The Web People: Internet Developer - 4/99 - 12/99

Design and production of websites for medical clientele and proprietary medical portal site:

• Research, requirements development, design, production, content development, usability and interface design
• Graphic design
• Medical illustration
• HTML/DHTML/Javascript coding
• ASP programming supervision, project management & supervision of development teams
• Usage analysis and search engine optimization
• Marketing and promotion

Selected projects:

The Network Project - Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center; Project MED - The Nisonger Center at The Ohio State University; Roxane Laboratories (public website and product websites); Medical Spectrum (proprietary public information portal).

 

Independent Internet Developer / Multimedia Producer 1/98 - 4/99

 

Selected Projects:

Molecular Events in Progression/Prevention of Oral Cancer
NIH Program Project Grant
Gary D. Stoner, PhD, Principal Investigator

Presentation to NIH review committee, Bethesda MD, January 1998

 

The Ohio State University School of Public Health
John R. Wilkins, MPh, Principal Investigator 4/98 - 2/99

Website (Development platforms: SGI Irix and Unix server)

 

A Novel Assay For Mutation Detection
The Ohio State University Research Foundation, Technology Transfer
Christopher M. Weghorst, PhD, Principal Investigator
Multimedia CD-ROM

 

Instructional Aid Associate, The Ohio State University Medical Center, Department of Surgery - 4/97 - 12/97

 

Development and production of multimedia training materials for surgical education:

• Conceptualization, organization, scripting, technical writing, illustration, graphic design, usability assessment and interface design, multimedia authoring, production and project management of computer-based, multimedia training materials for surgeons.
• Supervision of intraoperative videography during surgical procedures; post production direction and editing of surgical video and animation; selection and digital conversion of video clips for use as multimedia content.
• Regular consultation with surgical and basic science faculty to maintain and expand knowledge of surgical anatomy and technique, histology and cellular mechanisms, laboratory techniques and molecular biology in order to provide the most sophisticated and up-to-date conceptualization in diagrams and drawings.

Publication Specialist: The Ohio State University Medical Center, Department of Surgery - 1992-1997

 

Development and production of audiovisual materials including:

• Video, slide presentations, computer-based models and presentations, posters, etc.
• Development and artistic rendering of visual models including but not limited to: Diagrams of surgical techniques and procedures; Medical illustrations of anatomic, cellular and molecular processes; Graphic representations of clinical, scientific, and research data; Diagrammatic representations of experimental design
• Video documentation of surgical procedures, laboratory protocols, and microscopy of pathologic specimens; Digitization and editing of video content for presentation media
• Outlining and organization of scientific and clinical information
• Production design and graphic design to integrate all media content into final presentation
• Coordinating production with service bureaus and production houses

Assisted in development and production of applications for extramural support:

• Assisting faculty with basic outlining and organization of scientific and clinical information
• Proofreading, copy editing, and digital formatting of manuscripts
• Development and artistic rendering of visual models as described above to complement text of applications
• Preparation of final manuscripts using desktop publishing: Page design and layout; incorporation of text, illustrations, scanned images, legends, indices and references into integrated document
  

Technical Illustrator, Neoprobe Corporation - 1994-1997

 

In-house illustrator and graphic designer for biotechnology company:

• Design and production of 35 mm slide presentations, for a variety of purposes and audiences
• Design and production of detailed 3-D models of surgical instrumentation and anatomy; Design and production of animations from completed models, for training surgeons and instrument operators in instrument function and novel surgical techniques
• Training of company staff in the use of CorelDRAW to create slides, diagrams, and simple illustrations
  
  

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PUBLICATION HIGHLIGHTS

Co-Author:

• Radioimmunoguided Surgery Case Reports.
  Martin, EW Jr, Boso, MB, Bertsch DJ.
  Seminars in Colon & Rectal Surgery 6:4; 234-243,1995.
  
  
• Surgical Applications of Gamma-Detecting Probes.
  Burak, WE Jr., Boso, MB, Thurston, MO, Martin EW Jr.
  Surgical Technology International V, 1996.

Illustrator:

• Vitamin E is Nature's Antioxidant
  Lester Packer, Ph.D. Scientific American Science and Medicine.
  October 1993 (premiere issue)
  Seven full-color illustrations.
  
  
• Bone Marrow Transplantation
  Burt, RK, et al. Chapman & Hall 1996.
  Book cover.
  
  
• Acute Allograft Rejection
  Orosz, CG. RG Landes Co., Austin. 1996
  Multimedia CD-ROM.
  

Featured Artist:

• The CorelDRAW Wow! Book
  Sharon Steuer, Shane Hunt. Peachpit Press 1999
  
  
• CorelDRAW 8 F/X
  Shane Hunt. Ventana Press, 1998
  
  
• Looking Good with CorelDRAW!
  Sheldon Nemoy, CJ Aiken. Ventana Press, 1993
  
  

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SELECTED PRESENTATIONS

• Surgical Precision: Medical Illustration and CorelDRAW
  October, 1995. The International CorelDRAW Users' Conference, Dallas TX
  " The most popular seminar of the conference..."
  Rick Altman, Conference Host, in Corel magazine, December 1995
  
  
• Getting More from CorelDRAW
  Full-Day Workshop, invited instructor.
  July, 1996. Annual Conference, Association of Medical Illustrators (AMI), Cincinnati, OH
  
  
• Managing Libraries of Visual Elements
  The Return of The Body Electric
  September, 1996. The International CorelDRAW Users' Conference, Baltimore, MD

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