Medical Illustration Podcast

A conference review episode of the 79th annual meeting of the Association of Medical Illustrators held in Grand Rapids Michigan this past summer. A breakdown of the scheduled talks and presentations with several guest snippets as well! Check out the show notes here: https://www.pkvisualization.com/post/medical-illustration-podcast-report-on-ami-2025-conference

Emily Hromi is a freelance medical illustrator based in Grand Rapids, Michigan, who went from working in planetariums to building a thriving illustration business serving clients worldwide. In this episode, she shares invaluable insights on running a creative business, networking strategies, time tracking, and how to leverage transferable skills from diverse work experiences. Show notes at: https:...

Interview with Director Michael Corrin and Associate Director Dr Shelley Wall of University of Toronto's Biomedical Communications graduate program, celebrating the program's 80th anniversary.

Interview with Team Leader, 3D animator, surgical videographer, and VR developer Albert Fung from the Toronto Video Atlas of Surgery. Show notes: https://www.pkvisualization.com/post/medical-illustration-podcast-albert-fung-interview-featuring-geoff-cheung

Gary Welch is a medical illustrator and animator based in Philadelphia. A graduate of the RIT program, Gary has worked at 3FX, MadMicrobe, and is now Production Supervisor at Real Chemistry. Show notes: https://www.pkvisualization.com/post/mip-gary-welch-interview

Podcast coverage on a local get-together event for the University of Toronto's Biomedical Communications Alumni Association. Check out the show notes at: https://www.pkvisualization.com/post/medical-illustration-podcast-uncon-2024

Based in Jordan, Ehab Shalout is a pharmacy student and self-taught medical illustrator specializing in 3D modeling and animation. In this interview we discuss his path and challenges and his perspective on the field and its future. Show notes at: https://www.pkvisualization.com/post/medical-illustration-podcast-ehab-shalout-interview

Peg Gerrity, MAMS, CMI represents a classic medical illustrator in many ways. Peg has worked for over 30 years as a freelancer, taking on a wide range of projects, many of which were focused on pregnancy and embryonic development. In this episode we talk about Peg’s freelance experiences both in US and abroad, her work in traditional and digital media, thoughts on AI and on fundamental business sk...

The 78th annual Association of Medical Illustrators conference took place this year in Rochester, NY, with a record-breaking number of attendees–over 500 people! In the latest episode of the Medical Illustrator’s Podcast, borrow my eyes and ears while I give you a thorough review on the, for me, 4-day conference and my impressions, experiences, emotions. Show notes available here: https://www.pkvi...

In this episode of the Medical Illustration Podcast I’m speaking with the faculty of the RIT medical illustration program. The annual Association of Medical Illustrators conference will be taking place in Rochester NY this year from July 25th to the 27th, so I thought it would be nice to chat with some of the locals and find out more about the program there. You can check out this episode's show n...

In this episode we have an extraordinary guest whose work has bridged the gap not only between art and science, but also mystery and investigation. Lisa Bailey is a retired Forensic Artist who worked as a Digital Information Specialist for the FBI Laboratory. Working with investigators and Forensic Anthropologists, she worked with unidentified remains, using details about the age, sex, stature and...

In this episode I’m speaking with Sana Khan, biomedical illustrator, designer and animator based in Toronto. She runs her own freelance business, SFKhanVisuals, and has been working as a Senior Medical Illustrator at Designs that Cell, Research Communications Designer at the University of Toronto, Surgical Illustrator at Credit Valley Hospital, a Fellow of the Johnson & Johnson Diversity initiativ...

In this podcast I report on my experience attending the Anatomy Connected 2024 conference in Toronto Canada. If you weren’t able to attend this event, I hope I can give you a sense of the subjects covered and types of presentations. Show notes for this episode will be posted on TVASurg, in thanks for sponsoring me to attend this event: https://pie.med.utoronto.ca/TVASurg/anatomy-connected-2024/

In this interview I'm speaking with Anthony Baker, a Board-Certified medical illustrator in Columbus, Ohio. Since 2008, he has directed The Ohio State University’s Medical Visuals team, creating visuals for Ohio State health sciences faculty, physicians and researchers. View the show notes at: https://www.pkvisualization.com/post/medical-illustration-podcast-anthony-baker-interview

Let’s get back into it! I’m happy to announce a new season of the medical illustration podcast! In this solo episode I’ll be giving some updates about news in the field. You can check out the show notes, with mentioned links, here: https://www.pkvisualization.com/post/medical-illustration-podcast-season-2

Updates to the field of medical illustration for the summer of 2023! I chat about what I've been up to lately which includes some fine art studies, some major upcoming events both within and outside the field, and few recent snippets in science. You can check out the show notes, with mentioned links, here: https://www.pkvisualization.com/post/medical-illustration-podcast-summer-2023-announcements

It's March 31st 2023, and we are still in Year Zero of AI tools being made available to the masses. These are wild times. I made an episode at the end of last year about AI art that I wanted to follow up on. So here's some recent updates and some reflections on the era of AI. Show notes here: https://www.pkvisualization.com/post/ai-tools

For this episode of the Medical Illustration Podcast I’m going to give a virtual tour of my personal library of art books for figure drawing. Learning to draw the human figure well is a challenging task, but one every medical illustrator must be familiar with. Here's a collection of my favorite references for figure drawing, check out my site page for links: https://www.pkvisualization.com/post/me...

This is a podcast dedicated to the memory of legendary medical illustrator Steve Harrison (1947–2023) Show notes: https://www.pkvisualization.com/post/in-memory-of-steve-harrison

In this final episode for 2022 of the Medical Illustration podcast, I share some announcements and dive into the topic of AI art and its affects on the medical illustration field. Show notes can be found here: https://www.pkvisualization.com/post/final-podcast-for-2022-ai-vs-art

This is a special quick episode of the Medical Illustration podcast to announce the 2022 Vesalius Trust-a-thon team art challenge event! Joining me on this episode is Chelsea Canlas, Vice President of the Vesalius Trust. You can learn more about the Vesalius Trust and upcoming Trust-a-thon at: https://vesaliustrust.org/upcoming-events/trustathon-2022/

Andrew Swift is well-known throughout the profession as a prolific medical illustrator. After graduating from the Georgia program in 1999, he went on to be an Associate Professor there for the next decade and helped to train a generation of highly skilled medical illustrators. He’s been an active member of the Association of Medical Illustrators and presents regularly at the annual meetings. Andre...

This is a special report on the first in-person gathering of the Association of Medical Illustrators in 2 years! In this episode I comment on the conference and workshops, giving an overview of the scheduled talks and some reflections on the experience.

Mark Belan is a scientist turned illustrator and designer who specializes in scientific education and communication. Mark excels in the niche of data visualization, which is an area of scientific communication we are seeing more people in the field gravitate towards. He currently works at Visual Capitalist, a global online publisher focused on topics including markets, technology, energy and the g...

This is an interview with medical animator Nobles Green. Nobles has over 15 years experience working in medical and scientific animation, and is knowledgeable of numerous 3D applications and techniques. He has served on the Board of Governors of the Association of Medical Illustrators (AMI) and helped establish and lead its Diversity Committee, which strives to increase diverse and inclusive repre...