Illustration

Academic and Patient Illustration

Academic Surgical Illustration: Laparascopic right salpingo-oophrectomy in a patient at 17 weeks gestation

This procedural illustration is intended for academic publication for medical professionals. The two-page spread illustrates the steps in a case study for a laparascopic right salpingo-oophrectomy in a patient at 17 weeks gestation. The spread highlights modified surgical steps taken to protect both the patient and the fetus during the operation.

Media: Adobe Photoshop and Illustrator

Audience: Medical Professionals

Academic Surgical Illustration: Transcatheter Aortic Valve Replacement (TAVR)

This illustration depicts the steps involved in a transcatheter aortic valve replacement procedure, or TAVR. This piece is intended to depict the main steps of the procedure and provide background about TAVR and it’s rise in use. The piece is intended for academic journal publication for professionals in the medical field, who may not be cardiologists. Therefore, the illustration focuses more on the overall purpose and process of this procedure than specific technical techniques. This piece is intended for web use, primarily to accompany the journal article, but can also stand alone, conveying all necessary information in one concise page.

Media: Adobe Photoshop and Illustrator

Audience: Medical Professionals

Patient Education: What is carpal tunnel syndrome?

This two-page scrolling Instagram post illustrates carpal tunnel syndrome for a patient audience. The post draws the viewer in with an illustration of the condition in the context of playing flute, a common cause of the condition. The second slide illustrates the compression of the media nerve in more depth with the surrounding anatomy. The last section demonstrates the process of endoscopic carpal tunnel release surgery using simple 2D illustrations to not overwhelm or scare the patient.

Media: Procreate and Adobe Illustrator

Audience: Patients on Instagram

Illustrated Slide: Anatomy of the Iridocorneal Angle

This piece is an illustrated PowerPoint slide for a fictional medical device company, OpthoTech. It provides an overview of the anatomy of iridocorneal angle in the eye and how glaucoma affects the flow of aqueous humor in this region.

Media: Procreate and Adobe InDesign

Audience: Medical Device Conference Participants

Additional Academic and Patient Illustrations

Organ study: The human heart in a painterly style

Illustrated health magazine spread: Can LSD Keep Anxiety at Bay?

Tissue reaction study: Sleeve gastrectomy to
Roux-en-y gastric bypass conversion — Tissue reaction study: Sleeve gastrectomy to Roux-en-y gastric bypass conversion

Undergraduate molecular biology poster: Gram-positive vs Gram-negative Bacteria

Editorial journal cover: The Ethical Standard for End-of-life Decisions for Underrepresented Patients

Tissue reaction study: Achilles tendon repair

Pathophysiology poster: Optic Neuritis in Multiple Sclerosis

Instructional handout: Intraosseous (EZ-IO) Needle Insertion

Medical Legal Illustration

Medical Illustration is important in the courtroom for many reasons including communicating scientific information for a lay audience, highlighting injury or anatomical differences, or simply representing potentially disturbing images in a more digestible way. Legal illustrations must be accurate, but still serve to help tell the defendant or plaintiff’s story.

SCFE Exhibit Design

These illustrated slides were created for a medical legal illustration course to accompany the plaintiff’s case in a “mock trial” presentation. The illustrations show the the progress of a slipped capital femoral epiphysis fracture (SCFE) that ultimately led to disability in a young girl. The illustrations were used to clearly communicate x-ray information to a lay audience and demonstrate why the doctor’s misread was easily avoidable. Additionally, the illustrations show the progression of symptoms as a result of that first missed diagnosis.