Medical Illustrator

Medical Illustrator

                                           

 Duties and Responsibilities: Medical illustrators produce resources such as photography and graphic images for professionals involved in patient care, teaching, education and research. There are four specialist areas: 

• Clinical photography
• Graphic design
• Medical art
• Videography
• A medical illustrator is a professional artist with specialized training and advanced education in medicine, science, art, design, visual technology, media techniques, and in theories related to communication and learning. Collaborating with scientists, physicians, and other content specialists, medical illustrators serve as visual translators of complex technical information to support education, medical and life science research, patient care, patient education, public relations, and marketing objectives.

 Salary: The median salary for a medical illustrator or medical animator is $62,000 and can range up to $100,000.

 Education: The majority of medical illustrators in the profession have a master's degree from an accredited two-year graduate program in medical illustration.