Travel to Richmond to experience AMI's traditions as we transition into the future!

From 3D computer animation to virtual anatomy and molecular illustration, you will be able to learn from the best and brightest in the areas of technology and science. The RICHMOND Workshops and Concurrent Sessions have been planned to bring you the most current information in art, science, business topics. So come to RICHMOND in July; your career will thank you.

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Instructions for Obtaining Continuing Education Credits (CEUs) for AMI Meeting Events:

NOTICE TO CMIs:

In order to receive CEUs for the meeting's approved workshops and program sessions, for each workshop or talk you attend, Certified Medical Illustrators (CMIs) must fill out and submit either the online or PDF version of the CEU Verification form on the AMI web site within 30 days after the meeting is over. A separate form should be completed for each workshop and/or session you attend. CEUs are not awarded "automatically" and AMI HQ cannot update your point status until those forms are received. The CE Verification form can be found on the AMI web site under the Education section. Those of you who bring your laptops to the meeting may want to consider sending in your forms at the end of each meeting day.

The workshops and program sessions for both meetings have already been evaluated for CE credit, so you only need to submit the Verification Form, no Activity Form. If there are no CEUs listed for a particular event, that session has not been approved for credit.

Please Note: There is nothing automatic about this process. If you don't submit a Verification Form for the workshops or meeting sessions you attend, no CEUs will be recorded.

Carolyn Holmes, CMI
AMI CE Committee Chair

Program and Workshop Schedule

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Person-to-Person Schedule

The AMI-Richmond Person to Person sessions represent opportunities for medical illustrators to meet with potential employers, publishers, and others looking to retain medical illustrators. The employment opportunities presented may be either for full-time work, or employment based on the completion of specific projects such as books, published manuscripts, exhibits, research grants, etc.

Medical Illustrators will be able to sign up for these interview sessions at the meeting:

Cook      Thurs 8-noon
Arthrex     Thurs 1 - 5pm
Arthrex     Fri 8-noon
Cook      Fri 1 - 5pm
FBI      Sat 8-1

Person-to-person clients (prospective employers), please click here to download the 2009 prospectus

CS4 is raising a stir with its new features and interconnectivity. This presentation will introduce this exciting new software and show some of its many applications to the kinds of work done by medical illustrators. This presentation should help illustrators decide whether to update from CS3, and to give some new tips and tricks to those who have already done so.

About the Instructor

As an Adobe Print Specialist, Sean Cooke carries the most Adobe instructor certifications in Virginia; furthermore, he ranks within the top 20 most certified instructors nationwide. Also, he has held the rank of #3 Adobe Instructor worldwide. Sean is an Adobe Certified Instructor in Adobe Acrobat 9, Adobe Illustrator CS4, Adobe Photoshop CS4, and Adobe InDesign CS4, with an in-depth knowledge of Adobe InCopy CS4, Adobe Flash CS4 and Adobe Dreamweaver CS4. He has worked in all aspects of printing, from commercial offset and screen printing to wide-format digital and vinyl cutting. In addition, his years of pre-press and design background add to the class experience. Outside of the classroom, Sean is the manager of the Richmond Adobe User Group (RAUG).

This workshop will present an overview of the gross anatomy of the brain. Two intact human brains will be sliced, one in coronal section and one in sagittal section, and anatomical features will be pointed out. Preserved sections will also be used for reference. Correlated visual instructional material will be displayed on monitors. White coats and gloves will be provided. Attendees will gain an increased three-dimensional understanding of this challenging anatomical subject.

Attendees are asked to please abide by the Gross Anatomy Laboratory's rules. Shoes should have adequate tops to protect the foot from the danger of dropped dissection instruments, and for hygienic reasons. No bare feet, open clogs, flip-flops, sandals, or slippers are allowed. No specimens may leave the Laboratory. No food or drinks are allowed in the Laboratory at any time. No smoking is allowed in the building.

About the Instructor

Stephen Gudas, Ph.D., is an Associate Professor in the Anatomy and Neurobiology Department of the Virginia Commonwealth University Medical Center with a collateral appointment in the Department of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation. He is a licensed physical therapist who has been affiliated with the Medical College of Virginia since 1974. He received both an M.S. in Physical Therapy and a PhD. in Anatomy from Virginia Commonwealth University. His research is clinical in nature and currently involves spinal cord compression, head and neck cancer, and rehabilitation of the metastatic patient. He has taught anatomy in the Anatomy and Neurobiology Department for many years.

Time to focus on an area of anatomy not often taught or emphasized in the training of the Medical Illustrator, Dental Anatomy.

The goal of this workshop is to present a hands-on guided exploration of the relevant regional anatomy, terminology; position, form and function, nuances of aesthetics, and probably more than you will ever need or want to know about the anatomy of the human dentition and soft and hard tissues of the craniomandibular region.

Methods and standards used in Cosmetic Dentistry to study and create smile design and tooth esthetics will also be presented.

About the Instructor

Brent Bauer graduated from the University of Michigan with an MFA in Medical and Biological Illustration in 1984. In 1986 Brent moved to Baltimore and served as a full time Associate Professor at the Johns Hopkins School of Medicine, Department of Art as Applied to Medicine, and as an Instructor with the Wilmer Eye Institute. In 2001 Brent completed a DDS degree with the University of Maryland and a two year residency in Hospital Dentistry at the University of Nevada School of Medicine in Las Vegas.

Brent Bauer is co-author of the textbook Cross Sectional Anatomy of the Head and Neck, a Detailed Atlas and has served on many AMI committees including the AMI Board of Governors, AMI News Editor, and the Vesalius Trust.

Brent currently works part time as a General Dentist in Arizona, in conjunction with the Indian Health Service and devotes the rest of his time to his freelance and fine art business.

Course Description: This workshop is intended for students, new AMI members and all other individuals who are attending the AMI meeting for their first time. The session will introduce newcomers to each other, the AMI, the Annual Meeting, AMI Headquarters, the AMI Board of Governors and much more. Attendees of this workshop can expect to gain a sense of appreciation for the AMI and how it can facilitate advancement in a medical illustrator's career. Several AMI member guest speakers will visit and discuss some of their reasons for becoming involved in the AMI. Featured "keynote" speakers will give presentations on their careers as medical illustrators, showing pieces from their student and professional portfolios, while giving insight into their development as professional artists.

Craig Foster will provide a look at his progression of work from his student days at the Medical College of Georgia and discuss how his work evolved to encompass both 3D illustration and animation.

About the Instructors

Megan E. B. Foldenauer, MA, CMI is a 2002 graduate of the Johns Hopkins University's Art as Applied to Medicine program, a 1998 graduate from The School of the Art Institute of Chicago, and has run her own business, Megalo-Media Illustration, for seven years. She is also a fine artist with over 10 years exhibiting experience and is a recent recipient of the Outstanding Supplemental Instruction Leader of the Year (in Anatomy) at Eastern Michigan University. She remains an anatomy nut, audiophile, genealogist, and a die-hard Cubs' fan as she makes her way through her PhD in Anatomy and Cell Biology.

Emily Shaw, MA, CMI, EMT-B, is a 2003 graduate of the Maters of Art degree program in medical and biological illustration from the Art as Applied to Medicine Department at Johns Hopkins School of Medicine. During her time at Hopkins she was the recipient of the Vesalius Trust Alan W. Cole award for her research on KDNA Replication in Trypansomes and earned her certification as a medical illustrator. Her undergraduate degree is from Maryland Institute College of Art where she earned a BFA in Painting and Art History. Through her company, Illustrating Medicine, she has created artwork for the Microsurgery Advanced Design Lab of the Wilmer Eye Institute, Johns Hopkins Hospital, Audiovisual Program Development Branch, National Library of Medicine, NIH, Johnson & Johnson, Lippincott, Williams, & Wilkins, Women's Magazine, Journal of Bone and Joint Surgery, Laerdal Medical Corporation, MedStar Health, GBMC, and many other institutions. When she is not illustrating she manages a clinical simulation center at Harbor Hospital and designs medical procedural simulators that incorporate 3D Virtual Reality for SiTEL of MedStar Health, volunteers as an EMT for Howard County, and is an avid ice hockey player and captain of the Charm City Roller Girls team; The Junkyard Dolls.

