Welcome to Art and Medicine, where I post about:

• Medical Illustration: Concepts about health literacy, simplified illustrations, practical tips.
• Medical Humanities: Discussions into the humanities, writing prompts, and medical book recommendations.
• Art: Interviews with creatives, art processes, and insights into living the creative life.

Medical Illustration

Top 8 Keys to Visual Communication

What is Atrial Fibrillation?

What is Degenerative Joint Disease?

A Simple Way to Organize All Your Medications

What’s the Most Common Question People Ask an ER Doctor?

Common Misconceptions in Medicine

Should we illustrate Analogies?

The Most Practical Gift?

Medical Humanities

Top 12 Best Medical Books If You Love to Read About Medicine

Top 9 Best Medical Books if You Love to Read About Medicine–Part 2

Who was Frank H. Netter, MD?

Narrative Medicine: Write About When You Changed the Way you Think

Narrative Medicine: Write About a Time When You Felt Like a Doctor

Medical Humanities: DIY Acts of Kindness

What Do the Medical Words We Say Every Day Mean, Visually?

5 Pieces of Advice Every Young Doctor Needs to Hear

Art Process

How to keep a sketchbook in 5 steps

How to Get Into the Habit of Daily Painting

How to Live the Creative Life

How to Turn My Summer Vacations Into a Creative Reset

How to Develop a Painting: Initial Idea into Finished Piece

Interview: Pathologist and collagist, Dr. Laura Tafe

Interview: Dr. Francois Luks, a Pediatric Surgeon, Artist, and Visionary Medical Educator

Interview: An ER doctor’s creative interpretation of Inktober

Interview: Surgeon and Children’s book illustrator Dr. Maria Baimas-George

Interview: Anesthesiology Resident and Creative, Dr. Sumana Mahata