OMI NEWS

The Open Medical Institute (OMI) is an international educational initiative which supports medical professionals and aims to improve healthcare on a global scale. It offers several postgraduate educational programs and mentors healthcare professionals over the course of their careers. Keep yourself updated about the OMI‘s activities with the latest OMI news.

Learning Abroad, Healing at Home: A Pediatric Success Story in Romania

Dec 4, 2025

Earlier this year, Dr. Bettina Boeriu from Hospice Casa Sperantei in Bucharest, Romania, attended the Salzburg CHOP Seminar in Pediatric...

Salzburg CHOP Seminar in Pediatric Orthopedics and Rheumatology

Jan 28, 2022

In collaboration with the OMI’s longtime academic partners, the Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia and the Medical University of Graz, the Salzburg...

Salzburg CHOP Seminar in Pediatric Anesthesia and Critical Care

Jan 21, 2022

For more than two decades, the Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia has partnered with the OMI to offer world class pediatric seminars to medical...

OMI Observership Program: Applications Open for 2023

Jan 12, 2022

We are pleased to announce that applications for the OMI observership program 2023 are open. The Open Medical Institute’s observership program will...

Watch OMI’s Impact in Kyrgyzstan

Jan 8, 2022

2021 marked the 25th anniversary since the OMI began hosting fellows from Kyrgyzstan. To celebrate this milestone and accomplishment,...

OMI Facts & Figures 2021

Dec 29, 2021

As the year is coming to an end, the Open Medical Institute is pleased to share its Facts & Figures 2021. This report serves as a statistical...

Course Announcement: Palliative Care in Neurology and Neuro-Oncology 2022

Dec 28, 2021

In collaboration with the Open Society Foundations (OSF), the Open Medical Institute is pleased to offer a great seminar opportunity for practicing...

Season’s Greetings from OMI Salzburg

Dec 17, 2021

Weill Cornell OMInar in Trauma and Emergency Surgery

Dec 17, 2021

The Open Medical Institute had the pleasure of hosting yet another OMInar in Trauma and Emergency Surgery. 37 fellows from 26 different countries...

Weill Cornell OMInar in Diagnostic Imaging

Dec 10, 2021

The Open Medical Institute hosted its annual Diagnostic Imaging course from December 7 to 9, 2021 as a virtual event. Dr. David W. Trost, course...

OMI Podcast | The Road to Resilience

Dec 10, 2021

A fan of podcasts? Check out the OMI’s new podcast series. Published monthly, each podcast episode will feature one of the OMI’s faculty experts. In...

OMI Faculty Appointed Dean of the 2nd Faculty of Medicine of Charles University in Prague

Dec 6, 2021

Congratulations to Dr. Marek Babjuk, who has been elected Dean of the 2nd Faculty of Medicine of Charles University in Prague, Czech Republic on...

Diagnostic Imaging Satellite Symposium in Kosovo

Dec 6, 2021

The first OMI satellite symposium since the COVID-19 pandemic took place December 3-4, 2021, in Pristina, Kosovo. The two-day event was organized by...

Maastricht University OMInar in Public Health Law

Dec 3, 2021

Law is integral to public health. Legal interventions are commonly used in areas like tobacco control and road safety. Law defines the powers and...

Maastricht University OMInar in Health Communication and Health Promotion: From Theory to Practice

Nov 26, 2021

Due to another countrywide lockdown in Austria, this week’s Maastricht University course in Health Communication and Health Promotion: From Theory...

Happy Thanksgiving!

Nov 25, 2021

We would like to wish all our American faculty and friends of the OMI a very happy Thanksgiving holiday this week! While this may be a tradition...

Music for Medicine 2021

Nov 25, 2021

The 2021 Music for Medicine annual benefit took place on November 19th, live in New York City. 200 guests attended, including AAF board members, OMI...

Despite Another Lockdown, the Show Goes On!

Nov 22, 2021

Due to another country wide COVID-19 lockdown in Austria, the OMI’s last few seminars of the year, Health Communication and Health Promotion,...

Salzburg Cleveland Clinic Seminar in Cardiac Surgery

Nov 12, 2021

Cleveland Clinic, the leading hospital in the world for cardiology and heart surgery, joined the OMI as a partner in 2007. Since then, the hospital...