Craig Foster, MSMI, CMI, is an experienced medical illustrator and animator who has produced award-winning visuals for Time Life Medical, major pharmaceutical corporations, and biotechnology companies. A member of the Association of Medical Illustrators and a Certified Medical Illustrator, Craig has formal training in the arts and a graduate degree in medical illustration from the Medical College of Georgia.   Craig has operated a successful medical communications partnership since 1996. His work has appeared on the covers of U.S. Pharmacist and Sports Illustrated. He has also produced artwork for the American Museum of Natural History, Natural History magazine,  Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center, Axcan, Genentech, and PTC Therapeutics.   Craig was also a Maya instructor with New York University's Center for Advanced Digital Applications from 1997 to 1999. His work was part of the National Library of Medicine's exhibition "Anatomical Revisioning: Art as Applied to Medicine," and appeared as part of a segment on promising technologies for the Muscular Dystrophy Association's annual Labor Day weekend telethon.

This workshop will present a review of the gross anatomy of the arm, forearm, hand, thigh, leg, and foot. Intended as an overview, this demonstration will reinforce understanding of anatomical relationships, using previously dissected cadavers and correlated images displayed on monitors in the Virginia Commonwealth University's state-of-the-art Gross Anatomy Laboratory. Two stations will be set up, with Dr. McClung demonstrating the upper extremity at one station, and Dr. Gudas demonstrating the lower extremity at the other station. Attendees will form two subgroups, with one subgroup per station. Subgroups will switch locations halfway through the afternoon. White coats and gloves will be provided. Refresh your visual picture of an extensive amount of anatomical information in this concentrated session.

Attendees are asked to please abide by the Gross Anatomy Laboratory's rules. Shoes should have adequate tops to protect the foot from the danger of dropped dissection instruments, and for hygienic reasons. No bare feet, open clogs, flip-flops, sandals, or slippers are allowed. No specimens may leave the Laboratory. No food or drinks are allowed in the Laboratory at any time. No smoking is allowed in the building.

About the Instructors

Stephen Gudas, Ph.D., is an Associate Professor in the Anatomy and Neurobiology Department of the Virginia Commonwealth University Medical Center with a collateral appointment in the Department of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation. He is a licensed physical therapist who has been affiliated with the Medical College of Virginia since 1974. He received both an M.S. in Physical Therapy and a PhD. in Anatomy from Virginia Commonwealth University. His research is clinical in nature and currently involves spinal cord compression, head and neck cancer, and rehabilitation of the metastatic patient. He has taught anatomy in the Anatomy and Neurobiology Department for many years.

J. Ross McClung, Ph.D., is a retired member of the Anatomy and Neurobiology Department of the Virginia Commonwealth University Medical Center. He received his Ph.D. in Anatomy from the University of Texas Medical Branch at Galveston and has taught gross anatomy in the Department of Anatomy and Neurobiology for over thirty years. He has received the VCU School of Dentistry Award for Outstanding Classroom Instruction and the VCU School of Medicine Outstanding Teacher Award. Videos of his lectures were published by The Continuing Education Network, A Functional Anatomy of the Hand and Wrist, from the Upper Limb Symposium, Sydney, Australia.

Medical Sculpture Workshop: Instruction in a variety of methods used to create both physical or virtual 3D medical sculptures. For many ages, 3D physical representations of medical subject matter have been used for instruction and communication of complex medical information, medical training, and prosthetic devices. Traditionally, the creation of these has involved several phases including: designing, impression taking, sculpting, moldmaking, casting, and finishing. This process will be explained with emphasis on modern working methods and materials. 3D digital applications and technologies such as surface laser scanning and rapid prototyping can now be considered in the workflow. This workshop will include a demonstration of several medical sculpture projects, some "hands on" exploration of modern moldmaking materials (i.e. acrylics, castable urethanes, silicones), as well as surface laser scanning using the DI3D scanner (Dimensional Imaging), digital file manipulation using a variety of 3D applications (i.e. Cinema 4D (Maxon), 3ds Max (Autodesk), ZBrush (Pixologic), and color 3D rapid prototyping (Z-Corp).

About the Instructors

Juan Garcia, MA, CMI is a graduate of the Johns Hopkins University Department of Art as Applied to Medicine. He currently holds an Assistant Professor faculty position teaching in the area of Medical Sculpture and Ophthalmological Illustration as well as serves as the Director of the Johns Hopkins Facial Prosthetics Clinic, providing custom silicone prostheses. He is a former President of the International Anaplastology Association (IAA) as well as serves as a current board member on the Board for Certification in Clinical Anaplastology (BCCA).

Jeff Mechlinski graduated from Auburn University in 2001 with a bachelors degree in Industrial Design (BID). He is the Lead Industrial Designer for Direct Dimensions Inc., managing its Digital Modeling Team. Founded in 1995, Direct Dimensions, Inc. specializes in the application and sales of advanced 3D imaging and industrial measurement products for the solution of complex 3D problems. They provide solutions for a wide range of fields from design, engineering, and manufacturing to art, sculpture, and architecture. They specialize in the unique application of advanced 3D scanning and imaging systems and the conversion of raw Œpoint-cloud' data into high-resolution/high-accuracy 3D computer CAD models for subsequent downstream manufacturing, analysis, and visualization applications. Please visit the company website for additional information and complete contact information at www.dirdim.com

Satyen Tripathi is a recent graduate of the Johns Hopkins University Department of Art as Applied to Medicine. Prior to his studies there, Satyen earned a BA in Philosophy and Religion from Emory University and studied figure drawing at the Art Students League of New York. He currently works as a medical illustrator and sculptor at Artcraft Health Education, a company that specializes in patient education.

In this workshop the participant will gain an appreciation for the telltale effects of forces upon skeletal structures. Using case study examples, the focus will be on a methodology which reconciles the medical findings with the physics of the event. Relevant background and concepts in physics such as Newton's Laws, stress, strain and force will be presented as well as a brief overview of the field and selected research topics of injury causation biomechanics.

About the Instructor

John is a Vice President and Director of Visual Communications at Biodynamic Research Corporation in San Antonio Texas. John is a 1982 graduate of the Medical Illustration Program at the Medical College of Georgia, and has been with Biodynamic Research Corporation for 22 years. BRC is a professional services firm specializing in biomechanical and injury causation consulting in the analysis of the human body's response to forces or other potentially harmful factors, in order to determine if or how injuries are caused. BRC serves clients throughout the United States, Puerto Rico, Canada, and Mexico.

Joseph M. Cormier Ph.D. is a Technical Director in Injury Causation and Biomechanics at Biodynamic Research Corporation in San Antonio Texas. Dr. Cormier holds a Bachelors of Science in Mechanical Engineering from the New Mexico Institute of Mining and Technology and a Masters of Science degree in Mechanical Engineering from Virginia Tech. His Ph.D. in Biomedical Engineering, conferred in the spring of 2009, was obtained through the School of Biomedical Engineering, a joint program between Virginia Tech and Wake Forest University. During his masters program, Dr. Cormier was involved in injury tolerance research at the Impact Biomechanics Laboratory at Virginia Tech. His research focused on thoracic injury tolerance as well as ocular trauma in sports and automotive settings. His Ph.D. dissertation focused on the tolerance of the facial bones to blunt impact and the epidemiology of facial fractures in automotive collisions. As a result of his research experience, he has been involved in publications within the areas of accident reconstruction, injury epidemiology and injury tolerance. Dr. Cormier joined BRC in 2003.

For those who would like to briefly escape from the digital world and focus back on the fundamentals required when drawing "old school". A live model(s) will be available and poses will be long enough for participants to either do several quick renderings, or a long detailed study. An experienced instructor in life drawing will be available to help those involved better appreciate proportion, scale, foreshortening, line quality, etc. Participants should bring a sketch pad and whatever pencil, pen, charcoal or other drawing tool they want to use.

About the Instructor

David Mascaro received his BS and MS degrees in medical illustration from MCG in 1969. Prior to his medical illustration training he received extensive fine arts training at The Art Students League, The National Academy of Fine Arts and The School of Visual Arts, all in New York City. After receiving his MS degree in Medical Illustration from the Medical College of Georgia, he accepted a medical illustrator position at Upstate Medical Center, Syracuse, New York. David returned to MCG in 1971 to teach in the Medical Illustration Graduate Program.

David has published numerous articles on the use of color in medical illustration, has conducted many national and regional workshops on color theory, and was an active member of the Association of Medical Illustrators. David helped to revise the illustrative work begun by the late Dr. Frank Netter for the CIBA Pharmaceutical Company.

Capping a 29-year career in teaching at MCG, David was recognized with the Distinguished Service Award from the School of Allied Health Sciences on April 20, 2000. David retired from daily teaching responsibilities June 30, 2000. Later that summer, the program established the David J. Mascaro Teaching Gallery of Medical Illustration as a lasting tribute to the teacher and artist.

As an Emeritus Professor David presents special lectures on color theory and watercolor technique, and participates in assignment critiques.

