About


I am fortunate to have been able to make a career combining my two loves — art and science.  As a child, art was always my favorite past time. And in school, understanding living things and how things worked interested me most. After completing a degree in Biology and minor in Art from Ripon College, WI, I went on to the graduate program for Biomedical Visualization at the University of Illinois at Chicago. This education was invaluable to the success I have achieved today. See below for more details about my career.


QUALIFICATIONS

Board Certified Medical Illustrator with Master of Associated Medical Sciences degree in biomedical illustration with accomplished skill in traditional and digital illustration techniques.

Accomplished skill in publications layout and editorial design, scientific exhibit design and production, and pre-press/print production.
Detail-oriented with the ability to oversee/produce several projects simultaneously.

 

EXPERIENCE

MedArtDesign

Pingree Grove, IL   |  1990-Present

Operate independent freelance business, performing medical illustration and design services for a wide range of clients


Client List:

American Academy of Orthopaedic Surgeons

American Academy of Pediatrics

American Medical Association

CAP Learning, Chicago

Cooper University Health Care, New Jersey

Elsevier, Inc.

Global Publishing, Sydney

Jobson Medical

Johns Hopkins Publishing

Lippincott, Williams & Wilkins

NeoChord

Pearson Education

Princeton Review

Rush University Medical Center, Chicago

University of Illinois at Chicago

University of Iowa

 

Rush-Presbyterian-St. Luke's Medical Center/Rush University

Chicago, IL   |   1990-2001

Illustrator/designer in large teaching hospital.

Produce medical illustration for surgical, anatomical and patient education publications, presentations, textbooks and large scale exhibits.

Design and layout hospital and university print materials, including brochures, newsletters, booklets, and patient education systems, and coordinate printing.

Produce scientific/research exhibits.

 

EDUCATION

University of Illinois at Chicago, Chicago, IL

Master of Associated Medical Sciences in Biomedical Visualization


Ripon College, Ripon, WI

Bachelor of Arts in Biology, Art Minor

 

AWARDS & AFFILIATIONS

Highly Commended Award, British Medical Association for illustrating Netter’s Correlative Imaging: Abdomen and Pelvic Anatomy, 2013.

Best Overall Communications, Chicago Metro Area United Way Communications Contest, 1997.

Certified Medical Illustrator, Association of Medical Illustrators, 1997-Present.

First Place Poster Design, Chicago Metro Area United Way Communications Contest, 1996.

Employee of the Year, Rush-Presbyterian-St. Luke's Medical Center, 1995.

First Place Poster Design, Chicago Metro Area United Way Communications Contest, 1994.

Salon Award for Student Medical Line, Association of Medical Illustrators, 1990.

Association of Medical Illustrators Member, 1990-Present.

 

 

CERTIFICATION

The CMI after my name means "Certified Medical Illustrator." To become certified, an illustrator must attend and graduate from one of four accredited masters programs in North America, or have comparable experience. Then a comprehensive certification exam must be passed, after which a professional portfolio is submitted for Board review. To maintain certification, an illustrator must earn continuing education credits through approved classes and workshops. I earned my certified status in 1997.