Open Medical Institute
The Open Medical Institute (OMI) is an educational initiative for medical professionals which aims to improve healthcare on a global scale. Fellows trained by the OMI are equipped to significantly enhance healthcare delivery in their home countries. The program was founded in 1993 by the American Austrian Foundation (AAF) and the Open Society Foundations (OSF) in close collaboration with physicians from Weill Cornell Medicine. Over the past decades, many leading medical institutions in the United States and Europe have joined this initiative by providing highly committed faculty who donate their time and expertise, sharing knowledge and experience with colleagues from around the world. Since 1993, the OMI has awarded more than 29,700 fellowships to physicians from 138 different countries, to whom more than 3,700 observerships in Austrian and American hospitals have been granted.
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Transforming Practitioners into Public Health Specialists
Empowering OMI alumni to be able to make genuine changes in their home countries' healthcare systems is one of the OMI’s top priorities. The OMI leadership program, designed to enable physicians to become change agents, includes an annual course on Public Health Strategy, aiming to expose...
Building a Latin American Community in Maternal and Infant Health
From October 20-22, 2025, the OMI MEX maternal and infant health seminar was held once again in the vibrant city...
Why Pediatric Radiology Matters?
Medical imaging is a crucial aspect of care when children face health issues like illnesses, sports injuries, or...
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...
Transforming Practitioners into Public Health Specialists
Empowering OMI alumni to be able to make genuine changes in their home countries' healthcare systems is one of the OMI’s top priorities. The OMI leadership program, designed to enable physicians to become change agents, includes an annual course on Public Health...
Building a Latin American Community in Maternal and Infant Health
From October 20-22, 2025, the OMI MEX maternal and infant health seminar was held once again in the vibrant city of Oaxaca de Juárez, Mexico, at the historic Centro Cultural San Pablo. In partnership with Columbia University, the course brought together 35 fellows...
Why Pediatric Radiology Matters?
Medical imaging is a crucial aspect of care when children face health issues like illnesses, sports injuries, or broken bones. Pediatric patients have different needs than adults and therefore, require the expertise of radiologists with subspecialized training in...
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 the respective regions is constant and growing. One seminar at a time, each fellow brings back life-changing skills to...