In AMSA, we improve the quality of Health Services by investing in human capital.
Education is the most powerful weapon which you can use to change the world
Nelson Mandela
Gerardo Legorreta Creel, Almudena Caso de Legorreta y Pablo Legorreta Creel.
Gerardo Legorreta Creel
CHAIRMAN OF THE BOARD AMSA
Pablo Legorreta Creel FOUNDER AND HONORARY LIFE CHAIRMAN AMSA
Almudena Caso de Legorreta
FOUNDER AND BOARD MEMBER AMSA
Updating and sharing medical knowledge is essential in order to improve the quality of medical care worldwide, optimizing treatments, reducing mortality rates and improving the patients’ quality of life. This is why it is so important to spread the medical knowledge in the fellows’ countries of origin and thus strengthen their health systems.
“In AMSA we have come a long way and we are aware of all the work that still needs to be done. We work with total dedication to fulfill our mission and vision; we invest in human capital to improve the quality of health services in Latin America. Our purpose aligns with the Physicians Advocacy to help others”
Dr. Wolfgang Aulitzky CEO OF THE OPEN MEDICAL INSTITUTE
MEMBER OF THE BOARD AMSA
AMSA will continue to promote the professional development of young physicians in the health ecosystem, modernizing and innovating medical education techniques in Latin America that motivate the new generation of doctors to practice their profession in their countries of origin.
“The
Mexican fellows
that come to attend
the
OMI Seminars in Salzburg,
Austria, also enjoy the opportunity to meet other fellows from around the world, listen to the lectures and participate in the discussions with the faculty members. I must say that the Mexican fellows do stand out academically from the rest of the participants, and that their sense of humor and friendly attitude are also a great component in the social aspect of every seminar”.
Rebeca Aguilar-Álvarez de Sáenz EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR
AMSA
“After 14 years of AMSA’s foundation in Mexico in partnership with the Open Medical Institute, we are encouraged to see that the doctors we have trained, now occupy important leadership positions in their hospitals and universities.”
“More than 600 doctors from Mexico and the rest of Latin America benefit every year from our continuing education project.”
In 2023, we consolidated the OMI-MEX project of continuing education for residents and young attending physicians in partnership with the Open Medical Institute. The purpose of this program is to extend this medical education opportunity to doctors in Latin America with a training center in Mexico City.
A Commitment to HEALTH
Our Mission
To maximize the positive impact of health professionals in Mexico through continuing education, empowerment, and networking.
Our Vision
To be the most innovative foundation in Latin America by promoting human capital in the health ecosystem.
FOUR-STEP APPROACH TO DEVELOP CAPACITIES
AMSA operates in partnership with the Open Medical Institute (OMI) to encourage physicians to develop their skills in education, leadership, health quality and patient safety, applied clinical research and clinical information.
OMI OPEN MEDICAL INSTITUTE
• Global medical education initiative, founded in 1993 to improve healthcare and the physicians’ skills.
• OMI shares knowledge and medical experience and promotes transnational medical partnerships.
• Leading institutions in Latin America, the United States and Europe provide academic leadership.
• The faculty members offer their support 100% pro bono.
