Salzburg Weill Cornell Seminar in Obstetrics and Gynecology

The OMI seminar in Obstetrics and Gynecology took place from June 26 – July 3, 2021 at Schloss Arenberg in Salzburg, under the academic leadership of our partner institutions Weill Cornell Medicine and the Medical University of Vienna. 21 fellows from 14 different countries were invited to hear 21 state-of-the-art lectures from our prestigious faculty.

Course Director Dr. Laura E. Riley led the course for the second time. She joined the fellows and faculty remotely from the U.S. Co-course Director Dr. Petra Kohlberger joined us on-site and is well acquainted with the program, as she has been a member of the OMI faculty for more than 15 years now.
The OMI faculty comprised of Dr. Angelika Berger, Dr. Dieter Bettelheim, Dr. Julia Binder, Dr. Stephen T. Chasen, Dr. Christian Dadak, who joined us for the 17th time this year, Dr. Alex Farr, Dr. Hanns P. Helmer, and Dr. Herbert Kiss. We are also proud to announce that three new faculty members were part of this week’s seminar: Dr. Inna V. Landres, Dr. Dana A. Muin, and Dr. Petra Pateisky. Welcome to the OMI team.

This week’s schedule covered the following topics:

• Infection and Preterm Delivery (Dr. Herbert Kiss | Medical University of Vienna)
• Cervical Dysplasia in Pregnancy (Dr. Petra Kohlberger | Medical University of Vienna)
• Diabetes in Pregnancy (Dr. Inna V. Landres | Weill Cornell Medicine)
• Maternal Sepsis (Dr. Laura E. Riley | Weill Cornell Medicine)
• Cardiac Disease in Pregnancy (Dr. Inna V. Landres | Weill Cornell Medicine)
• Prenatal Diagnostic Images (Dr. Dieter Bettelheim | Medical University Vienna)
• The Extremely Premature Infant (Dr. Angelika Berger | Medical University of Vienna)
• Preterm Labor Management (Dr. Stephen T. Chasen | Weill Cornell Medicine)
• Multiple Gestation Management (Dr. Stephen T. Chasen | Weill Cornell Medicine)
• Stephen T. Chasen (Dr. Christian Dadak | Medical University of Vienna)
• Hands-on: Vacuum Training (Dr. Alex Farr | Medical University of Vienna)
• Infectious Teratogens (Dr. Laura E. Riley | Weill Cornell Medicine)
• Pregnancy as a Window to Future Health (Dr. Laura E. Riley | Weill Cornell Medicine)
• First Trimester Screening (Dr. Petra Pateisky | Medical University of Vienna)
• Obstetrical Hemorrhage, PPH (Dr. Hanns P. Helmer | Medical University of Vienna)
• PPH Practical Issues (Dr. Hanns P. Helmer | Medical University of Vienna)
• Ultrasound and Fetal Anomalies (Dr. Stephen T. Chasen | Weill Cornell Medicine)
• Prenatal Genetics (Dr. Stephen T. Chasen | Weill Cornell Medicine)
• IUFD (Dr. Dana Muin | Medical University of Vienna)
• Preeclampsia (Dr. Julia Binder | Medical University of Vienna)

Fellows were given the opportunity to present their own clinical cases in front of the faculty and their colleagues. Four of these clinical cases were chosen to be published in the OMI Online Case Library.