Salzbug Medical Seminars & Alberto Vilar Medical Internship

Since the Salzburg-Cornell Seminars began in 1993, Weill Medical College of Cornell University faculty members affiliated with the New York Presbyterian Hospital, Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center and The Hospital for Special Surgery have volunteered their time to teach and guarantee the quality of intensive one-week seminars attended by physicians on full scholarship. The seminars include state-of-the-art lectures, problem-based learning, hands-on workshops, case presentations and computer training. The fostering of freely exchanged ideas and the opportunity to develop professional relationships are two of the most important aspects of the program. By working together as colleagues, not competitors, seminar participants return to their homelands better prepared to treat their patients.

1993- November 2002

4540 Physicians - Fellows
(CEE and the former SovietUnion - Salzburg Medical Seminars International)

626 Physicians - Interns
(CEE and the former SovietUnion - Alberto Vilar and Pro Infantibus Medial Internships)

538 Faculty Members (serve without compensation)

808 Weeks of faculty time donated

118 Seminars

32 Countries and Regions

Sponsors:

· Open Society Institute

· The American Austrian Foundation

· Federal Austrian Government

· International Corporations: Sony, Merck, AVL, Austrian Airlines, etc.

The Regional Government of Salzburg

Academic Parnters:

· CORNELL UNIVERSITY WEILL MEDICAL COLLEGE
NEW YORK PRESBYTERIAN HOSPITAL
HOSPITAL FOR SPECIAL SURGERY
MEMORIAL SLOAN-KETTERING CANCER CENTER

· COLUMBIA UNIVERSITY
COLLEGE OF SURGEONS AND PHYSICIANS

· UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA
THE CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL OF PHILADELPHIA

· DUKE UNIVERSITY

ADDITIONAL FACULTY:
Jefferson University, Harvard University, Georgetown University, Baylor College, University of California, University of Vienna, University of Graz, University of Innsbruck etc.

Thanks to the generosity of Mr. Alberto Vilar, the world-renowned philanthropist, the Salzburg Stiftung of the AAF, and the Open Society Institute (OSI), the American Austrian Foundation are pleased to offer the Alberto Vilar Medical Internship Program to alumni of the Salzburg Cornell and Salzburg Duke Seminars.

To offer former Salzburg Medical Seminar International fellows training for one to three (1-3) months in Austria.

Over 30 countries and regions in Central and Eastern Europe (CEE), Central Asia and the former Soviet Union.