OMI NEWS
Celebrating 30 Years of Psychiatry Education at the OMI!
This week marks the 30th OMI Psychiatry seminar! For 30 years, the OMI and Weill Cornell Medicine have collaborated tirelessly to promote and...
Exploring Pediatric Hematology and Oncology with OMI MEX
From May 6 to 8, 2024, Mexico City played host to the OMI MEX CHOP Seminar in Pediatric Hematology and Oncology. Led by esteemed faculty from the...
Life before Death
“We cannot change the outcome, but we can affect the journey” – Ann Richardson Each year an estimated 56.8 million people are in need of palliative...
A Passion for Medical Education: The CHOP Philosophy of Teaching
Fellows from various medical disciplines, including dermatology, internal medicine, pediatrics, and family medicine, spent seven days together in...
OMI Family Medicine Seminar Returns for the 25th Time
After a successful run of seminars in Salzburg’s cold spring, the family medicine week of Duke University focusing on maternal and child health has...
Leading US Hematologists Teach in Salzburg
Oncology is a medical discipline marked by equal amounts of hope, apprehension, and loss, sometimes making it a difficult field to work in. Yet,...
Little Heart Heroes: OMI Brings Pediatric Expertise to Slovakia
"I'm talking about DiGeorge syndrome now, which I've been studying most of my life. It often appears in children with congenital heart defects,"...
OMI Hosts Neurological & Sensory Disorders Seminar in Mexico City with Institut Pasteur
Shortly after one month from the first OMI MEX seminar this year, the OMI brought another exceptional team of specialists to Mexico City, this time...
OMI 2025: Call for Applications!
Are you ready to take your career to the next level? The 2025 OMI seminar program is now open for registration, and we cannot wait for your...
Life is not Measured in Minutes, but in Heartbeats!
Have you ever wondered what challenges a pediatric cardiologist faces or which treatments are best for critical heart diseases? These questions and...
Medicine and Culture: Observerships in March 2024
In March, ten observers joined the list of OMI fellows to attend a one-month long clinical observership offered in leading hospitals across Austria....
Caring for Children with Urologic Disorders
The Division of Urology at Children's Hospital of Philadelphia (CHOP) is a world leader in pediatric urology, offering specialized care for a wide...
Neonatology: Taking Care of the Tiniest Patients
Neonatology is a specialization which deals with the complex health issues related to newborns. The role of a neonatologist comes into play when...
Speak Up about What You Believe In!
What would you do to support a cause that you believe in? Dr. Mark G. Kris from the Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center in New York, USA, went...
Why We Do What We Do: A Letter from Ethiopia
Can you imagine a young pathologist based in a remote area of Ethiopia, affected by civil unrest and enduring complete internet blackouts, would...
A Look into the First OMI Observerships of 2024
The OMI Observership program set off in February with seven observers, arriving in Austria from Armenia, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Georgia, Kosovo,...
OMI Hosts First Cardiology Seminar in Mexico
This week, the OMI kicked off the first of thirteen OMI MEX seminars scheduled for 2024. None other than Dr. Robert J. Kim from Weill Cornell...
Prioritizing Women’s Health!
Obstetrics and Gynecology are defined as a branch of medicine that specializes in the care of women during pregnancy and childbirth and in the...
Course Announcement: OMI MEX Seminar in Pediatric Infectious Diseases
Are you ready for an update in Pediatric Infectious Diseases? Join the Open Medical Institute in Mexico. Leading experts from the Children's...
Breaking It Down: A Look at Bone and Joint Surgery
Have you ever broken a bone? If not, you can count yourself lucky because in the United States of America doctors treat about 7 million fractures...
Decoding Illness: The Important Role of Pathology in Healthcare
Cleveland Clinic is one of the OMI’s main partner institutions. They have worked together since 2007, making exceptional medical education for...
Trauma and Emergency Surgeons Gather in Salzburg
Stopping severe bleeding or the spread of sepsis, dealing with end of life issues, and tending to fracture and orthopedic injuries are only some of...
Celebrating 30 Years of Healing and Hope with OMI and CHOP
A lot can be achieved in 30 years! However, it is an astounding, and almost unbelievable, accomplishment to provide medical care for countless...
OMI and University of Medicine, Tirana, Albania Establish Partnership!
We’ve got exciting news for you! The Open Medical Institute fosters its global partnership network and strengthens its support for the medical...
Take Care of Your Skin!
Did you know that a single square inch of skin has about 19 million cells? The skin reflects the health of the body and acts as a barrier against...