OMI NEWS
Empowering Doctors, Inspiring Change: The 2025 OMI MEX Neurology Seminar
The story of OMI in Mexico started more than a decade ago. As in Salzburg and Vietnam, the impact of knowledge-sharing and medical collaboration in...
OMI Commits to Bulgaria with MoU Signing
In June, the Open Medical Institute signed a Memorandum of Understanding with the Medical University of Varna, Bulgaria. Rector Dr. Dimitar Raykov...
“The Biggest Eye Opener”: OMI Observerships
In May, fourteen observers visited Austria for an observership in twelve different specialties; twelve observers for a one-month clinical stay, one...
The Importance of Knowledge-Sharing in PM&R
From June 9-11, 2025, Mexico City was home to the first Rehabilitation Medicine seminar of OMI MEX. Led by faculty from OMI’s longstanding partner,...
Learning from Master Surgeons!
Did you know that Weill Cornell Medicine hired its first surgeons in 1792, and that it is one of the oldest hospitals in the United States? “For...
Mom, My Tummy Hurts!
“The OMI program is a fantastic opportunity for learning, sharing, and collaborating. I have been incredibly impressed by the quality of the...
Celebrating the 25th Infectious Diseases Seminar with Weill Cornell!
We are thrilled that the 25th Infectious Diseases course returned to Salzburg this week! Since 1996, when the first course took place, 848 fellows...
Strengthening Pediatric Cardiology in Latin America
The 2025 OMI MEX Seminar on Pediatric Cardiology, held from May 19-21, 2025, marked the first collaboration of the year between the Children's...
Legends and Rising Stars in Maternal and Infant Health
From May 18-24, 2025, the OMI concluded its 22nd seminar in Maternal and Infant Health. Directed by Dr. Richard A. Polin, the course brought...
Pediatric Excellence at OMI Observerships
In April, our 13 OMI observers traveled from Albania, Armenia, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Croatia, Estonia, Kazakhstan, Latvia, Nigeria, Poland, and...
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...
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...
Tiny Lungs Require Special Care
When a child is having trouble breathing, experience matters! Pediatric pulmonologists specialize in treating respiratory conditions in children,...
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...
Dynamically Assessing Healthcare Economics
The fifth edition of the Economic Evaluation in Healthcare seminar brought together 38 healthcare professionals and researchers from 27 countries...
The Importance of Community and Care with Duke University
From April 6-12, 2025, the OMI concluded another successful chapter in its long-standing partnership with Duke University, marking the conclusion of...
Gastrointestinal Health for Kids in Bulgaria
From March 25 to 27, 2025, Dr. Almuthe C. Hauer, OMI faculty and an internationally renowned pediatric gastroenterologist from the Medical...
Evolving Leaders in the Mexican Healthcare System
“Fabiola Pérez Juaréz – 2010” reads the name tag of a doctor who warmly welcomes us at the OMI leaders’ reunion held on March 26, 2025, in Mexico...
Educating the Future Generation of Internists
The field of internal medicine encompasses a multitude of specializations. The OMI internal medicine seminar is part of a rotating three-year...
Fighting Vector-Borne Diseases: A Global Health Effort in Mexico
The Institut Pasteur, founded in 1887 by the visionary scientist Louis Pasteur, has long been at the forefront of infectious diseases research. With...
A One-of-a-Kind Week of Neurosurgery in Salzburg
From March 23-29, 2025, the OMI hosted the Neurosurgery (Brain) seminar in Salzburg, in partnership with Weill Cornell Medicine and the Medical...
OMI 2026: Call for Applications!
Are you ready for your next learning opportunity? 🚀 The 2026 OMI seminar program is now open for registration, and we cannot wait for your...
Celebrating 30 Years of Psychiatry Education at the OMI!
This week marks the 30th OMI Psychiatry seminar! For 30 years, the OMI and Weill Cornell Medicine have collaborated tirelessly to promote and...
OMI Observerships 2026: Applications Open
Have you been waiting to extend your OMI career and benefit from the different programs OMI has to offer? The observership applications for the...
Cleveland Clinic Experts Inspire Young Cardiac Surgeons
Cleveland Clinic is a world-renowned hospital that sits in the middle of downtown Cleveland, Ohio. According to OMI faculty member Dr. Skubas, “The...