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American Family Physician

Inside AFP

AFP Salutes its Artists

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One of the greatest joys I have had as managing editor of AFP is working with the many talented artists who light up the cover and inside pages with their creative and colorful illustrations. Working under the guidance of AFP's art coordinator, David Klemm, whose office is based in the Department of Faculty and Curriculum Support at Georgetown University, Washington, D.C., medical illustrators take a rough sketch or concept supplied by an author and turn it into fine art that helps explain the often complicated medical concepts reviewed in AFP's articles. Most of AFP's illustrators receive extensive professional training and are board-certified by the Association of Medical Illustrators, and many have been recognized with professional awards within their industry, often for their work on AFP.

This issue's cover illustration is by John Karapelou, a board-certified medical illustrator based in Columbus, Ohio. Mr. Karapelou has over 28 years of professional experience illustrating medical journals and textbooks, and has earned over 30 awards in the industry.

Although I too seldom take the time to thank David Klemm and his troupe of artists, I always appreciate the dedication, effort and talent required of medical illustrators be masters of their craft, and I am grateful for their contributions. Now I'd like to acknowledge the following illustrators, whose work has graced the pages of AFP:

William Andrews, Augusta, Georgia

Judith Barrington, Medical Visual Services, Bath, Maine

Joan Beck, Beck Visual Communications, Cottage Grove, Minnesota

Scott Bodell, Bodell Communications, Dallas, Texas

Kathryn Born, Arlington, Texas

Charles Boyter, Atlanta Medical Legal Art, Atlanta, Georgia

Peter Brunke, Prairie Village, Kansas

Todd Buck, Lombard, Illinois

Renee Cannon, Medcom Studios, Scottsdale, Arizona

Marie T. Dauenheimer, Reston, Virginia

Martha Davoli, Portland, Maine

John Foerster, Foerster Studios, Martinez, Georgia

Christine Gralapp, Fairfax, California

Marcia Hartsock, The Medical Art Company, Cincinnati, Ohio

Floyd Hosmer, FEH Illustrations, Birmingham, Alabama

Marsha J. Dohrmann, Chapel Hill, North Carolina

John W. Karapelou, BioMedical Illustrations, Columbus, Ohio

Lydia V. Kibiuk, Baltimore, Maryland

David Klemm, Faculty & Curriculum Support, Washington, D.C.

Christy Krames, Austin, Texas

Michael Kress-Russick, Kress-Russick Illustration, Madison, Wisconsin

Robert Margulies, Margulies Medical Art, Miami, Florida

Teri J. McDermott, McDermott Medical Illustration, Elgin, Illinois

Steven and Myriam Oh, KO Studios, Pacifica, California

Stacey Olson-Sachs, Brookeville, Maryland

Bert Oppenheim, Medway, Massachusetts

Mark Schornak, Barrow Neurologic Institute, Phoenix, Arizona

Mark E. Schuler, Prairie Village, Kansas

Cynthia Turner, Alexander & Turner, Grayton Beach, Florida

William Westwood, Westwood Medical Communications, Albany, New York




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