MEDICAL ILLUSTRATION
Per the adage, “a picture is worth a thousand words,” and Einstein’s quote, “if you can’t explain it simply, you don’t understand it well enough,” illustrations can help us convey complex ideas succinctly and beautifully. I first started doing medical illustration as an undergraduate student. Subsequently, I integrated this into my research articles and grants, and those of my collaborators. Through my oncologic training, I started contributing contributed content and created illustrations for CancerQuest to help patients understand cancer treatment options. I am currently exploring the use of illustrations to explain multidisciplinary care and radiation oncology to cancer patients. The illustrations are typically first drawn by hand and/or imported from digital media (e.g. a photograph); they are digitally integrated, overlayed, and modified using imaging software (e.g. Photoshop, Illustrator).
In this thread, I will compile my medical illustrations in oncology and #RadOnc.
Many are from textbook w @DanTrifMD https://t.co/R7Wr4xRybs
based on @ARRO_org study guide for board exams.A picture is worth 1000 words.
Here is oncology in a few pics. pic.twitter.com/fYXzMmjXNE— Nicholas Zaorsky, MD MS (@NicholasZaorsky) December 29, 2019