|
What is a Medical Illustrator?
A medical illustrator is an artist who is trained to visually depict aspects of medicine
and science. Medical illustrators come from differing backgrounds, and they may have
undergraduate degrees in fine arts, science, or various other specialties.
The Association of Medical Illustrators, AMI, was instituted to maintain the standards
for training in medical illustration and to provide ethical guidelines for practice:
AMI
Headquarters
1819 Peachtree
Street, N.E., Suite 620
Atlanta, Georgia 30309 U.S.A.
(404) 350-7900, Fax: (404) 351-3348
Many illustrators go
on to earn Master's degrees in medical illustration. There are six programs in North
America that provide Master's degrees in medical illustration. Other medical illustration
programs exist, too. But the programs listed below are the only six to be accredited
by the AMI:
University
of Toronto
Division
of Biomedical Communications
Medical Sciences Building #235
One King's College Circle
Toronto, Ontario M5S 1A8 Canada (416) 978-2659
The
Medical College of Georgia
School of Graduate Programs
Graduate
Program in Medical Illustration
Augusta GA 30912-0300 USA
(706) 321-3266
University
of Illinois
Department
of Biomedical Visualization
School of Biomedical and Health Information Science
Chicago, Illinois 60612
(312) 996-7337
Johns
Hopkins University
Department
of Art as Applied to Science
1830 E. Monument St. #7000
Baltimore MD 21205-2100 USA
(410) 955-3213
University
of Michigan
Program
in Medical and Biological Illustration
Northern Brewery, Suite 102B
1327 Jones Drive
Ann Arbor, MI 48105-1899 USA
(313) 998-6270
The
University of Texas-Southwestern Medical School-Dallas
Biomedical Communications Graduate Program
5323 Harry Hines Blvd.
Dallas TX 75235-8881 USA
(214) 648-4699
The United Kingdom has
an organization for medical illustrators as well:
Institue
of Medical Illustration UK
Other Organizations
of Medical Illustrators:
Medical-Legal
Illustrators, Atlanta, USA
|