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 27,000 fellowships to physicians from 130 different countries, to whom more than 3,500 observerships in Austrian and American hospitals have been granted.
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Weill Cornell Neurosurgeons Share Their Expertise Internationally
Weill Cornell neurosurgeons are the best of the best, and they are committed to sharing knowledge and training with future neurosurgeons. In Salzburg, they have the opportunity to share their expertise with neurosurgeons from all around the world, in one classroom. As treatments for neurological...

OMI Brings Palliative Care Experts to Greece
For the first time in the history of the Salzburg OMI Palliative Care (ELNEC) seminar series, healthcare...

Don’t Miss Out on the 2024 OMI Seminars!
Apply by October 31, 2023, for OMI seminars which take place between January and May 2024: Pulmonology...

Leading Neurosurgeons Teach International Cohort at the OMI
The OMI is honored to partner with neurosurgeons from Weill Cornell Medicine who are universally recognized as...

Weill Cornell Neurosurgeons Share Their Expertise Internationally
Weill Cornell neurosurgeons are the best of the best, and they are committed to sharing knowledge and training with future neurosurgeons. In Salzburg, they have the opportunity to share their expertise with neurosurgeons from all around the world, in one classroom. As...

OMI Brings Palliative Care Experts to Greece
For the first time in the history of the Salzburg OMI Palliative Care (ELNEC) seminar series, healthcare professionals from Greece attended the 2022 course and this was repeated in 2023. Throughout both courses, these fellows demonstrated their strong commitment to...

Don’t Miss Out on the 2024 OMI Seminars!
Apply by October 31, 2023, for OMI seminars which take place between January and May 2024: Pulmonology Rehabilitation Medicine Dermatology Trauma and Emergency Surgery Pathology Bone and Joint Surgery Obstetrics and Gynecology Neonatology Pediatric Urology Pediatric...

Leading Neurosurgeons Teach International Cohort at the OMI
The OMI is honored to partner with neurosurgeons from Weill Cornell Medicine who are universally recognized as the best providers of minimally invasive surgery for the brain in both adult and pediatric patients. The faculty who teach the Salzburg neurosurgery seminars...