OMI LEADERSHIP PROGRAM CAPACITY BUILDING OMI-MEX Replica Seminars and E-Learning
EXPERIENCE EXCHANGE OMI Observerships
KNOWLEDGE TRANSFER OMI Seminars
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AMSA’s Accreditations:
Governance
Pablo Legorreta Creel
Founder and Honorary Life Chairman
Gerardo Legorreta Creel
Chairman of the Board
José Pacheco Meyer Treasurer
Carlos Alejandro Creel Carrera Secretary
Board Members
Alexander von Perfall
Almudena Caso de Legorreta
Carlos Navarro Martínez
Concepción Creel de Legorreta
David Kershenobich Stalnikowitz
Edgar Legaspi Sauter
Pablo Mancera Arrigunaga
Wolfgang Aulitzky
Rebeca Aguilar-Álvarez de Sáenz Executive Director
Medical Advisory Board
David Kershenobich Stanlnikowitz President
Wolfgang Aulitzky
Carlos Navarro Martínez
Vice-Presidents
Arturo Cardona Pérez
Raúl Rivera Moscoso
Guillermo Domínguez Cherit
Sergio Hernández Jiménez
Gregorio Tomás Obrador Vera
Mercedes Macías Parra
Alberto García Aranda
Milagros Pérez Quintanilla
James Callahan
Important
AMSA Alianza Médica para la Salud
From left to right, on the top row : Carlos Navarro, Carlos Creel, David Kershenobich, Alejandra Struk, José Pacheco, Alexander von Perfall, Edgar Legaspi. From left to right, on the bottom row : Katharine Aulitzky, Pablo Legorreta, Concha Legorreta, Gerardo Legorreta, Becky Aguilar-Álvarez de Sáenz.
meeting with the participation of Carlos Navarro, Wolfgang Aulitzky and AMSA’s team along with some of the members of AMSA’s Medical Advisory Committee, created in March 2023.
OMI Seminars in SALZBURG, AUSTRIA
The physicians that participate in the OMI seminars in Salzburg, Austria, are selected based on their merits and leadership. They must be Mexican citizens, younger than 40, fluent in English, and have social skills and a willingness to share their experience and knowledge in Mexico when they come back; this has a direct impact on the country’s most vulnerable groups.
The faculty members, world-renowned physicians, donate their time and experience during the seminars, forging close ties with the fellows.
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Leadership is the capacity to translate vision into reality.
Diana Aidée Guerrero Reséndiz, MD
Mexico’s Children’s Hospital Federico Gomez Medical Leadership 2023
June18th -24th, 2023
The seminar has been an exceptional learning experience, an opportunity to remember that, as health professionals, every action we take is also an act of leadership, an example that has a direct influence on others. The dialogues with doctors like Evan Fieldston, Scott Switalski, Patricia DeRusso and Brendon Arieta, professionals of the highest level, were a reminder of the importance of sharing knowledge. Exchanging experiences and expertise is a fundamental ingredient when learning about techniques and tools to make us better leaders. The proposed route to build our leadership begins with self-knowledge and moving forward with courage and emotional intelligence towards skills such as managing our time, managing our energy and focus, adapting and being flexible. We learned about different types of leadership and communication styles, which allow us to influence, persuade and negotiate. We also learned about the importance of building high-performance teams that strive hard, promoting talent and encouraging hard work; inspired by a mission and vision that allow the establishment of specific, measurable, achievable, realistic and timely objectives. We also learned the differences between a mentor, a sponsor and a coach, similar profiles, but whose differences enrich the medical leadership process, which must be evaluated daily in a constructive, positive way, with well-established parameters. Systemic thinking and strategic planning are two concepts that guarantee that the established project will reach its goal. Systemic thinking helps us to be aware of the relationship between the components of our areas of influence, how they oppose and converge; while strategic planning gives us the bases to reaffirm or redefine the mission and build specific objectives to align forces and opportunities while mitigating barriers, in a permanent process of empowerment of our collaborators and colleagues. This seminar also allowed me to learn from the experiences and visions of my colleagues, highly trained doctors specialized in clinical research, administrative management and other medical specialties. It was a huge academic opportunity that created an environment of expert level experiences and wisdom. During the workshops, I was able to develop my leadership and coaching skills and also learn from the strengths of other fellows. It was a new starting point for my daily work back home, definitely a route readjustment in which I now know, my work as a specialist doctor, teacher and colleague clearly has an impact on others, especially our patients, to whom we owe humility, empathy and professionalism until the last moment. The white coat should make us better human beings.
