 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 29,000 fellowships to physicians from 138 different countries, to whom more than 3,700 observerships in Austrian and American hospitals have been granted.
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When Every Second Counts!
Not many individuals have a profession where truly every single second counts. For pediatric emergency physicians, this sort of acute urgency is part of their day-to-day. Some of these pediatricians are the 35 fellows from 28 countries who gathered at Schloss Arenberg from May 11 to 17, 2025, to...
Spotlight on Women’s Cancers
New York City is home to an abundance of hospitals, clinics, and doctors’ offices. However, only a handful stand...
Tiny Lungs Require Special Care
When a child is having trouble breathing, experience matters! Pediatric pulmonologists specialize in treating...
From Critical Care to Chronic Pain: A Month of Learning at Weill Cornell Medicine
OMI fellow Dr. Tringa Metaj, resident at the University Clinical Center of Kosovo, met OMI course director Dr....
When Every Second Counts!
Not many individuals have a profession where truly every single second counts. For pediatric emergency physicians, this sort of acute urgency is part of their day-to-day. Some of these pediatricians are the 35 fellows from 28 countries who gathered at Schloss Arenberg...
Spotlight on Women’s Cancers
New York City is home to an abundance of hospitals, clinics, and doctors’ offices. However, only a handful stand out amongst them as being truly exceptional. Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center, or MSKCC for short, is one of the most renowned institutions...
Tiny Lungs Require Special Care
When a child is having trouble breathing, experience matters! Pediatric pulmonologists specialize in treating respiratory conditions in children, whose airways are significantly smaller and more delicate than those of adults. This necessitates a unique approach to...
From Critical Care to Chronic Pain: A Month of Learning at Weill Cornell Medicine
OMI fellow Dr. Tringa Metaj, resident at the University Clinical Center of Kosovo, met OMI course director Dr. Hugh C. Hemmings Jr. and his faculty last year at the Anesthesiology and Intensive Care seminar in Salzburg. Dr. Hemmings Jr. is the Joseph F. Artusio Jr....
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