The Open Medical Institute An AAFOSI Initiative

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The Open Medical InstituteAn AAF-OSI Initiative
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OPEN MEDICAL INSTITUTE

• An AAF - OSI Initiative to
• Improve Health Care and Prevent Brain Drain
• from CEE, Russia and Central Asia and in the
• future,
• the world
• Three Step Approach
• KNOWLEDGE TRANSFER (Seminars)
• II. EXPERIENCE EXCHANGE (Internships)
• III. CAPACITY BUILDING DISTANCE
  LEARNING
• (Open Medical Clubs)

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STEP I KNOWLEDGE TRANSFERSalzburg Medical
Seminars International

• Ongoing Series of Scientific Seminars
• Highly Competitive Selection Process Organized in
  Cooperation with OSI
• World-Renowned Faculty Donate Time and Materials
• American Didactics, English, State-of-the-Art
  Technology
• Small Working Groups in a Secluded Environment
• Networking Opportunities Personal Contacts
• Colleagues help Colleagues

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SALZBURG MEDICAL SEMINARS INTERNATIONAL
AUSTRIA
Salzburg
CORNELL
New York
CHOP
Duke
Columbia
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Salzburg Medical Seminars International 1993-
April 2005
AUSTRIA
Salzburg
163 Seminars 671 Faculty Members 5,866
Fellows 33 Countries and Regions
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33 COUNTRIES AND REGIONS 5,866 Fellows per April
2005
Mongolia 128 Poland
317 Romania 249 Russia - Moscow
192 Russia - Nizhniy Novgorod 139 Russia -
Novosibirsk 149 Russia - Rostov-on-Don
45 Russia - Samara 185 Russia -
St. Petersburg 193 Russia - Vladivostok
76 Serbia Montenegro
205 Slovakia 276 Slovenia
196 Tajikistan 116 Ukraine
407 Uzbekistan 90
Albania 133 Armenia 151 Azerbaijan 146 Belarus
39 Bosnia Herzegovina 148 Bulgaria 143 Cro
atia 215 Czech Republic 233 Estonia 186 Georg
ia 139 Hungary 253 Kazakhstan 149 Kyrghyzstan
114 Latvia 204 Lithuania 293 Macedonia 153 Mo
ldova 204
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ACADEMIC PARTNERS

• WEILL MEDICAL COLLEGE OF CORNELL UNIVERSITY
  and affiliated hospitals (MSKCC, HSS, NYPH)
• THE CHILDRENS HOSPITAL OF PHILADELPHIA
  (CHOP)
• DUKE UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER
• COLUMBIA UNIVERSITY - COLLEGE OF PHYSICIANS
  AND SURGEONS
• EXPERTS from Austrian and European Universities
  and Hospitals
• INTERNATIONAL ORGANIZATIONS (WHO, CDC, EUA)

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FUNDING PARTNERS

• SOROS FOUNDATION - OPEN SOCIETY INSTITUTE
• AUSTRIAN MINISTRY OF SCIENCE, CULTURE AND
  EDUCATION
• PRIVATE DONORS
• PRO INFANTIBUS FOUNDATION
• CORPORATE SPONSORS (AUA, SIEMENS, MEDTRONIC)
• VIENNA PHILHARMONIC ORCHESTRA

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STEP II EXPERIENCE EXCHANGE AAF/OSI -
INTERNSHIPS

• Hands-on Training in Austrian and American
  Hospitals for Seminar Alumni
• Learn New Techniques and Treatment Protocols
• Experience Modern Hospital and Health Care
  Management
• Build Personal and Professional Relationships
• Establish Joint Research Projects and
  Collaborative Studies
• Learn to Cope in another Health Care
  System/Country
• Train the Trainers

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33 COUNTRIES AND REGIONS 962 Interns per April
2005
Mongolia 23 Poland
23 Romania 58 Russia Moscow
15 Russia - Nizhniy Novgorod 29 Russia
Novosibirsk 42 Russia- Rostov-on-Don 18 Russia
- Samara 27 Russia - St. Petersburg 32 Russia
Vladivostock 9 Serbia Montenegro 40 Slovakia
45 Slovenia 12 Tajikistan 22 Ukraine 71
Uzbekistan 10
Albania 27 Armenia 43 Azerbaijan 40 Belarus
1 Bosnia Herzegovina 21 Bulgaria 40 Croatia
27 Czech Republic 33 Estonia 21 Georgia 46
Hungary 17 Kazakhstan 22 Kyrgyzstan
18 Latvia 23 Lithuania 36 Macedonia 37 Moldov
a 34
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STEP III CAPACITY BUILDING Distance Learning
/The Open Medical Club (OMC)

• Open access to and free dissemination of
  state-of-the-art medical information via
• Videoconferences
• CD-Rom Library
• Handbook Online
• The Global Case Library
• Support and Improve Local Health Care Systems
• In-Country Satellite Symposia and Conferences
• Second Opinion and Patient Care Without Borders
• Knowledge Transfer Locally
• Attract New Talent
• AAF/OSI - Alumni Network

Open the Medical Establishment
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FELLOWS THEIR DEVELOPMENT

• Dr Laura Krekulova, Prague, Czech Republicwon a
  250,000 NIH Fogarty grant to fund her own lab
  in Prague to study drug resistancy in infectious
  diseases
• Dr Vladimir Kouznetsov, Vladivostock,
  RussiaDirector of the Healthcare System in
  Vladivostok and regularly in contact with
  Austrian and American Hospital management
  companies
• Dr Alexandr Zagoroulko, Ukrainepublished the
  most up to date atlas for the microstructure of
  the lung in collaboration with scientists from
  the University of Vienna
• Dr Alexei Bobrik, Moscow, Russiahas been
  entrusted with implementing a 90 Million Global
  Fund grant for HIV education in Russia

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FUTURE DEVELOPMENTS

• SCHLOSS ARENBERG A Central European Campus for
  AAF/OSI educational activities
• GERHARD ANDLINGER CHAIR for Distance Learning at
  Weill-Cornell (Virtual Medical School)
• CAMPEAU CENTER FOR INTERNATIONAL PEDIATRICS at
  The Childrens Hospital of Philadelphia (CHOP)
• WHO HEALTH ACADEMY VIENNA BRANCH Clinical
  Postgraduate Education for Physicians from all
  over the World
• Collaboration with BIOMED-CENTER and VSCR
  Vienna, ROCKEFELLER UNIVERSITY New York

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THE REAL BENEFIT

• This educational program not only changed my
  life, it saved the lives of many of my newborn
  babies who otherwise would not have had a
  chance
• Dr Krcho (Neonatologist, Kosice)

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