The Open Medical Institute had the pleasure of hosting yet another OMInar in Trauma and Emergency Surgery. 37 fellows from 26 different countries gathered virtually to learn about most recent advances within this field.
Dr. Robert J. Winchell, Professor of Surgery and Chief of the Division of Trauma, Burns, Acute and Critical Care at Weill Cornell Medicine in New York, USA, and Dr. Harald Widhalm, an orthopedic and trauma surgeon at the Department of Orthopedics and Traumatology at the Medical University of Vienna, Austria led this week’s course.
Together with their expert faculty they prepared and facilitated a three-day event with challenging yet impactful lectures, covering a wide range of topics:
- Severe Pelvis Injuries (Dr. Thomas Freude, General Hospital of Salzburg)
- Traumatic Liver Injuries (Dr. Patrick Starlinger, Medical University of Vienna)
- Traumatic Brain Injuries (Dr. Harald K. Widhalm, Medical University of Vienna)
- Cholecystitis (Dr. Andre Campbell, University of California San Francisco)
- Vascular Injuries (Dr. Andre Campbell, University of California San Francisco)
- Penetrating Abdominal Trauma: Non-Operable (Dr. George C. Velmahos, Harvard Medical School)
- Penetrating Abdominal Trauma: Operative Therapy is Best (Dr. Daniel R. Margulies, Cedars-Sinai Medical Center)
- Chest Wall Reconstruction (Dr. Robert J. Winchell, Weill Cornell Medicine)
- Emergency Thoracotomy (Dr. Paul Puchwein, Medical University of Graz)
- Coagulation Management (Dr. Herbert Schöchl, AUVA Trauma Centre Salzburg)
- Pancreatic/Duodenal (Dr. George C. Velmahos, Harvard Medical School)
- Emergency Treatment of Patients (Dr. Klaus U. Klein, Medical University of Vienna)
- SBO (Dr. Daniel R. Margulies, Cedars-Sinai Medical Center)
- Appendicitis (Dr. Robert J. Winchell, Weill Cornell Medicine)
- Cervical Spine (Dr. Robert J. Winchell, Weill Cornell Medicine)
- Amputation vs. Reconstruction (Dr. Gerald E. Wozasek, Medical University of Vienna)
- Ruptures of the Lien (Dr. Julia Starlinger, Medical University of Vienna)
- Polytrauma Strategies (Dr. Harald K. Widhalm, Medical University of Vienna)
- Management of Spine Injuries (Dr. Julia Starlinger, Medical University of Vienna)
- COVID and Trauma Centers: USA (Dr. Daniel R. Margulies, Cedars-Sinai Medical Center)
- Colon Injury (Dr. Andre Campbell, University of California San Francisco)
- Emergency War Surgery (Dr. Florian Wichlas, General Hospital of Salzburg)
The Open Medical Institute concludes its 2021 academic year with this webinar and would like to thank everyone who contributed to the success of the course!