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 31,000 fellowships to physicians from 141 different countries, to whom more than 3,800 observerships in Austrian and American hospitals have been granted.
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Addressing the Shortage of Oncology Professionals in Latin America
After a long summer break, OMI is back in Mexico City for another episode of our expanding Latin American program. With representatives from Bolivia, Ecuador, Guatemala, Peru, Uruguay, and more, OMI MEX has already brought together fellows from over 15 countries in Central and South America during...
Changing Lives through Spine Surgery with Weill Cornell Medicine
While building traditional homes in rural Ethiopia, two brothers suffered devastating spinal injuries after a...
Diagnostic Imaging: Where Legacy and Innovation Meet
This week at the Open Medical Institute, we hosted our annual radiology seminar in partnership with Weill...
One Country, Two Specialists, and Both OMI Alumni
Botswana is a country of almost 2.5 million people, with 15.4% of the population under the age of 14. Would you...
Addressing the Shortage of Oncology Professionals in Latin America
After a long summer break, OMI is back in Mexico City for another episode of our expanding Latin American program. With representatives from Bolivia, Ecuador, Guatemala, Peru, Uruguay, and more, OMI MEX has already brought together fellows from over 15 countries in...
Changing Lives through Spine Surgery with Weill Cornell Medicine
While building traditional homes in rural Ethiopia, two brothers suffered devastating spinal injuries after a fall. Four days later, they were carried on stretchers by eight men for more than 600 km to the capital for urgent medical care. The younger brother had a...
Diagnostic Imaging: Where Legacy and Innovation Meet
This week at the Open Medical Institute, we hosted our annual radiology seminar in partnership with Weill Cornell. 35 fellows from 30 different countries joined us at Schloss Arenberg to learn more about imaging techniques and present cases from their home countries....
One Country, Two Specialists, and Both OMI Alumni
Botswana is a country of almost 2.5 million people, with 15.4% of the population under the age of 14. Would you believe that there are only two pediatric infectious diseases specialists in the entire country? It’s true, and both of those specialists just so happen to...