Bill Westwood – Bob Demarest had a profound influence on the Association of Medical Illustrators and the profession of medical illustration that continues even today. He was a great intellect, an inspiring, always learning student of anatomy and above all he was a...

Gene Wright – Students are often placed in scenarios of critique. In Medical Illustration, critiques doesn’t necessarily equate to a real Life experience as we often have to discuss our objectives and present our solutions. In this presentation, I will describe how we...

Julia Molnar – "Art in Medicine" was a Fall 2018 research study that explored an innovative method for incorporating art and illustration into preclinical medical education. First-year medical students participated in a twelve-week elective course wherein they had the...

Amanda Almon - Health literacy and patient engagement depend upon cognitive feedback, not only from doctors, care providers and medical illustrator’s visuals, but from new programmable objects and apps with artificial intelligence and robotic sensors which use...

From Panel to Patient: Making Comics to Teach about Palliative Care Palliative care can improve quality of life in patients facing life-threatening illnesses by addressing their physical, emotional, spiritual, and practical needs. Research has shown that palliative...

Autopsy Brain Removal Training Using Virtual Reality Simulation Hospital autopsy is the only method of confirming diagnoses for neurodegenerative disease such as Alzheimer’s and Lewy body disease, despite advanced diagnostic technologies. However, the number of...

Colleen Tang Poy is a second year Interactive Media student in the Master of Biomedical Communications Program at the University of Toronto. They obtained a HBSc in the Psychology, Neuroscience and Behaviour (Mental Health specialization) program at...

Eleanor Milman // Molly Huttner – Do medical illustrators have moral obligations? What is the role of visualization in patient autonomy, medical professionalism, and scientific literacy? Here we will explore big questions with open endings and no answers. Get ready to...

Carrie Shaw – If healthcare providers in training could step into the perspectives of the patient and other members of the care team, would this make them more effective providers? In this talk, we will explore how virtual reality (VR) storytelling uniquely addresses...

  Quay Kester – How can we use images to deepen understanding …in ways that language alone can’t achieve. Using images, storytelling and an analytical framework, discover a unique way of knowing and learning. This process can powerfully illuminate subconscious...

Twin-Twin Surgical Simulator: Scaffolding learning using visual complexity in a surgical simulator for TTTS Twin-twin transfusion syndrome (TTTS) is a rare, but major complication during monochorionic twin pregnancies. The treatment of choice for TTTS is fetoscopic...

Ted Kucklick -  For a number of years members have asked me to do a talk on the history of the medical device industry. This will be a talk on how the medical device industry went from small beginnings and the pioneering work of 16th century people like Ambriose Pare...

Dave Mazierski – J.C.B. Grant and Eduard Pernkopf revolutionized the format of the anatomical atlas with the publication of their respective regional, topographic atlases in the mid 20th century. While it is likely that they came up with their key innovation...

Mike Walsh – Northwestern Medicine is one of the top medical systems in the country and we feel that patient experiences should reflect that. We aim for patients to leave our clinics not only enlightened, but inspired. In spite of the shift towards “personalized...