Alejandra Cabrera
National Institute of Medical Sciences and Nutrition
Salvador Zubiran
Lipid Metabolism and Atherosclerosis
September 24th-30th, 2023
I am very thankful to AMSA for the opportunity to attend this seminar. There were very interesting discussions between fellows and faculty members on different topics and ways of managing patients, which greatly enriched knowledge. Having the opportunity to approach an expert of that level with questions such as a theoretical concept or even the medical management regarding a specific patient back home is priceless. I am excited to be able to share all the knowledge I acquired in the seminar with my colleagues and thus be able to make a difference in the management of patients with these complex pathologies.
Guillermo Fojaco
Mexico’s Hospital Juarez
Adolescent Medicine
November 19th-25th, 2023
Having AMSA’s support during the first years of my professional career in Pediatrics has been a crucial element for my growth and development in Adolescent Medicine. The platform they provide has allowed me to build professional networks, obtain new knowledge, and above all, become a better doctor, teacher, and leader in the field to which I dedicate myself. I will always be very grateful.
MEDICAL Observerships
All the fellows that participate in the OMI seminars in Salzburg, Austria, are candidates for a one-to-three-month medical observership in Europe or the United States, at one of the many medical institutions that have a partnership with OMI. The selection process is based on the physicians’ merits and commitment to AMSA back in Mexico.
The physicians directly benefit from:
• Exchange of experiences and professional practice
• Knowledge of new techniques and treatment protocols
• Access to modern hospitals
• Creation of joint research and collaborative study projects
Ayumi Kawakami
National Institute of Medical Sciences and Nutrition
Salvador Zubiran
Medical Observership in Ophthalmology
September 2023
Salzburg University Hospital
My one-month stay at the Salzburg University Hospital helped me create strategic partnerships with colleagues who are experts in retina and uveitis; this will be super helpful when solving complex clinical cases back in Mexico. This observership made me realize that the level of knowledge and experience that we have in Mexico is of excellent quality, our greatest difference relies basically in each country’s health system and the access to paraclinical studies and treatments. After this great experience, I have started a monthly online forum in which different specialists in ocular inflammation collaborate to resolve complex cases during an hour session. I have invited a colleague from Kosovo with whom I shared the OMI seminar back in 2022, two colleagues from Salzburg and several Mexican specialists from Mexico City, Monterrey, Aguascalientes and Chihuahua. This experience definitely enriched my knowledge regarding diseases that are not very common in Latin America and has also strengthened the academic relation between specialists from different countries around the world.
Rodrigo Uribe Pacheco
Resident in Neurosurgery
National Institute of Neurology and Neurosurgery (INNN)
Medical Observership in Neurosurgery
March-May 2023
Medical University of Innsbruck, Austria
My 3-month observership in the University Clinic of Neurosurgery at the Medical University of Innsbruck exceeded my expectations; I was under Dr. Claudius Thomé’s tutorship. Training with the robotic exoscope, the lines of research on brain tumors and degenerative spine diseases, as well as witnessing the train of thought of neurosurgeons with decades of experience in complex cases marked a milestone in my career. The OMI-AMSA project has definitely marked a “before and after” in my career that will have a direct impact on the quality of care for my patients.
Schloss Arenberg, venue where OMI seminars are held in Salzburg, Austria.
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Wolfgang Aulitzky and Pablo Legorreta.
OMI-MEX and AMSA Seminars in MEXICO
OMI-MEX is a joint initiative between the Open Medical Institute and AMSA. Since the beginning of this academic collaboration in 2010, 768 Mexican physicians have participated in OMI programs in Salzburg and OMI faculty have trained more than 4,000 physicians in 85 seminars in different states of Mexico.
The goal is to have the OMI curriculum travel the globe with the same expert faculty who teach in OMI seminars in Salzburg, Austria, also participating as faculty members in the Seminars in Mexico. The material presented in Mexico mirrors what was taught in Salzburg the year before. Throughout 2023, 12 OMI- MEX seminars took place under the academic leadership of Weill Cornell Medicine, Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center, the Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia, Duke University, Columbia University and the Institut Pasteur in France.
