The OMI Seminar in Dermatology, directed by faculty members of our partner institution Weill Cornell Medicine and the Medical University of Vienna took place at Schloss Arenberg from June 20 to 26, 2021.
Dr. Richard D. Granstein, who joined our faculty and fellows remotely from the US, directed the course for the 13th time this year, with the help of Dr. Georg Stary, who co-directed the course in Dermatology for the 2nd time.
The faculty was concluded by Dr. Wolfgang Bauer, Dr. Joanna L. Harp, Dr. Kira Minkis, Dr. Christine M. Prodinger, Dr. Nikolaus Romani, Dr. Simona Saluzzo, Dr. Georg Stingl and Dr. Stefan Woehrl.
19 fellows from 11 different countries listened to 19 state-of-the-art lectures prepared by the OMI faculty:
Talks & Speakers on Monday, June 21
- Overview of the Skin Immune System (Dr. Georg Stingl | Medical University of Vienna)
- Atopy, Allergy and Irritation of the Skin (Dr. Georg Stingl | Medical University of Vienna)
- Brief Review of the Physiology of the Skin (Dr. Richard D. Granstein | Weill Cornell Medicine)
- Skin Signs of Internal Disorders (Dr. Joanna L. Harp | Weill Cornell Medicine)
- Psoriasis/Seborrheic Dermatitis/Pityriasis Rubra Pilaris (Dr. Richard D. Granstein | Weill Cornell Medicine)
Talks & Speakers on Tuesday, June 22
- Syphilis and Ulcerative Sexually-Transmitted Infections (Dr. Georg Stary | Medical University of Vienna)
- Genodermatoses (Dr. Christine M. Prodinger | General Hospital of Salzburg)
- Skin Manifestations of COVID-19 Disease (Dr. Joanna L. Harp | Weill Cornell Medicine)
- Neuroimmunology of the Skin (Dr. Richard D. Granstein | Weill Cornell Medicine)
Talks & Speakers on Wednesday, June 23
- Allergology for the Dermatological Practice (Dr. Stefan Woehrl | Floridsdorf Allergy Centre)
- Drug Eruptions (Dr. Stefan Woehrl | Floridsdorf Allergy Centre)
- Surgical Treatment of Non-Melanoma Skin Cancer (Dr. Kira Minkis | Weill Cornell Medicine)
- Surgical Therapy for Malignant Melanoma (Dr. Kira Minkis | Weill Cornell Medicine)
Talks & Speakers on Thursday, June 24
- (Basic) Research as Driver for Novel Therapies (Dr. Nikolaus Romani |Â Medical University of Innsbruck)
- Skin Manifestations of HIV (Dr. Simona Saluzzo | Medical University of Vienna)
- New Drugs for Skin Cancer (Dr. Kira Minkis | Weill Cornell Medicine)
- Adverse Skin Effects of Cancer Therapies (Dr. Joanna L. Harp | Weill Cornell Medicine)
Talks & Speakers on Friday, June 25
- Connective Tissue Diseases (Dr. Georg Stingl | Medical University of Vienna)
- Autoimmune Bullous Disorders (Dr. Wolfgang Bauer | Medical University of Vienna)
The fellows presented their own clinical cases to the OMI faculty and their colleagues.  Five of the fellows’ case presentations were chosen to be published in the OMI Online Case Library.
Click here to visit the OMI E-Learning Platform. It gives OMI alumni free access to the content of the OMI seminars in Salzburg.