The Association of Medical Illustrators (AMI) is an international organization founded in 1945, and incorporated in Illinois

Illinois

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. Its members are primarily artists who create material designed to facilitate the recording and dissemination of medical and bioscientific knowledge through visual communication media. Members are involved not only in the creation of such material, but also serve in consultant, advisory, educational and administrative capacities in all aspects of bioscientific communications and related areas of visual education.

The professional objectives of the AMI are to promote the study and advancement of medical illustration and allied fields of visual communication, and to promote understanding and cooperation with the medical profession and related health science professions.

See also medical illustrator

Medical illustrator

A medical illustrator is a professional artist who interprets and creates visual material to help record and disseminate medical, biological and related knowledge. Medical illustrators not only produce such material but can also function as consultants and administrators within the field of...

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AMI Presidents

Term	Year	Name		Term	Year	Name		Term	Year	Name
1	1945-46	Tom Jones		26	1970-71	Charlotte Holt		51	1995-96	John W. Karapelou
2	1946-47	Tom Jones		27	1971-72	Emil Bethke		52	1996-97	Diane Nelson
3	1947-48	Williard Shepard		28	1972-73	Emil W. Hospodar		53	1997-98	Timothy Hengst
4	1948-49	Ralph Sweet		29	1973-74	Herbert R. Smith		54	1998-99	Timothy Phelps
5	1949-50	Ralph Sweet		30	1974-75	William J. Stenstrom		55	1999-2000	William P. Hamilton
6	1950-51	Natt C. Jacobs		31	1975-76	William J. Stenstrom		56	2000-01	Gary P. Lees
7	1951-52	Maria T. Wishart		32	1976-77	Laurel V. Schaubert		57	2001-02	Bill Andrews
8	1952-53	Russell Drake		33	1977-78	Gottfried Goldenberg		58	2002-03	Anne Altemus
9	1953-54	Muriel McLatchie		34	1978-79	Gottfried Goldenberg		59	2003-04	Gary Schnitz
10	1954-55	Philip A. Conrath		35	1979-80	Ruth L. Wakerlin		60	2004-05	Marcia Hartsock
11	1955-56	Leon Schlossberg		36	1980-81	Alan W. Cole		61	2005-06	Kip Carter
12	1956-57	Lee Allen		37	1981-82	William L. Brudon		62	2006-07	Pat Thomas
13	1957-58	Lewis Waters		38	1982-83	Neil O. Hardy		63	2007-08	R. Michael Belknap
14	1958-59	Kay Hyde		39	1983-84	Martin Finch		64	2008-09	Mark Lefkowitz
15	1959-60	Angela Bartenbach		40	1984-85	Joel Ito		65	2009-10	Betsy Palay
16	1960-61	William A. Osburn		41	1985-86	William B. Westwood		66	2010-11	Linda Wilson-Pauwels
17	1961-62	Eleanor A. Sweezey		42	1986-87	Marsha J. Dohrmann
18	1962-63	Melford Diedrick		43	1987-88	Donald Biggerstaff
19	1963-64	Ranice B. Davis		44	1988-89	Robert J. Demarest
20	1964-65	Gerald P. Hodge		45	1989-90	Marsha Jessup
21	1965-66	Ernest W. Beck		46	1990-91	Sue Seif
22	1966-67	Victor Doray		47	1991-92	Carol Donner
23	1967-68	Robert J. Demarest		48	1992-93	Craig G. Gosling
24	1968-69	George C. Lynch		49	1993-94	Perrin F. Sparks
25	1969-70	Margaret Croup		50	1994-95	Teri J. McDermott

AMI Lifetime Achievement Award Recipients

1986	Russell L. Drake		1993	Melford D. Diedrick		2000	Carol Donner		2007	Martin E. Finch
1987	Ranice W. Crosby		1994	William J. Stenstrom		2001	Edith Tangrin		2008	Jane Hurd
1988	Gerald P. Hodge		1995	Laurel V. Schaubert		2002	Craig Gosling		2009	William L. Brudon and Ruth Wakerlin
1989	Robert J. Demarest		1996	Margaret Croup Brudon		2003	Gary P. Lees		2010	William B. Westwood
1990	Leon Schlossberg		1997	Neil O. Hardy		2004	Don Biggerstaff
1991	Ernest W. Beck		1998	Eleanor A. Sweezey		2005	Alice A. Katz
1992	George C. Lynch		1999	Herb R. Smith		2006	Victor Doray

AMI Fellows

The AMI Fellow Program was established to:

(1) foster the volunteerism concept for the good of the Association, and

(2) recognize those members who have generously given of their time and talents to AMI activities.

The first Fellows of the Association were inducted at the 1988 Annual Meeting in San Diego, California

San Diego, California

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External links

• Official AMI website
• AMI Medical Illustration Source Book