Included in the AMI-Richmond 2009 Salon will be the Professional and Student Exhibitions, three-dimensional models, computer animation, interactive media, posthumous work from founding AMI members, the Vesalius Trust Student Scholars posters, and side-by-side portrait sketches from the half-day Portraiture Workshop lead by David Mascaro and Dr. Charles Falco.

The Second Annual Vesalius Trust Poster Session will take place concurrently with the Salon Opening: This opportunity is open to all 2009 Vesalius Trust Applicants, regardless of scholarship status. This would also be in ADDITION to but NOT REQUIRED for the presentations given by invited awardees at a concurrent Vesalian Scholars Session. The Vesalius Trust is excited to continue to bring to the AMI Continuing Education in the form of current an ongoing research, especially from those who are just entering the field, bringing with them the newest contributions to the disciplines of art, science, and technology. We look forward to giving students the opportunity to present in a formal professional setting, to share, collaborate, network, learn and contribute overall. ALL APPLICANTS are invited to participate in the poster session component. Applicants who would like to participate in this opportunity must be present at the meeting.

Click here to download the Submission Instructions and Poster Guidelines

Click here to download the Poster Session template to create your poster

Important Dates:

Art in the service of medicine has evolved over the centuries in tandem with advances in science, technology and the cultural context. Just as works of fine art can be a mirror of the culture in which they were created, medical illustrations can reflect the society that spawned them. In this presentation, the author provides interesting historical perspectives - sprinkled generously with quirky anecdotes and anatomic humor - on the evolution of medical art and imagery over the last 600 years. The goal of the presentation is to encourage the audience to consider how the times shape the artist, who in turn crafts the image. The objective is to impart a shared sense of who we are, how we got here, and what the implications are for the future.

About Mr. Andrews: Bill Andrews is a tenured Associate Professor in the Dept. of Medical Illustration at the Medical College of Georgia (MCG) and serves as the Education Coordinator for the Graduate Program in Medical Illustration. He received his BA in Art from the Univ. of Texas at Austin and his MA in Biomedical Communications from the Univ. of Texas Health Science Center at Dallas. He is currently pursuing a PhD in Health Promotion, Education and Behavior at the Univ. of South Carolina, Columbia.

Bill began his professional career at the Univ. of Arizona Health Science Center at Tucson before moving to Houston in 1981. He worked in various capacities in the Texas Medical Center, including as Art Director for the Texas Heart Institute and as Manager of Medical Illustration & Graphic Design Services at the University of Texas M.D. Anderson Cancer Center. He joined the faculty of the Dept. of Medical Illustration at MCG in 1999.

Bill has won numerous professional awards, including the AMI's Will Shepard Award, Russell Drake Award and Illustrated Medical Book Award. Bill has had artworks included in juried exhibits around the world.

Bill is a past President of the AMI and was twice a member of the AMI Board of Governors. He is the current Commissioner for the AMI to the Committee on Accreditation of Allied Health Education Programs, and serves on the Accreditation Review Committee for Medical Illustration. He is a former Editor-in-Chief of the AMI-News, and also server as Editor of the Sourcebook. Bill was the founding President of the Vesalius Trust.

Our discussion will focus on other rewarding professional areas to pursue with our training and experience as medical illustrators.

As medical illustrators, we are given such a rare opportunity to be in close proximity to breaking science, to witness complex surgeries, as well as work side by side with other great artists & communicators. A recurring opportunity I come across is the ability to leverage not only what we know of science, but how we often become a bridge of communication for so many of our clients. The value that we can bring to the table is often underestimated. In our ever changing economy, it's critical that we be able to remain agile and relevant to existing and future clients. Whether you are a season communicator or newly out of school, professional communication skills are what can set you apart from your competition. It's not only strong aesthetics, but articulating effectively your ideas and conveying vision to the challenges that clients present.

In our discussion Thom Graves and I hope to bring some of our experiences in designing and implementing effective visualization platforms for some of the leading pharmaceutical companies and the skills required to maintain these professional relationships.

About the Speakers:
Christine Armstrong VP/Creative Director - IOMEDIA
Beginning her professional career at the prestigious Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center, Christine was their Chief Medical Illustrator for 6 years. She then worked closely with groundbreaking physicians at Columbia Presbyterian Medical Center where she strived to elevate the quality of visual communication between medical professionals, patients, and often pharmaceutical partners. Christine continued her career at Kaplan Medical where she led their branding and visualization efforts by implementing a vast visual library that could be utilized over print, web and multimedia while maintaining the integrity of the brand.

Christine leads IOMEDIA's Healthcare Division, as Vice President and Creative Director, through all stages of strategic thinking, high-science visualization and interactive production. She possesses the ability to understand the complexity and intricacies of the science, as well as the multilayered process of creating complex visual communication tools. Christine's main objective is to ensure that our work speaks to the appropriate audience, retains the integrity of a brand or discipline, and enhances the educational value of the experience.

Both Christine and her team have won numerous awards from the RxClub, the AMI, IN-AWEs, Cine's and Telly's. In May, Christine will also be honored as a "Rising Star" at this year Women of the Year luncheon sponsored by the Healthcare Businesswomen's Association. The HBA is committed to the advancement of women in the pharmaceutical, biotech, and healthcare industries.

Thom Graves Studio Director - IOMEDIA Healthcare
Thom's true career passion is working with clients to take an idea or a need and turn it into an engaging and dynamic visual.

As a medium to marry his enthusiasm for art and science, Thom studied Medical Illustration and earned his undergraduate degree at Parsons School of Design. He later completed his Masters of Arts in Medical & Biological Illustration from The John Hopkins University School of Medicine. Prior to joining IOMEDIA, Thom served as the Chief Medical Illustrator at Cornell University's School of Medicine and New York-Presbyterian Hospital. For over 8 years, Thom interacted with doctors, scientists and managers to develop visual communication materials to represent the university and hospital. Thom also created illustrations for use in journals, surgical textbooks and patient education materials. In his current role as Studio Director for IOMEDIA's Healthcare Division, Thom oversees all aspects of production for the studio and leads a talented team of medical illustrators and animators. Working closely with clients and the internal team, Thom offers the unique ability to oversee the process of bringing the scientific and creative aspects together while ensuring complete accuracy and delivering amazing results.

Connective tissue plays an important role in shaping the body. In one form or another, this tissue functions to protect, connect, pad, and support all organs of the body. Connective tissues maintain abdominal and thoracic structures in relatively stable positions within the body. Utilizing textual references, an illustrator can correctly place the position of abdominal and thoracic organs in an illustration based on their relationship to the skeletal system and specific surface landmarks. Brödel began teaching his students Living Anatomy by drawing on a glass sheet positioned in front of a standing figure. By relying on surface anatomy and a nearby skeleton he was able to depict a series of points on the glass for various structures within the body. Today, the same series of points, with additional radiological data, have been used to create an interactive tool showing the correct position of each organ. In this way, we continue Brödel's concept of Living Anatomy.

Gary Lees, MS, CMI, FAMI
Gary is an Associate Professor, Chair of the Department of Art as Applied to Medicine, and Director of the graduate program in Medical and Biological Illustration at the Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, MD. Gary received his MS in Medical and Biological Illustration from the University of Michigan in 1969.

Miguel Antonio SCHOEN YBARRA, Ph.D.
Miguel, the first student to earn a Ph.D. in Anatomy from the Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, remained on the Hopkins faculty teaching Anatomy for 16 years. In 1980 he became the Director of the Department of Anatomy at the University of Puerto Rico School of Medicine. Returning to Baltimore in 1997, Miguel joined the part-time faculty of Art as Applied to Medicine and has taught anatomy at George Washington University the University of Maryland and Johns Hopkins University

Jared Travnicek, MA
Jared received his B.A. from Iowa State University in Biological and Pre-Medical Illustration. After graduation he worked as an illustrator in Minneapolis, MN before matriculating into the Art as Applied to Medicine program at Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine. He received his M.A. in 2009.

The Futures Forum personifies the Transitions portion of our annual meeting theme, Traditions and Transitions. This year, panelists and moderator all exemplify medical illustrators who made major transitions in their career paths  becoming entrepreneurs in nontraditional areas of business. The forum will launch on a personal note, with revelations by each panelist about those turning points in their own lives where they departed from convention and embarked on a road less traveled. Understanding how to recognize and act when opportunity knocks is particularly crucial in today's challenging economy. So, please join in on our open mike segment following the panel presentations. We'll explore opportunities for medical illustrators in fresh markets. The livelier the audience participation the more we all gain. Be inspired. Be inspirational. Bring your questions, your ideas, your hopes, and your dreams!

