countries. The program was founded in 1993 by the American Austrian Foundation (AAF) and the Open Society Foundations (OSF) in close collaboration with physicians from Weill Cornell Medicine. Over the past decades, many leading medical institutions in the United States and Europe have joined this initiative by providing highly committed faculty who donate their time and expertise, sharing knowledge and experience with colleagues from around the world. Since 1993, the OMI has awarded more than 27,600 fellowships to physicians from 132 different countries, to whom more than 3,600 observerships in Austrian and American hospitals have been granted.
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A Passion for Medical Education: The CHOP Philosophy of Teaching
Fellows from various medical disciplines, including dermatology, internal medicine, pediatrics, and family medicine, spent seven days together in Salzburg, Austria, puzzling over the intricacies of medical education. The participants were trying to figure out what the best and most efficient ways...
OMI Family Medicine Seminar Returns for the 25th Time
After a successful run of seminars in Salzburg’s cold spring, the family medicine week of Duke University...
Leading US Hematologists Teach in Salzburg
Oncology is a medical discipline marked by equal amounts of hope, apprehension, and loss, sometimes making it a...
Little Heart Heroes: OMI Brings Pediatric Expertise to Slovakia
"I'm talking about DiGeorge syndrome now, which I've been studying most of my life. It often appears in children...
A Passion for Medical Education: The CHOP Philosophy of Teaching
Fellows from various medical disciplines, including dermatology, internal medicine, pediatrics, and family medicine, spent seven days together in Salzburg, Austria, puzzling over the intricacies of medical education. The participants were trying to figure out what the...
OMI Family Medicine Seminar Returns for the 25th Time
After a successful run of seminars in Salzburg’s cold spring, the family medicine week of Duke University focusing on maternal and child health has arrived to warmly remind us of our important 25 years of joint history. Dr. John W. Ragsdale III served the program for...
Leading US Hematologists Teach in Salzburg
Oncology is a medical discipline marked by equal amounts of hope, apprehension, and loss, sometimes making it a difficult field to work in. Yet, there are doctors, who daily choose to fight for their patients’ lives, which are often marked by terminal illnesses, such...
Little Heart Heroes: OMI Brings Pediatric Expertise to Slovakia
"I'm talking about DiGeorge syndrome now, which I've been studying most of my life. It often appears in children with congenital heart defects," says Dr. Elizabeth Goldmuntz, a pediatric cardiologist from the Children's Hospital of Philadelphia. Over 50 Slovak doctors...