MediVisuals is Honored With National Awards

To find a medical illustrator who is truly among the best in the profession, there may be no better measuring stick than the opinions of other medical illustrators. At the Association of Medical Illustrators (AMI) Annual Conference each year, a judged illustration competition is held. One of the largest and most competitive categories is the Medical-Legal category. Unlike most art competitions, the illustrations are not judged primarily on aesthetics. Instead, the most important criteria are anatomical accuracy and how effective the visuals are in communicating a stated message to the jury.

At the 2009 conference in Richmond, Virginia, the artwork in the medical-legal category was particularly strong, resulting in the presentation of two Awards of Excellence (the highest honor) and three Awards of Merit. Illustrators with MediVisuals of Richmond, Virginia and Dallas, Texas were honored with two out of the five awards. The Award of Excellence is particularly significant because this Award has only been bestowed 21 times in the history of the AMI. With this year’s Award, MediVisuals has now received 17 of the 21. Also, new to the AMI salon this year was the medical-legal animation category, which MediVisuals won the Award of Merit (the highest award given in the category this year.)

2009 WINNER Award of Excellence Medical-Legal Illustration Paul Gross, MS, CMI View Larger Image

2009 WINNERS Award of Merit Medical-Legal Animation Knox Hubard, MS,  Duc Nguyen, MS, and Matt Whitford, MS