About the Panel:

Moderator: Betsy Palay has developed biomedical media for over 100 life sciences companies and organizations. She is founder and former creative director of Artemis Creative, Inc., an award-winning design firm specializing in investor communications for biotechnology start-ups, including graphics for IPO's that raised over half a billion dollars collectively. Betsy is currently a consulting Senior Art Director of Life Sciences for Duarte Design, one of the world's most innovative presentation design companies and the firm that created Al Gore's presentation in the academy-award winning, An Inconvenient Truth.

Christine Armstrong began her career as a medical illustrator at the prestigious Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center, moving on to positions at Columbia Presbyterian Medical Center and Kaplan Medical. Christine now leads IOMEDIA's Healthcare Division, as Vice President and Creative Director, through all stages of strategic thinking, high-science visualization and interactive production. With numerous awards from the industry, Christine was recently honored as a "Rising Star" at the Women of the Year luncheon sponsored by the Healthcare Businesswomen's Association.

David Bolinsky is one of the earliest pioneers of digital medical animation. After starting his career as a medical book illustrator, he founded Advanced Imaging in 1983 on an Artron 2000 computer, which ran on an operating system that predated MS-DOS! In 2001, David co-founded XVIVO, a full-service animation firm producing award-winning work for clients including Merck, Genentech, NBC, NOVA, PBS, Disney Imagineering, Harvard, and The Smithsonian Museum. As XVIVO's Medical Director, David is a frequent speaker with recent engagements as far afield as China, Sweden, and the acclaimed TED conference in California.

Sue Seif is president of Seif & Associates, Inc., a medical-legal illustration firm specializing in the defense of medical malpractice actions. After graduation from the Johns Hopkins' Art as Applied to Medicine program, she joined the faculty at the Medical College of Virginia, becoming an associate professor. She started freelancing in 1983, was a founding member of MediVisuals, and left that company in 1994 to start her own venture. She is a past-president of the AMI, Friend and former trustee of the Vesalius Trust, past editor of the Journal of Biocommunications, member and former chair of the Board of Certification.

The profession of medical illustration has always required a unique right brain/left brain combination of artistic creativity and academic scientific knowledge. For modern illustrators it also requires technological saavy, and for some, perhaps even skills in 3D modelling, animation, or multimedia design. For all, success in the profession depends on a solid understanding of good business practices.

Whether you work as a salaried or self-employed illustrator, understanding good business practice remains crucial through times of thriving economies and even more so in periods of commercial and personal belt-tightening. As intellectual property becomes the newest commodity, we must recognize and protect the value of our contributions to the arena of medical and scientific visual communication. We need to understand the language of contracts in order to establish our rights and fulfill our obligations. We should be familiar with common practices in our own sub-specialties of medical illustration including medical legal illustration and animation. And we must understand copyright and licensing terms in order to manage our intellectual property rights.

With the help of a diverse panel of experienced medical illustration professionals, we'll kick off this forum with short presentations about the four-step analysis for fair use, copyright and permissions relative to journal publication, special considerations for the business of medical animation, and a review of "What You Want From A Contract" before opening the floor for fruitful discussion on these issues and more.

The mikes will be open: Bring your questions and personal experience and help shape this educational conversation.

Bios: Joanne Haderer Muller is Co-Founder and Director of Haderer & Muller Biomedical Art, LLC, based outside of Boston, Massachusetts. Joanne earned her master's degree from the Johns Hopkins Department of Art as Applied to Medicine and began her career in Lisbon, Portugal, with the establishment of the country's first biomedical illustration and anaplastology studio. Joanne has been invited to exhibit her work and present on topics of illustration, anaplastology, and business nationally and internationally.

Ethan Geehr, MFA CMI, has worked in university settings at the University of Michigan, and the University of Texas Health Science Center in Houston-Dental Branch and has also worked for a small graphic design company doing illustration for the courtroom. In 1991 he formed Medics Medical Graphic Services, and creates most of his artwork for the courtroom. Ethan is a member of the Artist Rights Committee and the Board of Governors, and was the contributing author on Fair Use for the AMI's copyright booklet.

Tonya Hines is a Board Certified Medical Illustrator and is Art Director for the Mayfield Clinic and University of Cincinnati Department of Neurosurgery in Cincinnati, Ohio.

Accomplished medical illustrator, international speaker, author and teacher, Dena Matthews owns LifeHouse Productions, LLC, celebrating over a decade of excellence creating award-winning, biomedical animation. Dena earned her master's degree from the Chicago Biomedical Visualization program. As vice chair of the AMI's Artists' Rights Committee (ARC2) she advocated for our rights in Washington, D.C and spoke as a panelist at the U.S. Small Business Association's roundtable discussion on the economic impact of orphan works. As chair of the Healthcare Businesswomen's Association Metro Chapter Entrepreneur Affinity Group Dena organizes highly rated programs that help advance the business skills of it members. Dena is expanding membership of the new Trilogy Healthcare Business Network, a group she co-created.

Mark Schornak has been a medical illustrator at the Barrow Neurological Institute in Phoenix, Arizona since 1991. He works with the BNI Neuroscience Publications team to create illustrations for journal articles, textbook chapters, marketing, websites, and presentations. He supervises animation and multimedia production for presentations, marketing, and interactive DVDs.

Bill Westwood is a Georgia graduate with over 37 years experience in Medical Illustration. After graduation, he worked at the Mayo Clinic for ten years before starting his own business - Westwood Medical Communications. Bill's medical artwork has won over 35 awards and he has become an authority and frequent speaker on business issues such as contracts; licensing; copyright; pricing; negotiating; and business startups.

Anatomy has been considered the foundation of medicine. It would not be an exaggeration to say that there is no basic science other than anatomy that is used by all medical professionals, especially by medical illustrators.

Throughout history, anatomy has been taught & learned "visually". That is why it has to be learned from actual dissection, because dissection is the only way to truly see, capture and understand the real three dimensional, spatial relationships of complex anatomical structures. However, the cadaver is not a learning resource that students can bring home to study. To study anatomy, students can bring home only the atlases created by us, medical illustrators.

Since ancient Egypt, medical illustrators have been creating anatomical illustrations "accurately"! Well... sometimes not! Unfortunately, it is true that anatomical errors have been made, are being made, and will be made, because the human body is the most complex structure to learn! There are about 4000 named anatomical structures. Approximately half of them are taught in a typical medical gross anatomy course.

The explanations for anatomical inaccuracies in medical illustrations are numerous. However, the anatomical accuracy of medical illustrations does not only depend on how well the artist knows the anatomy but on how meticulous our clients are. We, medical illustrators, should not assume that our clients, who are mostly medical doctors, know anatomy better than we do. More collaboration between medical illustrators and anatomists would be a far better approach for accurate depiction of anatomy. Anatomically, let's not draw what could never be seen!

About Dr. Sinav: Ahmet Sinav, MD, CMI is a Professor of Human Anatomy and Medical Illustrator with the expertise in the application of computer technologies to Anatomy education. He was born in Duden koyu / Yesilova / Burdur / Turkey in 1961. He received his MD degree from Gulhane Military Medical School in 1986, and trained as Human Anatomist at Hacettepe University Medical School in Ankara / Turkey.

He moved to the USA after his retirement from Gulhane Military Medical Academy in 1998. He has taught Clinical Anatomy at the College of Physicians and Surgeons of Columbia University in New York for 8 years. Currently, he is teaching anatomy to medical and medical illustration students at the Medical College of Georgia. His research interests include developing interactive web based anatomy curricula. He is a professional member of the Association of Medical Illustrators, the American Association of Anatomists and the American Association of Clinical Anatomists.

This concurrent will discuss collaborations with physicians, psychologists and scientists in creating biomedical models for clinical and experimental use. Sample projects will include combining modeling from CT data, custom digital models, rapid prototyping, and traditional modelmaking techniques.

About Andrea Stevenson-Won: Andrea Stevenson Won graduated from the University of Illinois at Chicago in 2005 with a Master of Science in Biomedical Visualization. She studied anaplastology with Sue Habakuk at UIC and with Jane Bahor and Jerry Schoendorf at the Duke University Medical Center Anaplastology Clinic.

She is particularly interested in the clinical applications of digital modeling and visualization techniques, the design and production of custom craniofacial implants and other patient devices.

She lives in Raleigh, North Carolina with her family.

In this lecture the attendees will gain an appreciation for the telltale effects of forces upon skeletal structures. Using case study examples, the focus will be on a methodology which reconciles the medical findings with the physics of the event. Relevant background and concepts in physics such as Newton's Laws, stress, strain and force will be presented as well as a brief overview of the field and selected research topics of injury causation biomechanics.

