OMI NEWS
Treating Thoracic, Head and Neck Cancers, One Case at a Time
This week at the OMI, we hosted one of our annual CME accredited oncology courses, this time with a focus on Thoracic, Head, and Neck cancers in...
Five Years of Family Medicine in Mexico
From October 5-7, 2026, we welcomed 44 fellows from 11 Latin American countries to Mexico City for the OMI MEX seminar in Family Medicine: Mother...
Celebrating Medical Research that Improves Children’s Lives
This year’s Vienna School of Medicine Gala took place on October 7, 2026, and marked its tenth anniversary. Friends and supporters of the Open...
Celebrating Births and Birthdays in Kyrgyzstan
Maternal and fetal medicine is an extremely prevalent topic in Kyrgyzstan, where preterm birth complications are still in the top 5 most common...
Nothing Beats a Healthy Heart!
“This course remains a wonderful reminder that within the medical community, bonds are built and the desire to help each other is universal, a...
Matters of the Heart in Bosnia and Herzegovina
Heart health, specifically contemporary approaches to the diagnosis and management of acute myocardial infarction, was the focal point of the OMI’s...
A Week with Pioneers in the World of Lipids
The Open Medical Institute knows what it’s like to work with legends in the medical field. No one fits this description as well as Dr. Antonio M....
Learning from a Living Library in the Field of Medical Entomology
The Open Medical Institute would not be what it is today without the strong connections that have been maintained with partner institutions all over...
Addressing the Shortage of Oncology Professionals in Latin America
After a long summer break, OMI is back in Mexico City for another episode of our expanding Latin American program. With representatives from...
Changing Lives through Spine Surgery with Weill Cornell Medicine
While building traditional homes in rural Ethiopia, two brothers suffered devastating spinal injuries after a fall. Four days later, they were...
The Legacy of Dr. John Tsiouris
At the Open Medical Institute, we would not get by without the support of dedicated expert faculty who donate their time to helping further the...
Diagnostic Imaging: Where Legacy and Innovation Meet
This week at the Open Medical Institute, we hosted our annual radiology seminar in partnership with Weill Cornell. 35 fellows from 30 different...
One Country, Two Specialists, and Both OMI Alumni
Botswana is a country of almost 2.5 million people, with 15.4% of the population under the age of 14. Would you believe that there are only two...
Nothing Great Was Ever Achieved Without Enthusiasm
This sentiment describes no one better than Dr. Roy M. Gulick, or “Trip,” as everyone who knows him affectionately calls him. In his day-to-day work...
Imaging Breakthroughs to Help Diagnose Nerve Disorders
When people come together to share their knowledge, lives can be changed or even saved. This sentiment was ever present at the Open Medical...
OMI Welcomes New Local Coordinator for Bulgaria!
Bulgaria is one of OMI’s target countries in CEE, with 808 Bulgarian fellows attending our seminars to date. After many years of supporting...
Caring for Children and their Families in Palliative Care
This week at the Open Medical Institute, we hosted a CME accredited seminar surrounding the extremely impactful topic of Pediatric Palliative Care...
Exploring Vector-Borne Diseases with Institut Pasteur
We kicked off the OMI seminar series with a real showstopper after the summer break: Our annual Global Health course, in partnership with none other...
Happy Summer!
Happy Summer! ☀️🌴⛱️ The OMI is taking a little summer break. Over the next few weeks, Schloss Arenberg is once again welcoming children to the...
Diabesity in Focus: A Call for Action in Latin America
Across Latin America, diabetes, obesity, and lipid disorders have become one of the region's most pressing health challenges. Mexico has one of the...
OMI Made Me the Doctor I Am Today: Bulgaria’s Medical Leaders
22 years after attending his first OMI course, orthopedic surgeon Dr. Dimitar Raykov is now Dean of the Medical University of Varna and a leading...
New Hope for a Child with a Rare Skin Disease in Ethiopia
For Haleta, a five-year-old child in Ethiopia living with congenital ichthyosis, Salzburg may be a world away, yet a connection made at the OMI...
From UTIs to Prostate Cancer: Training Urologists with ESU
From July 12 to 18, 2026, Schloss Arenberg once again became a meeting place for the next generation of urologists during the annual ESU/ Weill...
Inside OMI’s Cardiac Surgery Seminar
Cardiac surgery continues to evolve rapidly, combining technical precision with new technologies, multidisciplinary care, and decades of scientific...
Extreme Heat and Social Media Threats: Tackling Today’s Public Health Challenges
How do we prepare health professionals to tackle complex public health challenges? This question was at the heart of OMI's Public Health Strategy...