Article: Medical illustrators get quickly to the heart of the matter

Career Snapshot

Medical illustrators get quickly to the heart of the matter

They must visualize a precise way of showing a concept

By JACQUELINE SEIBEL

of the Journal Sentinel staff

Wednesday, March 15, 2000

The Career Snapshot is a regular feature on an occupation, told through the experiences of someone working in the field.

THE JOB

When a physician must explain a medical procedure that hasn't been tried yet or a lawyer needs to explain to a jury how a medical procedure may have been botched, they go to a medical illustrator.

"Someone will come in with a concept that has to be drawn and you have to come up with a visual way to show that concept," said Christine Sulok, a medical illustrator ...

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