About John Martini: John is a Vice President and Director of Visual Communications at Biodynamic Research Corporation in San Antonio Texas. John is a 1982 graduate of the Medical Illustration Program at the Medical College of Georgia, and has been with Biodynamic Research Corporation for 22 years. BRC is a professional services firm specializing in biomechanical and injury causation consulting in the analysis of the human body's response to forces or other potentially harmful factors, in order to determine if or how injuries are caused. BRC serves clients throughout the United States, Puerto Rico, Canada, and Mexico.

Joseph M. Cormier Ph.D. is a Technical Director in Injury Causation and Biomechanics at Biodynamic Research Corporation in San Antonio Texas. Dr. Cormier holds a Bachelors of Science in Mechanical Engineering from the New Mexico Institute of Mining and Technology and a Masters of Science degree in Mechanical Engineering from Virginia Tech. His Ph.D. in Biomedical Engineering, conferred in the spring of 2009, was obtained through the School of Biomedical Engineering, a joint program between Virginia Tech and Wake Forest University. During his masters program, Dr. Cormier was involved in injury tolerance research at the Impact Biomechanics Laboratory at Virginia Tech. His research focused on thoracic injury tolerance as well as ocular trauma in sports and automotive settings. His Ph.D. dissertation focused on the tolerance of the facial bones to blunt impact and the epidemiology of facial fractures in automotive collisions. As a result of his research experience, he has been involved in publications within the areas of accident reconstruction, injury epidemiology and injury tolerance. Dr. Cormier joined BRC in 2003.

The copperplates in Tabulae sceleti et musculorum corporis humani prepared by Jan Wandelaar for Bernard Siegfried Albinus established new production standards in anatomical illustration in the 18th century. The most famous engraving in the atlas depicts the fourth-order muscle man standing in front of Clara, the first anatomically correct depiction of a living rhinoceros to arrive in Europe. The engraving, in shops 5 years before the book was published in 1747, acted as an advertisement for both the book and Clara's pending grand tour of Europe.

About Linda Wilson-Pauwels: Linda Wilson-Pauwels is a Professor in Biomedical Communications, University of Toronto (U of T). She is cross-appointed to the U of T Department of Surgery, Centre for the Study of Pain and The Wilson Centre for Research in Education. Linda is the 2009 recipient of The Brödel Award for Excellence in Education.

This session is designed to assist medical illustrators to understand and practice key elements of an effective negotiating process. Negotiation is an art, not an exact science. However, through understanding and practice, medical illustrators can improve their negotiation knowledge and skills, yielding significant results in their dealing with clients, employers, vendors and others. This session will teach participants a set of basic negotiation strategies that they can apply to almost any business situation in which the parties are seeking to reach mutual agreement on virtually any issue. The session will be part didactic and part interactive with the participants being involved in a number of role-playing exercises through which they will learn to understand and better manage a negotiation with a client in numerous common situations that medical illustrators are often find themselves facing. They will learn about 1) personal styles in conflict management, 2) the role of information gathering before and during a negotiation, 3) the use of "straw men" and "red herrings" in negotiation strategy, 4) the role of clear and effective communication in any negotiation, 5) traps that some clients use to take advantage of the unprepared illustrator, 6) the principles of BATNA and ZOPA, walk away points, and 7) the concepts of L.A.R (Least Acceptable Result) and M.S.P (Maximum Sustainable Position).

About Bill Westwood: Bill Westwood is a Georgia graduate with over 37 years experience in Medical Illustration. After graduation, he worked at the Mayo Clinic for ten years before starting his own business - Westwood Medical Communications. Bill's medical artwork has won over 35 awards and he has become an authority and frequent speaker on business issues such as contracts; licensing; copyright; pricing; negotiating; and business startups.

Forensic facial reconstruction is a technique in which the face of an unknown decedent is established through extrapolation from the form of the skull. Traditionally this has been achieved by modeling with clay, but digital analogues to this process offer interesting avenues for exploration. Modern 3D digital modeling techniques afford many benefits over the traditional methods (eg. speed and flexibility of execution, iterative stylistic representations, the possibility of animation). Using examples from work done with the Toronto Police Services Forensic Identification Unit this lecture will examine the application of new digital modeling techniques to an existing practice, and will speak to the uniqueness of facial reconstruction as a form of scientific communication.

About Marc Dryer: Marc Dryer is a full time faculty member in the University of Toronto's Biomedical Communications program. There he teaches 3D biomedical visualization at the graduate level, and undergraduate courses in digital forensic facial reconstruction and archaeological illustration. Marc is himself a graduate of the BMC MSc program at U of T, and also has degrees in Anthropology, Paleoanthropology, and a diploma in 3D animation. He is presently involved in collaborative practical research with the Toronto Police Service's Forensic Identification Unit to develop novel techniques in digital forensic facial reconstruction.

Medical illustrators new to medical legal illustration can feel swamped by the new vocabulary and the ins and outs of the legal system. While the illustrator is hired because of his/her knowledge of medicine and information presentation, terms may be used which can be confusing. This talk will go over the basics of the legal system, terminology and the presentation of evidence. It will help give newbies to the field (and possibly some old-timers!) a feeling of confidence when dealing with the legal system.

About Sue Seif: Sue Seif is president of Seif & Associates, Inc., a medical-legal illustration firm specializing in the defense of medical malpractice actions. She is a graduate of the Johns Hopkins' Art as Applied to Medicine program and worked at the Medical College Virginia in the years after graduation, ultimately gaining the level of associate professor. She started freelancing in 1983, was a founding member of MediVisuals, and left that company in 1994 to start her own venture. She is a past-president of the AMI, former trustee and Friend of the Vesalius Trust, past editor of the Journal of Biocommunications, former chair of the Board of Certification and remains a member of that board.

Free evening to explore Richmond / Alumni activities

CS4 is raising a stir with its new features and interconnectivity. This presentation will introduce this exciting new software and show some of its many applications to the kinds of work done by medical illustrators. This presentation should help illustrators decide whether to update from CS3, and to give some new tips and tricks to those who have already done so.

About Sean Cooke: As an Adobe Print Specialist, Sean Cooke carries the most Adobe instructor certifications in Virginia; furthermore, he ranks within the top 20 most certified instructors nationwide. Also, he has held the rank of #3 Adobe Instructor worldwide. Sean is an Adobe Certified Instructor in Adobe Acrobat 9, Adobe Illustrator CS4, Adobe Photoshop CS4, and Adobe InDesign CS4, with an in-depth knowledge of Adobe InCopy CS4, Adobe Flash CS4 and Adobe Dreamweaver CS4. He has worked in all aspects of printing, from commercial offset and screen printing to wide-format digital and vinyl cutting. In addition, his years of pre-press and design background add to the class experience. Outside of the classroom, Sean is the manager of the Richmond Adobe User Group (RAUG)

What we now call as Post-Traumatic Stress Syndrome (PTSD) has been described for centuries but studied seriously only since World War I, when it was known as "shell shock". The Vietnam war produced a population of significantly affected veterans, and a great deal of study has gone into the many factors contributing to the individual's response to combat stress. This presentation will give an overview of the evolution of current understanding of the environment, behavioral, neurobiologic and allostatic conditions influencing the development of this condition.

About Victor Vieweg MD: W. Victor R Vieweg MD, is Clinical Professor of Psychiatry and Clinical Professor of Internal Medicine at the Medical College of Virginia, Virginia Commonwealth University, Richmond, Virginia. He received his medical degree from the George Washington University School of Medicine, Washington DC, followed by an Internal Medicine Residency and a Cardiovascular Disease Fellowship. He held academic positions in internal medicine and cardiology. Dr Vieweg made a mid-career shift into psychiatry completing a psychiatry residency at the University of Virginia, Charlottesville, Virginia. He is board-certified in general psychiatry, geriatric psychiatry, internal medicine and cardiology. He has written or co-written more than 200 articles in peer-reviewed journals. Dr Vieweg has served on several journal editorial boards.

Dr Vieweg maintains an active private practice of psychiatry with a focus on illnesses in the interface of psychiatry and medicine. He continues his research in the interface of psychiatry and medicine. Current interests include the polydipsia-hyponatremia syndrome, posttraumatic stress disorder, psychotropic drugs and cardiac arrhythmias, psychotropic drugs and the metabolic syndrome, and depression and the cardiovascular system.

Snacks will be provided during the session.

Please submit applicaton materials by July 7, 2009. Exam applications materials and more information can be found under the CERTIFICATION link on the AMI web site, www.ami.org.

