What is a Medical Illustrator?
A medical illustrator is a professional artist with advanced education in both the life sciences and visual communication. Collaborating with scientists, physicians, and other specialists, medical illustrators transform complex information into visual images that have the potential to communicate to broad audiences. The work of medical illustrators promotes education, research, patient care, public relations, and marketing efforts.
Do you have a degree for that?
I earned a BFA in Scientific Illustration from the University of Georgia and
a Masters of Science in Medical Illustration from the Medical College of Georgia
What do you do?
I work for a medical legal graphics firm based in Virginia. We produce demonstrative evidence for the defense of medical mal-practice litigation. Our litigation support includes case review, courtroom exhibits, interactive products and animation. Our products assist the physician defendant and their team of experts explain their case to the jury. We "educate" the jury so they can understand the medicine and circumstances of the case.
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Objective: to show the surgical set-up for laparoscopic appendectomy |
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Objective: to show the plaintiff's injury, repair and result |
Why don't you just take a picture?
The simple answer is that I draw what can't be seen
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Hip replacement Color pencil on print of graphite drawing |
Medicine is an evolving science so Medical Illustrators are often called upon to illustrate new surgical techniques. If a procedure is simply video-taped or photographed this is likely what the viewer will see
Below is a series of images I created for a surgeon at University of Virginia illustrating a surgical procedure he developed for traumatic abdominal wound closure. The images are intentionally bloodless, easy to follow, and intended for teaching proper technique
Doesn't the computer do the work for you?
I wish. The computer is just a really expensive paint brush. Certainly it has made editing and production much more efficient. While most of my work is digital in its final format I still start with a pencil and paper
7 comments:
Wish I could send this on to every person that has asked me about your job and major at school. Thank you for the explanation! Suzanne
Very cool. Love the hip replacement drawing. Beautiful really.
Have a great weekend,
Margaret
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