OMI NEWS
Family Medicine Is Where Care Begins!
In a rapidly changing world, it is more important than ever to remind ourselves of what matters most. For us, that is cultivating professional and...
Music for Medicine Benefit 2023
The American Austrian Foundation’s annual Music for Medicine Benefit took place on December 4, 2023, at the stunning Metropolitan Club in New York...
Taking Time for Patient Care
In November, ten OMI fellows from Armenia, the Czech Republic, Kazakhstan, Kosovo, Lithuania, Romania, Serbia, and Uzbekistan joined the OMI...
Learning to be a Public Health Strategist
Many important determinants of health fall outside of medicine. Identifying and influencing these factors to protect and promote well-being is the...
Investing in Maternal and Infant Health Saves Women’s and Children’s Lives
A projected 810 women die each day worldwide from preventable pregnancy- and childbirth-related causes. When a woman dies or becomes disabled from...
Cheers to 30 Years!
A peaceful mission, a shared desire to help others, and wonderful company. These marked the 30th anniversary celebration of the Open Medical...
Comfort Care for Children
Pediatric Palliative Care is specialized medical care for children which focuses on relieving pain, distressing symptoms, and stress of a serious...
Teen Spirit: Navigating the World of Adolescent Medicine
The adolescent years are one of the most crucial, life altering stages. Adolescent health encompasses changes within multiple areas, including...
Tick, Tick, Tick: Vector-Borne Diseases Are on the Move
This week, the Open Medical Institute had the great pleasure to be back in Vietnam for its third local seminar exploring the rise of vector-borne...
Cleveland Clinic Experts Teach an OMI Satellite Symposium in Croatia
Being known for putting their whole heart into a cause, the OMI faculty from Cleveland Clinic traveled to Zagreb directly after leading the cardiac...
Understanding Our Minds and Bodies
Neurology focuses on human anatomy, function, and disorders of the nerves and the nervous system, which includes the brain. By learning about the...
Heart to Heart: Cardiac Surgeons Fine Tune Their Skills
One of the largest and most experienced cardiac surgery units in the world, the Cleveland Clinic Department of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery,...
OMI Observerships in October 2023
In October 2023, twelve OMI fellows completed their observerships, visiting hospitals across the country in Vienna, Salzburg, Graz, Linz, and...
Diagnostic Imaging: It’s Not All Black and White
Diagnostic imaging has become a key role in medicine today, allowing for earlier diagnoses of medical conditions, reducing invasive processes, and...
Humans are not Just Scans on Screens
Dr. Manjil Chatterji is a trained radiologist, specializing in abdominal imaging. He describes his work as his “favorite thing in the world” and...
Every Mother Counts. Every Child Counts.
Maternal health refers to women’s health during pregnancy, childbirth, and the postnatal time period. Each stage should be a positive experience,...
There Is a “Can” in Cancer
Head and neck cancer is a term used to describe the diverse group of malignant tumors that can occur in the head and neck region, such as laryngeal...
Happy Autumn!
Autumn has arrived in Salzburg! Leaves are turning yellow, orange, and gold. There is a chill in the air, and a warmth in the evening glow. It is...
Vienna School of Medicine Gala 2023
In reverence for Vienna’s rich medical heritage, the Open Medical Institute, the Medical University of Vienna, and the Josephinum Medical History...
Dermatologists Never Make Rash Decisions
Our skin, the largest organ of our body, deserves expert care. Top notch dermatologists from Weill Cornell Medicine and the Medical University of...
OMI Welcomes New Local Coordinator from the Czech Republic
The Open Medical Institute is pleased to welcome Petra Kasalická, the new local coordinator for the Czech Republic, to the OMI community. She works...
Cancer is a Word, Not a Sentence
Hematological cancer, or blood cancer, occurs when an uncontrolled growth of abnormal cells overtakes the development of normal blood cells,...
30 Years of OMI Cardiology Seminars
1993 was not only the year that the OMI was founded, but also the year that the OMI hosted the first Weill Cornell Seminar in Cardiology. As a...
New OMI Bone and Joint Surgery Curriculum!
As of this year, the two-year OMI Bone and Joint Surgery curriculum has been updated to focus on different subdivision areas. For the 2024 Salzburg...
OMI Observerships in September 2023
Twelve OMI fellows completed their observerships in Austria in September 2023. The doctors came from a variety of different countries, including...