OMI-MEX Seminars have a 3-day program and are organized in collaboration with public and private health institutions, Mexican organizations and/or medical universities.
Following OMI’s four-step approach, the initiative has been so effective in Mexico as it is in Central and Eastern Europe, Asia and Africa.
Sergio A. Giralt, MD
Oncology: Hematologic Malignancies
Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center
The OMI-MEX Oncology: Hematologic Malignancies seminar was extraordinary; a very well organized meeting. The fellows were engaged, inquisitive, and had wonderful questions. The cases were well presented and highlighted the challenges they have in their daily practices. More importantly, the fellows not only left with up-to-date knowledge, but also with the desire to develop strategies that could improve local outcomes with available resources.
Richard
A. Polin, MD
Maternal and Infant Health Columbia University
The OMI-MEX Maternal and Infant Health seminar had almost 50 participants who represented a very diverse group of physicians, including general and family practitioners, gynecologists, and pediatricians. The discussion after each lecture was lively from the very beginning. Overall, it was a very successful seminar.
In the words
of our faculty members
OMI-MEX Seminars
Nicholas Tsarouhas, MD
Pediatric Emergency Medicine
Children´s Hospital of Philadelphia
During the OMI-MEX Seminar in Pediatric Emergency Medicine, faculty and fellows were immersed in a unique learning experience which was highly valued by all. Participants learned the recognition and management of pediatric medical, surgical, and traumatic emergencies, as well as the ability to practice their skills in a state-of-the art simulation center. In just a few days, life-long friendships and important professional connections were created. Most importantly, the OMI furthered their mission to train doctors from all over the world to care for patients and families in need.
Nancy Weigle, MD
Family Medicine
Duke University
The participants in the OMI-MEX Family Medicine seminar discussed many aspects of care during pregnancy and childhood, and explored advanced communication skills needed for delivering unexpected news. We enjoyed impressive clinical cases that represented the variety of cases seen by family physicians. Participants were highly engaged and enthusiastic learners, eager to bring new ideas back to their home institutions. It was a true pleasure for our faculty to participate.
Jean-Pierre Vartanian, PhD
Global Health: Viruses, Liver and Cancers
Institut Pasteur
The OMI-MEX Global Health: Viruses, Liver and Cancers seminar hosted young doctors who work in hospitals in Mexico as well as students from the Institut Pasteur network. The academic level of the fellows was very high, and we had fruitful and interesting discussions together. The course was a real success, and we are all very grateful to have been involved. Many thanks to OMI and AMSA for their excellent and unfailing organization of the seminar.
Ana G. Alzaga Fernández, MD Ophthalmology
Weill Cornell Medicine
It was such an honor to participate in the very first OMI-MEX Ophthalmology seminar. One of my favorite parts of this seminar was the open and dynamic dialogue and the exchange of ideas and knowledge that happened in the classroom between faculty and fellows. We all learned so much from each other. Another important highlight is the long-lasting friendships and collaborations that arise from these seminars. I have truly enjoyed being a part of it and have found it to be such a rewarding and enriching experience.
AMSA seminars in MEXICO
Primary care is essential in Mexico; resulting in the timely diagnosis of patients. We seek to have direct influence on two very important pillars of society: health and education. We are beyond satisfied to be a part of the constant improvement of the quality of health services in Mexico by motivating, empowering and offering high-level continuing education.
Becky Aguilar-Álvarez de Sáenz, Jorge Valdez García, MD, Researcher at Tec de Monterrey, Ana Lía García García, General Director of IMSS Foundation, Marta Zapata and Miguel Cuéllar, both Board Members of the Research Division at IMSS Foundation.
Romeo Rodríguez, MD, President of IMSS Foundation.