The 2009 Techniques Showcase will be heavy on the digital. In addition, we have three Corporate Educational Sponsors: Adobe®, MAXON and Direct Dimensions. Come in and see in depth demonstrations on Adobe® After Effects®, Flash®, Cinema 4D and MoGraph, advanced 3D imaging, Z-Brush®, storyboarding, rendering skin in Photoshop®, texture maps in Photoshop®, pen and ink, and executing 2D in place of 3D animations. Enjoy the show and sign up for free software at select sponsored presentations!

:: Cameron Slayden :: Complete Lumacy - Luma Mattes in Adobe After Effects

Adobe is the Techniques Showcase Educational Corporate Sponsor of this presentation. Adobe has donated software to be awarded to an attendee at this presentation.

Luma mattes are a surprisingly seldom-used tool that can vastly improve animation workflow at the post-effect phase. Use them to colorize, cross-blend, create depth of field and area of interest blurs, in addition to governing transparency and a myriad of other effects. Learn how to unlock these features in Aftereffects to ease tweaking and add nuance to any animation. Bio: Cameron Slayden became a scientific illustrator in 2000 with his Bachelor of Science from University of Maryland, and later became a scientific illustrator for Science Magazine. He received his Masters of Science in Medical Illustration from the Medical College of Georgia in 2005, and then founded the scientific animation studio Cosmocyte, which now serves Biotech, Pharma, Medical Device and Broadcast with high-end scientific and medical 3D animation.

:: Tami Tolpa :: Interactive Training Animations with Adobe Flash

Adobe is the Techniques Showcase Educational Corporate Sponsor of this presentation. Adobe has donated software to be awarded to an attendee at this presentation.

Tami Tolpa will demonstrate some animation solutions she and colleagues devised for an interactive training program created in Adobe Flash. Along with demonstrating elements of the final program, she'll present the source files to show effective implementation of invisible buttons, invisible sliders, and drag-and-drop elements to create simple yet sophisticated simulation-like animations. Bio: Tami Tolpa has over 10 years experience creating compelling and instructive images for science and technology. Based in Seattle, Washington, she owns and runs Tolpa Studios, Inc., specializing in illustrations and animations for major publications, biotechnology and pharmaceutical companies, advertising agencies, e-learning providers, as well as many independent physicians and scientists.

:: Fabian de Kok-Mercado :: Painting Texture Maps onto 3D Models in Photoshop CS4 and Importing them into Cinema 4D

MAXON has donated software to be awarded to an attendee at this presentation.

Adobe Photoshop CS4 allows users to import multiple 3D file formats. This workshop will cover how to directly paint onto your 3D models using the tools you are accustomed to in Photoshop. This will include creating texture maps that can be rasterized and incorporated into your 2D illustrations or 3D animations by exporting them as UVW texture maps. These maps can then be applied to the model within the 3D modeling platform of your choice, in this workshop we'll be using Maxon Cinema 4D.

Bio: Fabian is employed by the Battelle Memorial Institute as the medical illustrator for the NIH National Institute for Allergy and Infectious Diseases (NIAID) Integrated Research facility. He resides in Baltimore, MD and owns ProAtlantal Studio, a Medical Illustration and Animation company which he formed with his wife Lydia Gregg.

:: Nobles Green II :: Creating and Animating Ciliated Cells with the Cinema 4D's HAIR Module and MoGraph

MAXON is the Techniques Showcase Educational Corporate Sponsor of this presentation. MAXON has donated software to be awarded to an attendee at this presentation.

Maxon Cinema 4D's HAIR is a highly effective simulator that can make much more than just fur and feathers. HAIR has the capability of generating a field of any tendril like structures on an object's surface, allowing depiction of complex cellular surface organelles with stunning results. In addition, MoGraph can create compelling environments by duplicating objects with unlimited control. In this presentation, you will learn how to generate a landscape of ciliated cells and mimic their natural movements. Bio: Nobles Green II is a medical animator of Nucleus Medical Art. He received his BA in Art from Oglethorpe University and earned his Masters in Science from the Medical College of Georgia. He currently specializes in producing 3D anatomical and cellular animations by utilizing the unique strengths of Cinema 4D software.

:: Michael Havranek :: Promoting and Executing 2D Animations in Place of 3D Animations

To accommodate smaller budgets, 2D animation can often be substituted to meet the objectives of a 3D animation, often achieving the same effect for much less cost and without the need for expensive 3D software. This presentation will focus on how to tell when 2D animation is an appropriate substitute for 3D, as well as some techniques and tips for creating 2D animations that have the look and feel of 3D. Various considerations will also be discussed that will help save time and headaches during the production process. Photoshop will be used along with Macromedia Director to demo these techniques, but the concepts discussed can be applied to other 2D animating software such as Flash and AfterEffects. Michael's Bio still to come.

:: Tim Phelps :: Traditional Pen and Ink on Vellum with Pigma Micron Pens

Tim will cover inking techniques used for creating fully rendered to simple accent outlined illustrations using Pigma Micron pens. Participants will have an opportunity to use the pens to ink on vellum and are encouraged to bring a sketch of their own if they wish. Tim will present his philosophy on inking, as well as proper scanning for optimal reproduction. Examples of Tim's work will be available for review. Participants may also bring in samples of their own pen and ink work for a constructive critique. Tim Phelps, MS, (University of Michigan '81) FAMI is an Associate Professor, and Medical Illustrator, Johns Hopkins University Art as Applied to Medicine, Baltimore, Maryland. He has been illustrating medicine and science for 31 years with work appearing in over 90 surgical textbooks and atlases, over 100 book chapters and journals, and over 20 magazine titles. He was the Art Director and primary illustrator for the Johns Hopkins Family Health Book (Harper Collins, 1999). Other clients include: Elsevier, The Smithsonian, and Merriam Webster Dictionaries. His work has been regionally and nationally awarded over 40 times, including two Russell Drake awards from the AMI.

:: David Cheney :: Skin Deep: Achieving Realistic Skin Depth and Texture in Photoshop for Patient Education and Medical Illustration Applications.
Patients with dermatological conditions or those who may expect adverse physical reactions to topical treatments, are often underprepared and overwhelmed when it comes to accurately identifying their specific condition or dealing emotionally with possibly severe reactions to treatments intended to improve their conditions. In such cases, it becomes important for both the physical health and the emotional/psychosocial health of the patient to have accurate, realistic visual representations of what a condition or treatment "really looks like" prior to experiencing it personally. Using simple techniques for painting skin tones in Photoshop and a few "tricks" for quickly and effectively depicting realistic surface textures, it is possible to create illustrations for patients that serve as both preparation for things to come as well as identification for conditions already present.

David Cheney received his BA in Biological/Pre-Medical Illustration from Iowa State University in 2005 and his MA in Medical & Biological Illustration from the Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine in 2007. Currently, as a medical illustrator at Mayo Clinic, David spends much of his time working closely with the Section of Patient Education to create materials for patients. David lives in Rochester, Minnesota with his wife and their 3 small children.

:: Anneliese May Lilienthal and Craig Foster :: Getting Started with Storyboarding for Animation

This presentation given by creative directors, animators and illustrators from medical animation firms will review the basics for getting started with storyboarding for animation. Medical illustrators are a key asset to the growing field of medical animation, especially when it comes to storyboarding. Storyboards are the backbone to most animation projects and require creativity, scientific knowledge and the ability to visually tell a story, skills at which medical illustrators excel. The presentation will provide insight on the following: what you need to know before you get started; what style of boards you might consider; ways of describing motion for storyboards; techniques for drawing storyboards; and programs & equipment to create your storyboards.

Anneliese is a production coordinator, medical illustrator, and storyboard artist for XVIVO Scientific Animation in Rocky Hill, Connecticut. She joined the XVIVO team in 2008, after graduating with her Masters in Medical Illustration from the Medical College of Georgia. In addition to supporting clients with production support through all stages of program development, she also provides medical and scientific input on all the projects she coordinates. She has created, as well as collaborated, on several storyboard projects for medical

Craig Foster, MSMI, CMI, is an experienced medical illustrator and animator who has produced award-winning visuals for Time Life Medical, major pharmaceutical corporations, and biotechnology companies. A member of the Association of Medical Illustrators and a Certified Medical Illustrator, Craig has formal training in the arts and a graduate degree in medical illustration from the Medical College of Georgia. Craig has operated a successful medical communications partnership since 1996. His work has appeared on the covers of U.S. Pharmacist and Sports Illustrated. Craig was also a Maya instructor with New York University's Center for Advanced Digital Applications from 1997 to 1999. His work was part of the National Library of Medicine's exhibition "Anatomical Revisioning: Art as Applied to Medicine," and appeared as part of a segment on promising technologies for the Muscular Dystrophy Association's annual Labor Day weekend telethon.

