AMSA Newsletter: July – September 2020

AMSA Newsletter: July – September 2020

OMI MEX is a joint initiative between the Open Medical Institute (OMI) and the Alianza Médica para la Salud (AMSA), a non-profit and non-governmental organization based in Mexico City. AMSA’s primary goal is to train Mexican doctors and to improve the quality of...
Hands-On Spine Course

Hands-On Spine Course

In the fourth week of September, a new group of faculty and fellows gathered at Schloss Arenberg to participate in the Weill Cornell Seminar in Neurosurgery. Dr. Roger Haertl, a twelve-year veteran of the OMI spinal surgery seminars and the Director of Spinal Surgery...
Medical Leadership 2.0

Medical Leadership 2.0

One of the Open Medical Institute’s primary goals is to stem brain drain and promote brain gain. In order to achieve brain gain, we rely on the OMI fellows to act as multipliers, sharing the knowledge they acquired in Salzburg with colleagues and peers when they...
Clinical Pearls in Pediatrics

Clinical Pearls in Pediatrics

The OMI seminar in Pediatric Endocrinology and Nephrology, directed by faculty from the Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia and the Medical University of Graz, took place at Schloss Arenberg from September 13 to 19, 2020. After leading three prior seminars, Dr....
What’s New in Internal Medicine?

What’s New in Internal Medicine?

Headed by Dr. Kristin Burkhard from Columbia University Medical Center and Dr. Guenter Weiss from the Medical University of Innsbruck, the first OMI seminar following the COVID-19 shutdown took place from September 6 to 12, 2020 at Schloss Arenberg. 16 fellows from 10...