Clinical Investigation Seminar
Mexico City
August 2023
In partnership with IMSS Foundation, we encourage the training of young physicians to collaborate with public and private hospitals by promoting clinical research in Mexico. We offer an annual seminar with the participation of faculty members and scientists from the best hospitals and academic institutions in the country.
Clinical research is essential in any doctor’s training process, since the analysis of a patient’s clinical picture is crucial. Including this discipline in a general practitioner’s or specialist’s curriculum contributes to creating, testing and evaluating products and services to improve the medical care of the future.
la Salud
The group of faculty and fellows that participated in the Clinical Research Seminar in Mexico City, August 2023.
Internal Medicine Seminar
Primary Care
Oaxaca City
September 2023
Thanks to the leadership of one of AMSA’s Members of the Board of Trustees, Carlos Navarro, MD, and the academic partnership we have with the ABC Medical Center, we were able to bring expert faculty members who shared knowledge and experience with general practitioners and specialists in the city of Oaxaca. The first day of the seminar was fully dedicated to theorical concepts while the second was fully dedicated to the presentation of clinical cases that will guide the fellows in their daily practice. We are very aware of the importance of training doctors from marginalized regions of the country; this is why we are looking forward to offering these seminars also in the state of Yucatan very soon.
Group of faculty members and participants during the Internal Medicine Seminar in Oaxaca, September 2023.
David Kershenobich, MD, Gastroenterologist at the National Institute of Medical Sciences and Nutrition Salvador Zubirán, Israel Lerman, MD, Endocrinologist, Andrés Palomar, MD, Pulmonologist, Becky Aguilar-Álvarez de Sáenz, AMSA’s Executive Director, Bernardo Cisneros, MD, Urologist, Roberto de Leo, MD, Neurosurgeon, Juvenal Franco, MD, Medical Director of Critical Medicine /Internal Medicine, Carlos Navarro, MD, Reproductive Biology and OB/GYN, all of them members of the ABC Medical Center in Mexico City.
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In AMSA and OMI-MEX Seminars
In OMI Seminars in Salzburg, Austria
In OMI-MEX and AMSA Webinars and OMInars*
In CHOP ** Pediatric Emergency Medicine Seminars
In Medical Observerships in the USA and Austria
In the Leadership and Senior Management Medical Program, UP University
2 , 564 768 600 22 12 30 4
In Harvard’s Medical School Post Graduate Program
4,000
* Online seminars by OMI
** Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia
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Multiplier EFFECT
768
Physicians trained at OMI Seminars
Physicians trained by OMI/AMSA Fellows
2010-2023
Faculty at OMI-MEX Seminars in Mexico
40 physicians
All physicians trained by AMSA are committed to SHARE the KNOWLEDGE acquired with their colleagues, and these tools allow them to SAVE many more LIVES throughout their professional career.
30,720
Mexican Physicians benefitted
José Sifuentes, MD, General Director of the National Institute of Medical Sciences and Nutrition Salvador Zubirán.
Medical Authorities of the School of Medicine of the Panamerican University.
Leadership and Senior Management Medical Program Panamerican University
This program, offered by the Panamerican University School of Medicine in collaboration with AMSA, seeks to develop and strengthen (in doctors and other health professionals in the public and private sectors) leadership and senior management competencies focused in the quality of health care organizations. By designing a strategy and an action plan during the program, the participants achieve a high performance with great results, which directly benefits the patients and their families.
AMSA awarded 10 full scholarships to General and Medical Directors along with their medical teams in these hospitals:
1. National Institute of Medical Sciences and Nutrition
Salvador Zubirán
2. National Institute of Pediatrics
3. Breast Cancer Foundation
4. General Hospital “Ajusco Medio” Ministry of Health in Mexico City
The program has distinctive features that make it unique and highly competitive:
• Primarily aimed at management teams, doctors and other health professionals who occupy management positions.
• Structured program based on a solid conceptual framework that organizes the contents logically and directs them towards the realization of a project during the program.