:: Wayne Heim :: Zbrush 3: A Must-have "brush" for 2D and 3D artists.

ZBrush 3 is the industry standard application for digital sculpting and has been used in nearly every recent blockbuster film and video game that has visual effects. Think of it like painting with clay. Zbrush 3 (Available for both PC and Mac) provides a unique ability to quickly build, light and paint intricately textured objects to be dropped into your illustrations or imported into your 3d animation program of choice. Zbrush not only allows artists to work in 3d but also has a unique 2.5D function that lets artists paint with 3d objects to create very complicated structures. We will be exploring how non-3d and 3d users can easily integrate Zbrush into their workflow. Basic concepts and examples of both 3d sculpting and 2.5D painting will be showcased.

Wayne Heim is a graduate of Medical Illustration program at the Cleveland Institute of Art, and spent part of his undergraduate time studying at College of Georgia (MCG). Today, Wayne freelances and also runs Indexed Visuals, Inc. Wayne combines both 3d and 2d techniques and applications to produce his artwork.

:: Direct Dimensions :: Advanced 3D Imaging & Modeling Technologies Applied to Medical Applications

Senior representatives from Direct Dimensions will demonstrate new technologies for 3D imaging human body form including faces and other body parts to show how these processes facilitate the medical modeling process. Several systems for capturing face and body shape will be presented as well as the processes for converting raw 3D images into 3D digital models for animation, visualization, and rendering. Additional processes including 3D printing (rapid prototyping) will also be discussed and explained via representative samples. This presentation will be very exciting and educational.

Direct Dimensions, Inc. (DDI) has unique skills and capabilities with a broad spectrum of 3D imaging technologies as applied to medical modeling. For over 14 years, DDI has worked extensively to develop scanning and modeling processes to help doctors and anaplastologists create highly accurate facial and other body part prosthetics for a wide range of cases. The presentation from Direct Dimensions will be provided by Michael Raphael, Founder and President; and Jeff Mechlinski, Technical Manager - both with extensive technical experience in 3D medical modeling, and collaborator Juan Garcia, anaplastologist from John Hopkins Medical Hospital.

The Richmond VT Auction is going to be a memorable, fun conclusion to the activity-packed Annual Meeting. This year's Vesalius Trust Live Auction will be held Fri. July 31st from 5:15 pm - 7:30 pm in Tobacco Company Club Room at The Tobacco Company Restaurant. The restaurant is conveniently located right across the street from the Omni hotel. Everyone will be there, so don't miss this sometimes outrageous, annual AMI-Trust event. What better way to show your school spirit before Alumni Night than supporting student scholarships and professional research at the famous Vesalius Trust Live Auction?

The Vesalius Trust Silent Auction provides an annual opportunity to bid on and purchase some of the most unique and intriguing items for your studio. Included will be medical illustrations, anatomical models, old books, Ross Board, medical instruments, and just about anything else that you might think of. This year we'll certainly have some of that mixed in with a racing theme, as we auction off some of the most anatomically fascinating items, including anatomical models, software, limited edition George Venable prints, original illustrations, clothing... well you get the idea. You just got' a see this to believe it.

In keeping with the tradition of Richmond's historical shipyards, this year's The Alan Cole Memorial Live Auction, otherwise know as the infamous T-Shirt Auction theme will be a Battleship and Crew T-shirt contest. Each school was asked to decorate their own battleship to be "raced" during the auction for bids. Prizes will be awarded to school's team with the highest level of donations. Come on over for a rip-roaring good time and cheer for your favorite team. You'll be sure to enjoy yourself, and you'll support the Trust and the schools at the same time. As a special treat this year, the Trust is continuing our themed anatomical composites. This year we're gathering up eye medial illustrations, and we already have a selection of eyes from some many distinguished illustrators. So far, these eyes all look great... get it? The following eye illustrations represent just a partial listing of what we've got up for auction. Some of these are original illustrations, while others are archival giclee prints. We'll frame up these illustrations in groups of 5 or 6 composites. These are one-of-a-kind illustrations. Our thanks goes to the following illustrators, who have so generously donated these beautiful works of art:

Linda Nye, Keith Kasnot, Craig Luce, Linda Warren, Charles Boyter, Bob Demarest, Craig Gosling, Lewis Calver, Jane Gilmore, Dave Mascaro, Mark Schornak, Lisa Birmingham, Ethan Geehr, Jerry Hodge, Steve Harrison, Chris Gralapp, Bonnie Hofkin, Cassio Lynm, Jeni Fairman, Gillian Duncan, Barbara Spohn-Lillo and Gary Schnitz.

Free evening to explore Richmond / Alumni activities

Vesalius Trust for Visual Communication in the Health Sciences
www.vesaliustrust.org
Jennifer E. Fairman, MA, CMI - Moderator
8:00 am - 9:30 am
James River, C & D
(0.075 CEUs Art, 0.075 CEUs Biomed. Science)

The Vesalius Trust for Visual Communication in the Health Sciences is proud to host this Vesalian Scholars' Session devoted to student research in the areas of medical illustration and biomedical communication. The Trust is pleased to have awarded significant financial grants this year in support of these student projects, and we welcome each of the student presenters. In addition, we congratulate every Vesalius Trust grant applicant, and we wish all of this year's biocommunication graduates success, five of whom will present the research done as part of their graduate studies:

:: Evelyn T. Maizels, MD, PhD
University of Illinois at Chicago
Alan Cole Scholar
"Development and use of the multimedia presentation and evaluation program CEVL (Computer-Enhanced Visual Learning): building a three-dimensional digital model of the pediatric inguinal region"

:: Jennifer Belanger
University of Toronto
Vesalian Scholar
"A 3d visualization of the cardiovasculkar physiology of the CA sea lion, Zalophus californianus"

:: Simon P. Ip
University of Toronto
Vesalian Scholar
"Assisting patients and their support network to make informed decisions with treatment for head and neck cancer by means of a non-stigmatizing educational website that compares pre- and post-laryngectomy speech, breathing and swallowing mechanisms."

:: Susan Park
University of Toronto
Vesalian Scholar
"The sensory gating mechanism: a 3D biomedical animation depicting persistent brain activity in pain patient and its central role in sleep disorder"

:: Jenny Wang
Johns Hopkins University
Vesalian Scholar
"Updating the Model of HIV: visualizing the role of membrane rafts"

These award recipients will describe their research goals, problem-solving techniques and general methodology, including the use of traditional and innovative, computer-based techniques. Attendees will gain keen insight into the clinical, biomedical, and instructional design research currently being undertaken by medical illustration students in North America.

Chimbarazo Hospital was established in 1861 as an army hospital at what is now 3200 E. Broad St., Dr. James B. McCaw, professor of medicine at MCV, was chosen to set up and operate the hospital. Between 1961-1865, over 76,000 patients were treated during that time, with a 9% mortality rate; present-day large city hospitals' mortality rates range from 10-15%. Dr. McCaw proved to be a superb administrator and, at its peak, the hospital had 5000 beds, making it the largest hospital ever built in the North America. Dr. McCaw selected the site, supervised construction and selected the staff, while continuing his teaching duties at MCV. MCV students worked in the hospital, and Chimbarazo employees were encouraged to attend lectures at MCV. This presentation will paint a vivid picture of trauma care during the Civil War, using medical articles, remembrances and historical data. Those who are interested in pursuing this topic further are invited to visit the Museum. Two very good books are also recommended. Carol C. Green's Chimborazo (University of Tennessee Press, 2004) is a detailed history. Phoebe Yates Pember's A Southern Woman's Story, (Broadfoot Publishing, 1991) is an account by the head nurse at Chimbarazo - a story full of gossip, scandal, suffering and selflessness.

About Charles Cooke:Charles L. Cooke, MD, FACP is a native of Davidson NC, and graduated from Davidson College in 1959, followed by medical school at the University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill. After internship and residency at the Medical College of Virginia (now Virginia Commonwealth University), he did a rheumatology fellowship at NIH. He joined the faculty of MCV following the fellowship, and in his twenty years there, he revised the rheumatology curriculum and was the founding medical director of the Family Nurse Practitioner program. The following years were spent at a large private clinic in Richmond, and since his retirement in 1990, he has been a volunteer at the Chimbarazo Medical Museum, a part of the National Park Service.

You've found your work on the internet, in a book or in a magazine, used without your permission or payment. What do you do next?

This presentation will outline how to evaluate your situation and the subsequent steps to take when dealing with clients or others who may have used your work without permission. Should you consider filing a lawsuit? If so, whom do you call? What would it cost?

