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 30,300 fellowships to physicians from 138 different countries, to whom more than 3,800 observerships in Austrian and American hospitals have been granted.
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Through the Microscope: The Cleveland Clinic Pathology Seminar
Did you know that with approximately 1,400 dedicated caregivers processing more than 20 million tests annually, the laboratories at the Cleveland Clinic are often cited as the largest volume hospital laboratories in the United States? These world-class labs touch virtually every patient treated at...
OMI MEX Concludes 2025 with Palliative Care
The OMI MEX seminar in palliative care held in Mexico City between November 18 and 20 brought together 47...
Enhancing Skills in Pediatric Anesthesia and Critical Care
From top experts to eager young clinicians, the week of November 23 to 29, 2025, brought together faculty and...
Anesthesiology to the Fore: 1,056 Doctors from 52 Countries Trained in Salzburg
One of OMI’s staple courses, dating back to 1995, returned to Salzburg for its 31st edition this week. Spanning...
Through the Microscope: The Cleveland Clinic Pathology Seminar
Did you know that with approximately 1,400 dedicated caregivers processing more than 20 million tests annually, the laboratories at the Cleveland Clinic are often cited as the largest volume hospital laboratories in the United States? These world-class labs touch...
OMI MEX Concludes 2025 with Palliative Care
The OMI MEX seminar in palliative care held in Mexico City between November 18 and 20 brought together 47 dedicated fellows from Argentina, Belize, Chile, Colombia, El Salvador, and Mexico. Concluding this year’s cycle of OMI MEX courses, the seminar was marked by...
Enhancing Skills in Pediatric Anesthesia and Critical Care
From top experts to eager young clinicians, the week of November 23 to 29, 2025, brought together faculty and fellows who share the same goal: Improving pediatric anesthesia and critical care worldwide. The OMI teamed up with none other than the Children’s Hospital of...
Anesthesiology to the Fore: 1,056 Doctors from 52 Countries Trained in Salzburg
One of OMI’s staple courses, dating back to 1995, returned to Salzburg for its 31st edition this week. Spanning four different continents, 40 promising doctors representing countries such as Estonia, Mexico, Nigeria, and Vietnam came together at Schloss Arenberg in...