• Focused on the leadership-management concept and not on administration or management.
• Focused on medical care and not on the understatement of “health care” or “health institutions”.
• Focused on the concepts of quality and efficiency of the medical care proposed by the Institute of Medicine.
• Taught by professors of recognized national and international prestige, who have extensive experience in leadership and senior management.
Pablo Legorreta.
AMSA’s Award 2023
In 2020, the year that marked AMSA’s Tenth Anniversary, the “AMSA Award” was established as a way to recognize members of the health sector who, with their initiatives and leadership, improve the quality of health services in Mexico.
• In 2020, the first edition of AMSA’s Award was granted to David Kershenobich, MD, at that time occupying the position as General Director of the National Institute of Medical Sciences and Nutrition Salvador Zubirán; recognizing his dedication and outstanding leadership during his career in the health sector in Mexico and especially during the COVID-19 pandemic. The award was assigned to the development of a Telemedicine project at this Institute.
• In 2021, the AMSA Award was given to the Carlos Slim Foundation for its great vision and commitment with the Mexican society in the construction of the COVID-19 Temporary Unit in Mexico City, with the support of civil society organizations and important Mexican businessmen. It also recognized its collaboration with the AstraZeneca pharmaceutical for the manufacture of the COVID-19 vaccine that benefited more than 150 million people in Latin America. Additionally, two important leaders of the Mexican health sector were publicly recognized for their outstanding work during the COVID-19 pandemic, Guill- ermo Torre Amione, MD, Rector of TecSalud and Vice President of the Research Division at Tec de Monterrey, and Francisco Moreno Sanchez, MD, recognized Mexican specialist in microbiology and infectology and Director of the Internal Medicine Division at ABC Medical Center Observatorio Campus. It was because of the information they shared on their social media and other sources that the Mexican population was well informed, knew how to act and was surrounded by trustworthy data to prevent panic.
• In 2023 we recognized and expressed our gratitude to the ABC Medical Center for opening its doors to AMSA and adopting OMI’s educational model to train physicians from public and private health institutions. Alliances like these are proof that by joining efforts we can achieve social impact and improve health services at all levels of care. Since 2013 we have trained more than 1,700 young doctors at their facilities.
health impact award
AMSA
educates, promotes and motivates young Mexican physicians.
In the words of José María Zubiría General Director at ABC Medical Center, who received AMSA’s Award 2023.
“The constant training of human resources for the improvement of health and clinical research are strategic elements for the ABC Medical Center, who seeks to promote specialists and experts that encourage continuous improvement and innovation in patient care. The number of professionals enrolled exceeds 520 in undergraduate programs, social service, and postgraduate medicine and nursing; and more than 1,200 nurses participate in continuing education programs.
Our medical residencies, with more than 200 participants, qualify very well in the National Autonomous University of Mexico (UNAM) programs and are highly demanded. Nearly 60 interns and 45 undergraduate students collaborate with us, and it is thanks to the commitment of doctors and nurses that we have consolidated our Institution as a solid organization in the training of young talent.
These activities along with those carried out by the Hospital’s Doctors Association and Medical Practices for the Development and the doctors’ constant update in medical knowledge have been strongly and positively impacted by AMSA.
Gerardo Legorreta, Romeo Rodríguez President of IMSS Foundation, Pablo Legorreta, Becky Aguilar-Álvarez de Sáenz and José María Zubiría, General Director at ABC Medical Center.
The initiatives created to raise the level and quality of healthcare in Eastern Europe laid the foundations that gave Pablo and Almudena the vision of strengthening talent in their own country. As a result, they joined forces with OMI and developed a program that has trained more than 1,700 doctors in this social partnership with the ABC Medical Center. And “trained” does not represent their actual reach.