While filing a law suit for copyright infringement should be your absolute last resort, doing nothing when a verified infringement is discovered hurts both you and our entire profession. The reality is, there are many things you can and should do between these two extremes.

This highly informative session by two medical illustrators with experience in copyright infringement and related legal action will provide you with a roadmap that can help you define and understand your options, negotiate alternatives to legal action, and consider pertinent processes if legal action should become absolutely necessary.

Bios: William B. Westwood, MS, CMI, FAMI

Bill is a Georgia graduate with over 37 years experience in Medical Illustration. After graduation, he worked at the Mayo Clinic for ten years before starting his own business - Westwood Medical Communications. Bill is a past President of AMI and his medical artwork has won over 35 awards. He is a frequent speaker on business issues such as: contracts; licensing; copyright; pricing; negotiating; and business startups.

Teri J. McDermott, MA, CMI, FAMI

Teri J. McDermott is a past President of AMI (1995) and a graduate of the University of Illinois program (1975). She earned an M.A. from the U. of Missouri-Columbia in 1978. Teri has been an invited speaker at numerous universities and conferences in the U.S. and internationally over the past 25 years. Her work has earned over 30 awards in the US and abroad. Since 1985, Teri has been an honorary Clinical Assistant Professor with the program in Biomedical Visualization, University of Illinois Medical Center, Chicago, where she teaches a graduate level course on contracts and copyright annually.

Both presenters were participants in a law suit involving 18 medical illustrators against Advanstar Communications (McDermott et al. v Advanstar Communications), which they fought for ten years, and recently settled.

Presidential Lunch
12:15 pm – 1:30 pm
James River, C & D

Lunch is provided for all attendees.
Lunch will be served in the James River Ballroom at the Omni Hotel.

Born in Minneapolis and raised in Spokane, Bill Hayes studied writing at Santa Clara University, where he received a Bachelor of Arts in English in 1983. Hayes began publishing essays, articles, and criticism in 1990. Addressing a range of topics - the AIDS epidemic, insomnia, and Diane Arbus, among others - his work has appeared in numerous national publications, including The New York Times Magazine, Details, Salon, and The Threepenny Review, as well as in the anthology The Man I Might Become (2002). He is the author of three books.

Hayes's first book, Sleep Demons: An Insomniac's Memoir (Washington Square Press 2001), received glowing reviews in Entertainment Weekly, Out, Kirkus Review, and others. In a starred review, Publishers Weekly called Sleep Demons, "An intelligent, beautifully written book ... that variously reads like a journey of scientific discovery, a personal memoir, and a literary episode of Ripley's Believe It or Not." A Book Sense 76 pick and a selection of Book of the Month Club, Sleep Demons became a national bestseller.

Hayes's second book, Five Quarts: A Personal and Natural History of Blood (Ballantine Books/Random House 2005), interweaves memoir and medical history in a compelling look at the five quarts of vital fluid that runs through each of us. "Hayes is on his way to becoming one of those rare authors who can tackle just about any subject in book form, and make you glad he did," critic Steve Kettmann observed in his San Francisco Chronicle review of Five Quarts.

His latest book, The Anatomist: A True Story of Gray's Anatomy, is a highly acclaimed nonfiction account of the story behind the nineteenth-century classic revered by doctors and artists alike, Gray's Anatomy. "Bill Hayes has written a thrilling book that is simultaneously an autobiography, a biography of Henry Gray, a scientific essay on our human anatomy, and a heart-breaking elegy," author Richard Rodriguez notes. "I do not know another book like it."

Hayes has served as a guest lecturer at Stanford's Fellowship Forum, the University of San Francisco, UCSF, and at the Bay Area History of Medicine Club, and has taught writing workshops at UCSF Medical School and The Loft Literary Center in Minneapolis. He has appeared on many national broadcasts, including the NPR program To the Best of Our Knowledge and A&E channel's Breakfast with the Arts. In recognition of his writing, Bill Hayes was honored as a 2005 Library Laureate by the San Francisco Public Library and has recently relocated from his long-time home in San Francisco to New York City.

Depictions of human anatomy are a mainstay of medical illustration and animation. Because anatomic relationships, planes and organs change drastically during dissection, proper visualization is of constant concern to the medical illustrator. Through the use of 3d reconstructions made from diagnostic images, we can now appreciate anatomic structures as they are in life without disturbing or destroying structures to do so. This lecture will attempt to provide novel visualizations of specific anatomic structures and systems with the goal of improving understanding and the depiction of them in illustration and animation by medical illustrators.

About Andrew Swift: Andrew received his BS in Biology in 1990 from Presbyterian College in Clinton, South Carolina. Upon graduating from college Andrew taught environmental education on the coast of Georgia then served in the Peace Corps in Ecuador South America. He then attended Augusta State University and later the Art Students League of New York. Andrew earned his MS in Medical Illustration from the Medical College of Georgia in 1999. Following graduation, Andrew worked as an Assistant Professor at MCG with a joint appointment in the Department of Medical Illustration and the Department of Surgery, Section of Neurosurgery. Andrew was honored to become full-time faculty in the Medical Illustration Graduate Program in December, 2000. In late 2007, he became part-time faculty. For many years Andrew has been the sole proprietor of Swift Illustration (www.swiftillustration.com) a full service medical illustration/animation company based in Augusta Georgia. Andrew has been a Professional Member of the Association of Medical Illustrators since 2000, and was recognized as a Certified Medical Illustrator in 2002.

In 1992 the fine art of the medical illustrator was featured at the AMI 47th annual meeting in Chicago. Be prepared to be dazzled and surprised by examples of fine art, sculpture, and endeavors by many AMI members who have "branched out" beyond the medical art world. It is time to once again update and celebrate the diversity of our membership in an interactive "Who done it?" format which promises to entertain us all.

About the Speakers:
Brent Bauer graduated from the University of Michigan with an MFA in Medical and Biological Illustration in 1984. In 1986 Brent moved to Baltimore and served as a full time Associate Professor at the Johns Hopkins School of Medicine, Department of Art as Applied to Medicine, and as an Instructor with the Wilmer Eye Institute. In 2001 Brent completed a DDS degree with the University of Maryland and a two year residency in Hospital Dentistry at the University of Nevada School of Medicine in Las Vegas. Brent Bauer is co-author of the textbook Cross Sectional Anatomy of the Head and Neck, a Detailed Atlas and has served on many AMI committees including the AMI Board of Governors, AMI News Editor, and the Vesalius Trust. Brent currently works part time as a General Dentist in Arizona, in conjunction with the Indian Health Service and devotes the rest of his time to his freelance and fine art business.

Tim Phelps, Associate Professor and Medical Illustrator has been teaching and illustrating for 23 years in the Graduate Program of Art as Applied to Medicine, Johns Hopkins in Baltimore, Maryland. He has received over 40 regional and national awards for his artwork published in textbooks, magazines, and professional journals. He has been illustrating medicine and science for 30 years with work appearing in over 60 surgical textbooks and atlases, over 100 book chapters and journals, and over 20 magazines. Projects have included numerous surgical texts and atlases on Otolaryngology, Orthopedic and Cardiac Surgery, co-authorship on a book on Surgical Pathology Dissection, The Ocean Planet project with the Smithsonian, numerous anatomic illustrations for Dog World and Cat Fancy magazines, art direction and primary illustrator for the Johns Hopkins Family Health Book, and most recently completion of over 500 pen and ink illustrations for a 2008 Merriam Webster Dictionary. Tim is a Past President and Past Chair of the Board of the Association of Medical Illustrators. Since 1994, Tim has immersed himself in the history of flame painting and in doing so has painted over 600 diecast cars. Articles on his miniature hot rods and the history of flame painting have appeared in over three dozen venues including: Autoart, Autographics. Airbrush Action, Northern Rodder, Southern Rodder, Fine Scale Modeler, Scale Auto Enthusiast, Diecast X, Kustoms Illustrated, Toy Cars and Models, and Diecast Kustomridez Magazine. In 2006 he authored a book for Motorbooks International (MBI) titled Up in Flames: The Art of Flame Painting. Tim has also created multiple flamed fish and fowl designs for the Hawaiian shirt company Paradise on a Hangar. In 2008, Tim was the series artist and designer for Greenlight Toys' "Muscle Car Garage - Up in Flames"- an annual series of flame painted diecast cars available at Toys R Us, K-Mart and Meijer stores nationwide and online.

Awards Banquet
James River Ballroom at the Omni Hotel
6:30 pm to 9:30 pm

Board of Governors meeting

8:00 am - 12 noon
Room location TBD

AMI 64th annual Board of Governors meeting will be conducted in the Omni Hotel