Summary

Professional medical illustrator with a successful record of high quality artwork, numerous publications and superior customer service. Thorough education in human anatomy and biology with comprehensive training in traditional and digital media. Seven years of freelance medical illustration experience. Over three years of medical illustration experience employed by a major medical center and medical college. Excellent communication skills gained from extensive work history as well as voluntary professional development initiatives.

Skills and Qualifications

Medical and Scientific Education
Bachelor of Fine Art in Medical Illustration. Studies include: operating room observation; surgical procedures; immunology; chemistry; intensive instruction in hands-on human gross anatomy and human biology.

Artistic Training
Formal training includes: anatomical, surgical, medical legal, molecular, zoological and botanical illustration; figure studies; pen and ink; acrylics; gouache; watercolor; graphite; carbon dust; charcoal; colored pencils; computer graphics software with a focus on Adobe products; sculpture; animation; other traditional and mixed media; color theory; composition; graphic design.

Technical Skills
Proficient in Adobe Illustrator; Adobe Photoshop; Adobe InDesign; Adobe Acrobat; Microsoft PowerPoint; Microsoft Word. Familiar with Adobe Flash; Adobe Dreamweaver; Quark; Maya; Microsoft Excel; RasMol. Comfortable working in both Mac and PC platforms. Internet savvy. Seven years of experience working with up-to-date print production standards and color profiling.

Communication Skills
Superior communication skills working with clients to develop medical and scientific content and translate content into engaging illustrations. Proficient in written communication. Over four years of experience acting as an effective liaison between clients and professional print, CD-ROM, DVD and other professional production vendors, as well as coordinating compliance with publication editors. Twelve years of employment in customer service and sales related fields, earning an outstanding reputation for negotiation, problem solving, and customer satisfaction.

Education

• Bachelor of Fine Art in Medical Illustration, Rochester Institute of Technology, Rochester, NY: 2004
• Association of Research Libraries Project Management Institute, Columbus, OH: 2006
• The Ohio State University John Glen School of Public Affairs, Management Advancement for the Public Service
  - The Secrets to Powerful Presentations, Columbus, OH: 2007
  - Negotiating with Power and Confidence, Columbus, OH: 2008
  - Giving and Receiving Feedback Effectively, Columbus, OH: 2008

Professional Accomplishments

Medical Illustrator
Exhibits an extensive, professional portfolio of artwork used in journals, magazines, books, Web sites, patient education materials, educational software, posters, presentations, exhibits, advertisements, patent applications and other media.

Created over 100 illustrations for a successful multimedia faculty and student development program at The Ohio State University Medical Center. Presented corresponding poster, "It’s Not Always About Cutting Edge Technology: Choosing the Right Blend of Media to Engage the Learner", at the Association of American Medical Colleges Group on Information Resources Spring Meeting in San Francisco, CA, 2008.

Facilitated Ohio State University’s faculty and staff participation in scientific conferences by instructing popular "Creating Scientific Posters in Microsoft PowerPoint" workshops.

Featured in The Ohio State University Faculty and Staff Newspaper, onCampus, for medical illustration services. [Link 1]

Publications

• Seminars in Dialysis
• American Journal of Sports Medicine
• Journal of Digital Imaging
• Neurosurgery Focus
• Leukemia and Lymphoma
• Frontiers Magazine of the James Cancer...
• Physician Faculty Development in Primary Care
• Teaching Medical Students in the Ambulatory...
• Health Literacy and the Aging
• OSU Center for Minimally Invasive Surgery
• Journal of Heart and Lung Transplantation
• Alert Diver Magazine
• Journal of Microbial Biology and Immunology
• Where Have All the Surgeons Gone?
• PittMed Magazine
• Dirt Rag Magazine
• Male Germline Stem Cells: Developmental and Regenerative Potential (Springer/Humana Press)
• The Real Life Body Book (Ten Speed Press/Random House)
• Dear Doctor Magazine
• Gardening Know How

Clients

• Disney/Disney Interactive Media Group (medical illustration) 2010
  
• Paul Kim/Independent (medical illustration) 2010
  
• Columbia University College of Physicians and Surgeons (graphic design) 2010
  
• New York University Center for Genomics and Systems Biology (scientific illustration) 2010
  
• GardeningKnowHow.com (botanical illustration) 2010
  
• Dear Doctor, Inc. Dentistry and Oral Health Magazine (medical illustration) 2009
  
• Ten Speed Press/Random House (medical illustration) 2009
  
• Magee Women’s Research Laboratory (medical illustration) 2009
  
• University of South Florida (medical illustration) 2009
  
• Pribanic and Pribanic (medical legal/injury exhibit) 2009
  
• Dirt Rag Magazine (medical illustration) 2009
• Pitt Med Magazine (editorial illustration) 2009
  
• Abbott Research Group Inc. (product/device illustration, animation, graphic design) 2008 - 2010
  
• ResponsoftTM LLC (medical illustration, graphic design) 2008 - 2010
  
• Center for Knowledge Management, The Ohio State University College of Medicine (contract medical illustration) 2008
  
• Jay M. Feuer, DDS, MAGD (editorial illusration, graphic design) 2006 - 2010
  
• PRINTservices, CKM, The Ohio State University College of Medicine (staff medical illustrator and graphic designer) 2005 – 2008
  
• Jenna Wojdacz (medical illustration) 2006
  
• Plaza Sports Medicine (medical illustration) 2002 - 2003

Associations and Memberships

Professional Member of the Association of Medical Illustrators
Professional Member of the Graphic Artists Guild
Pittsburgh Society of Illustrators

Links Referenced
1: http://oncampus.osu.edu/article.php?id=1257