Up until the end of 2023, 65 doctors have participated in OMI seminars in Salzburg, 750 in seminars in Mexico that have taken place at the ABC Medical Center, 247 in seminars focused on heart diseases with KARDIAS Foundation, 350 in OMI-MEX seminars in Oaxaca and 289 in online seminars.
It should be noted that these doctors have been able to establish a professional global network that allows them to discuss clinical cases from a distance and evaluate the different alternatives for each patient’s treatment. This professional networking makes it easier for them to discern diagnoses, treatments and results that ultimately benefit many more people. The social return of the program is enormous. This program also encourages doctors to participate as faculty; more than 150 health professionals from the ABC Medical Center have altruistically dedicated their time and effort.
José María Zubiría, MD, General Director at ABC Medical Center and David Kershenobich. MD, Member of AMSA’s Board.
Many doctors have told us that when they teach, they also learn, since the interaction with the participants can lead to very formative discussions for everyone. And like everything in life, growth and evolution open the doors to new opportunities. On one hand, the adaptation of standards carried out by OMI will allow an increase in the seminars’ academic level; on the other hand, exploring ways to expand the seminars’ impact will pose new challenges, but also opportunities.
It is estimated that the gap in the access to high quality health services could widen if complex structural problems are not solved. Prevention and timely diagnosis could somehow reduce the saturation of the health system, mainly in the public sector. Therefore, doctors that are part of a patient’s primary care have an enormous responsibility, and those of us who constitute the specialized care sector of the country must support. In order to be able to structure a scheme that integrates current programs and initiatives that cover this segment of medicine, we will need
Carlos Navarro, MD, Member of AMSA’s Board, Mariiu and Andrea Hernández.
a deep understanding of the capabilities, technologies, regulations and incentives that allow the development of a branch of telemedicine aimed at doctors in the high-quality primary care model.
The ABC Medical Center is committed to the continuous improvement of health services and I am sure that with AMSA’s innovative capacity we will be able to move forward in the process to strengthen the programs and incorporate those in which we can have a positive impact on society”.
We also gave a special recognition to the IMSS Foundation with whom we share the vision that continuous education is the key to progress. We signed an academic agreement with them in 2016. Within the framework of this academic agreement, we have trained 711 doctors from this institution, 118 of which have traveled to Salzburg to attend OMI seminars.
IMSS Foundation has provided scholarships to its doctors covering the flights’ total costs, which represents a contribution of $180,000 dollars, a direct investment in human capital.
Concha Legorreta de Angoitia, Concha Creel de Legorreta, member of AMSA’s Board, and Becky Sáenz.
OMI GLOBAL network and impact
In 2022, we extended the OMI program in Mexico by inviting Latin American doctors to participate. In July, OMI announced the official launch of OMI Vietnam, with which we now have a continuous medical education global program with 3 training centers: Salzburg, Austria, Mexico City and Hanoi in Vietnam.
The Open Medical Institute has an extensive partnership network and collaborates with institutions and individuals across the globe. OMI’s international partners are actively engaged in promoting the OMI programs to local healthcare professionals and providing administrative, financial, and logistical support. The OMI local coordinators, our partners in the fellows’ home countries, offer valuable information and assistance to physicians who are interested in the OMI programs. Despite globalization, medical care is local. It is in our common interest to consistently build local capacity and significantly improve the quality of healthcare services worldwide.
When young physicians participate in an OMI program, they return to their home countries equipped with state-of-the-art medical information, tips and tricks from the most experienced specialists and a network of colleagues and mentors whom they may consult with for the rest of their careers. This makes them ideally qualified to take on leadership positions in their own countries while simultaneously improving care for their patients. Since 1993, more than 2,300 American and European physicians have donated their time to teach and mentor colleagues from around the world. With more than 24,500 alumni living in 128 countries, our impact is global.
