Francois I. Luks, MD, PhD
Professor of Pediatric Surgery, Professor of Surgery, Pediatrics and Obstetrics & Gynecology at the Alpert Medical School of Brown University and the Pediatric Surgeon-in-Chief at Hasbro Children’s Hospital, Symposium Co-Chair
"Art/Med: The Next Generation"
Physicians must be great communicators - with their patients, their colleagues, their students. Visual communication can break down language and culture barriers (a picture is worth a thousand words). Just like bedside manners, it can be learned, and medical schools are increasingly teaching visual communication to the next generation of doctors.
Ian Suk, BSc, BMC, FAMI
Professor, Depts. of Neurosurgery and Art as Applied to Medicine, Johns Hopkins University, Symposium Co-Chair
Illustrating the Unseen in Complex Neurosurgery
Ian Suk will touch on Humanism in the context of visualizing the Unseen. And using a layered approach, he will explain how he constructs his illustrations that depict complex neurosurgical cases in a step-by-step fashion.
Karen Bucher, MA, CMI, FAMI
Editorial Graphics Manager and Senior Medical Illustrator, Journal of the American Medical Association
Editorial Graphics for Journal Publication
The Editorial Graphics team at the Journal of the American Medical Association creates all of the medical, scientific, editorial, and patient education figures and visual abstracts published in the journal. Manager and senior medical illustrator Karen Bucher will walk through the pre- and post-acceptance decisions that go into figure development and creation as well as the impact that visuals have in bridging medical and scientific research and the clinical care of patients.
Ni-ka Ford, MS, CMI, FAMI
Board Certified Medical Illustrator
The Multifaceted Language of Medical Illustrations
Communicating science to broad audiences can include a vast array of visual approaches. Ni-ka Ford will present on the variety of artistic practices she takes in medical illustration and the impact they have in academia and to the general public. Her talk will also highlight how medical illustration can bridge health literacy gaps and largely contribute to health equity.
Vinald Francis, BFA
Biomedical Illustrator, Dartmouth College
Perspectives: Medical Comics Impact on Healthcare
Vinnie Francis discusses medical comics and the ideas around giving voice to underrepresented populations in healthcare – from providers to patients and families; and how comics can be a tool used to correct behaviors and practices, and even educate physicians.
Michael Natter, MD
Clinical Assistant Professor, NYU Grossman School of Medicine
Learning Outside the Lines: Why Medicine Needs Art
Dr. Natter will discuss the intersection of art and medicine and how the use of art can be harnessed to help learn, teach, and better cope with the sometimes difficult aspects of the practice of medicine.
Katelyn Norman, MD
Medical Illustrator, Assistant Professor of Internal Medicine, Frank H. Netter MD School of Medicine at Quinnipiac University, QU Netter Class of 2017
Flesh, Bone, & Graphite
Dr. Norman will discuss the basic processes of forensic facial reconstruction as a framework for examining the experiences and unique perspectives of the physician-artist
Program Keynote Presentation | Medicine’s Michelangelo
Francine Mary Netter, MA, MBA
Daughter of Dr. Frank H. Netter and author of “Medicine’s Michelangelo: The Life and Art of Frank H. Netter, MD”
Frank Netter was both a doctor and artist whose genius was such that he not only grasped the most complex medical concepts, but made drawings to make those concepts clear to us. In thirteen atlases and over 200 pamphlets he single-handedly pictorialized the human anatomy and documented the medical advances of the 20th century. His award-winning Atlas of Human Anatomy is today in its 8th edition and the best selling anatomy atlas in the world.
Francine Mary Netter is Dr. Netter’s daughter and author of Medicine’s Michelangelo, the life and art of Frank H. Netter, MD. She will give us a personal introduction to the man behind the pictures.