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The American Austrian Foundation ..................... edical In M st n it e u p t e O 1993 2013 2 0 Y t h 20 R A A N S NIVER Open Medical Institute Medical Education Beyond Borders 2 Open Medical Institute ................................................................... Table of Contents FOREWORD 3 AMBASSADOR WILLIAM VANDEN HEUVEL A MARSHALL PLAN FOR MEDICINE 4 GEORGE SOROS WOLFGANG AULITZKY, M.D. OPEN MEDICAL INSTITUTE 6 OMI SEMINARS – KNOWLEDGE TRANSFER 8 OMI OBSERVERSHIPS – EXPERIENCE EXCHANGE 10 OMI DISTANCE LEARNING – CAPACITY BUILDING 12 20 YEARS IN PICTURES 14 MILESTONES 18 ACADEMIC PARTNERS 24 GOVERNANCE 28 AWARDS 29 VIENNA OPEN MEDICAL INSTITUTE 30 NEW DEVELOPMENTS 31 THE AMERICAN AUSTRIAN FOUNDATION 32 SALZBURG STIFTUNG OF THE AAF 33 ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS 34 Imprint: Publisher: The American Austrian Foundation, Inc. and the Salzburg Stiftung of the AAF Content: Katharine Eltz-Aulitzky Production: Rubik Creative Supervision Printed by: Gerin Druck © November 2013 ........................................................... Open Medical Institute Foreword 3 location and inviting young, English-speaking physicians to participate in seminars conducted by doctors from then New York Hospital – Cornell Medical College. Initially, seminars targeted the “major killers” – heart disease, stroke and infectious diseases. Each year new topics were added and today AAF and its academic partners conduct 38 seminars in Salzburg annually, covering all Ambassador William J. vanden Heuvel important areas of adult and pediatric medicine, as well as medical education, quality management and patient safety. When The American Austrian Foundation (AAF) Seminar alumni have moved into leadership was founded in 1984 by a group of statesmen, positions and are designing their national businessmen and artists, including Secretary healthcare systems based on the models of State Cyrus Vance, Ambassador Milton introduced during their seminars. Faculty travel A. Wolf, John Leslie and Billy Wilder, no one to the region to visit hospitals and meet with expected that the Berlin Wall would be a thing physicians to determine how best to tailor the of the past by 1989. Thus, the AAF’s initial seminars to support local needs. mission was a bilateral one, to strengthen ties between Austria and the United States. We believe that “medical diplomacy” will play a major role in promoting health and In the early 1990s, when it was evident that prosperity in the region. The American Austrian access to medical education and technologies Foundation is honored to have a significant was very limited in Austria’s neighboring role in the success of this program. countries to the East, the American Austrian Foundation board members were persuaded AMBASSADOR WILLIAM VANDEN HEUVEL that the AAF could play a role in improving Chairman, AAF; former United States Ambassador the situation, by using Austria as a neutral to the United Nations 4 A Marshall Plan for Medicine Open Medical Institute ......................................... A Marshall Plan for Medicine Western, Central and Eastern Europe – even the United States. After World War II, Austria was able to rebuild its healthcare system thanks to funding from the Marshall Plan and prospered, but this was not the case in the communist countries to the east of Austria. George Soros In the early 1990s, after the fall of the Iron Curtain, when Austria regained its historical position as the gateway between East and In the late 19th and early 20th centuries, the West, the Austrian Government matched Vienna School of Medicine was renowned funds with the Open Society Institute throughout the world, attracting students from (now Open Society Foundations) to support ....................................... a program for medical knowledge transfer An important body of evidence demonstrates that, over and experience exchange. A medical the long run, there is a positive association between Marshall Plan was born, organized by The economic prosperity and health of a population. American Austrian Foundation (AAF) and Health, Nutrition and Economic Prosperity: A Microeconomic Perspective initially conducted by doctors from Weill by Duncan Thomas, RAND and UCLA ....................................... Cornell Medical College and Austrian hospitals ......................................... Open Medical Institute A Marshall Plan for Medicine 5 fostering brain gain. The Viennese municipal government provided additional funds for observerships, which enabled two thousand of these 15,000 doctors to spend one-month observerships in Austrian hospitals, fostering academic exchanges between individual physicians and building professional networks Wolfgang Aulitzky, M.D. between institutions. Knowledge transfer and experience exchange who donated their time to teach colleagues are key to jump starting healthcare systems from countries in transition. in country in transition and we are committed to expanding the Open Medical Institute to all 2013 marks the 20th anniversary of this parts of the world where help is needed. program, which over the past two decades has become the largest of its kind, training more than 15,000 physicians in week-long seminars at Schloss Arenberg in Salzburg, the majority GEORGE SOROS of whom have remained in their countries, WOLFGANG AULITZKY, M.D. 6 Open Medical Institute Open Medical Institute ................................................ Open Medical Institute Open Medical Institute (OMI) is a global Nobel Laureate in chemistry states that all educational initiative founded in 1993 by successful scientists had at least one mentor physicians from Weill Cornell Medical and that most discoveries were made by a College, The Open Society Foundations and “scientific family”. The American Austrian Foundation to share medical knowledge with doctors and healthcare The OMI is run under the auspices of The providers from countries in transition to foster American Austrian Foundation and funded by their professional growth and prevent brain drain. The Austrian Federal Government, The Open Society Foundations, corporations, foundations Leading American and European institutions and individuals. including Weill Cornell Medical College and its affiliated hospitals (NewYork-Presbyterian OMI shares knowledge and experience, fosters Hospital, The Hospital for Special Surgery, friendships and alliances across borders, Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center and enabling physicians to improve their skills and Methodist Hospital Houston), The Children’s deliver the best possible care to their patients. Hospital of Philadelphia, Duke University Medical Center, Cleveland Clinic Foundation, ......................................... The College of Physicians and Surgeons • OPEN AND FREE ACCESS TO THE LATEST of Columbia University and the Medical MEDICAL INFORMATION AND RESEARCH Universities of Vienna, Graz, Innsbruck and • OPEN AND FREE ACCESS TO ADVANCED Salzburg provide the academic leadership for TRAINING AND TREATMENT PROTOCOLS the seminars, with all faculty members • OPEN ACCESS TO COLLEAGUES AND serving pro bono. PROFESSIONAL ORGANIZATIONS • OPEN AND FREE ACCESS TO THE BEST Faculty continue to mentor fellows after PREVENTIVE PRACTICES the conclusion of the seminar and such ......................................... mentoring has led to joint publications and research projects. Roger Y. Tsien, MEDICAL EDUCATION BEYOND BORDERS .............................................. Open Medical Institute Open Medical Institute 7 TESTIMONIALS: ...................................... ...................................... The Weill Cornell Seminars in Salzburg are an In 1994 we organized the first outpatient service for example of Weill Cornell at its best: education which family medicine based on what I learned in Salzburg. advances clinical care, and with an international Now the whole hospital works according to these reach. I am very proud of what we have accomplished guidelines and we have nine outpatient services for together in the past 20 years. 140,000 patients. Your seminars helped us alot and our services are much better now. Dr. Laurie H. Glimcher Stephen and Suzanne Weiss Dean Dr. Dzehemma Dzhafarova Weill Cornell Medical College Prince Leo Hospital, Lviv, Ukraine ...................................... ...................................... The mission of Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia is The impact of the Weill Cornell Seminars in Salzburg to improve the health and wellbeing of children around has been significant in improving the level of medical the world. Our partnership with the AAF – OMI has care and education provided in many parts of the enabled us to move toward realizing that goal. We world, reaching out to over 15,000 doctors. applaud the work of the OMI and have valued our I have seen firsthand evidence of this with my own longstanding and productive relationship. international colleagues. Congratulations on your 20th anniversary. Sanford Weill Dr. Steven Altschuler Chairman Chief Executive Officer Weill Cornell Board of Overseers The Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia ...................................... ...................................... The Salzburg Medical Seminars is the perfect format to This educational program not only changed my life, educate our colleagues from Eastern Europe on the concept it saved the lives of many of my newborn babies who and latest techniques of Multidisciplinary Cancer Care. otherwise would not have had a chance. It is also an example of “Medicine – the best diplomacy”, Dr. Peter