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OMI’S
Annual Benefit
The American Austrian Foundation’s Annual Music for Medicine Benefit took place on December 4, 2023, at the stunning Metropolitan Club in New York City. This very special evening honored the 30th anniversary of the Open Medical Institute. Guests were warmly welcomed by Pablo Legorreta, a board member of both the AAF and the OMI. Alexander Soros, Chair of the Board of Directors of the Open Society Foundations (OSF), could not attend in person but forwarded a video greeting. Dr. Wolfgang Aulitzky, CEO of the OMI, shared updates from this year in Salzburg, Mexico, and Vietnam while reflecting on the past 30 years of the Open Medical Institute. We were honored to be joined by Dr. Robert A. Harrington, the new Stephen and Suzanne Weiss Dean of Weill Cornell Medicine, and appreciate his enthusiasm for the program.
Becky Aguilar-Álvarez de Sáenz with faculty members from the Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia.
Richard Polin, neonatologist at Weill Cornell.
An eclectic and wide-ranging concert was given by members of the Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra, including Paul Halwax (tuba & cimbasso), Thomas Eibinger (trombone), Florian Senft (trombone), Johann Ströcker (bass trombone), and Johannes Ettlinger (trombone and bass trumpet), who perform together as Das Philharmonische Posaunenquintett. Their performance included pieces from Richard Wagner’s Tannhäuser and The Valkyre, Guiseppe Verdi’s Nabucco, Scott Joplin’s New Rag, and Henry Mancini’s The Great Mancini.
Over 250 guests joined for dinner, including AAF board members, OMI faculty and friends, as well as committed individuals from business, law, medicine, and public service. The benefit was a resounding success, having raised over 670,000 USD to date. All funds raised will go towards the Salzburg OMI seminars.
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Members of the Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra. with Katharine Aulitzky, Executive Director of the American Austrian Foundation.
OUR ACADEMIC PARTNERS
M exico
2010-2023
Institutional Donors
PABLO AND ALMUDENA LEGORRETA
The American Austrian Foundation
Creel Abogados
Other Donors
Adriana Hernández López • Alejandra Villegas • Carlos Emilio
• Jerónimo y Daniela del Villar • Jorge Fernando Méndez Galván • Juan Antonio García Alcántara • Juan Jorge González Flores • Luz de Lourdes Gómez • Manuel Romano Mijares • Marco Antonio Badillo Santoyo • María Blanca del Valle Perochena • Mari Carmen de Angoitia • Mario Daniel Medina Muñoz • Miguel Ángel González
Cruz • Miguel de Angoitia Gaxiola • Óscar Juárez • Octavio Sierra
Martínez • Pablo Arturo Cruz Yáñez • Pedro González de Cosío • Rafael Alfonso MacGregor Anciola • Stella Montaño Mason • Viviana Corcuera • Eugenio Madero
Altum CP, S.A. • Asesores de Deuda Privada, S.C. • Fundación IMSS • Fundación Kaluz, A.C. • Fundación México en Harvard, A.C. • Fundación Roberto Hernández Ramírez, A. C. • Inmobiliaria
Descubre Crece, S.A. de C.V. • Legorreta Gómez y Asociados S. de R. L. de C.V. • Loma Vivienda, S.A. de C.V. • Morgan Guerra Gea Morett • Obra Social Legaria • PREVITA, S. A. de C. V. • Promotora de Inversión
• Rassini, S.A. de C.V. • Traducción Integral
Financial Statements
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dedicate all our efforts and hard work to achieve better continuous medical training activities so that Mexican physicians can have a direct impact on improving healthcare services.
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Editorial coordination Paulina Rocha • Design Julieta Bracho/estudio jamaica • Translation Nelida Martín Morales Printed in Mexico, june 2024.
Alianza Médica para la Salud
AMSA team, from left to right, Adriana Rosas, Assistant Academic and Logistics Coordinator, Rebeca Aguilar-Álvarez de Sáenz, Executive Director, Mariana Bocanegra, Academic Coordinator and Ana Paulina Acevedo Torres, Logistics Coordinator.
