James Perkins
Department Head of Medical Sciences, Health and Management
James Perkins
Department Head of Medical Sciences, Health and Management
Education
BA, Cornell University; MFA, Rochester Institute of Technology; ABD, University of Rochester
Bio
- Joined RIT in 1998
- Sole illustrator or significant contributor to 47 textbooks or reference texts and contributing illustrator to 37 others
- Author or co-author of ten scholarly articles featured in the Journal of Biocommunication, and Scientific American
- Work has been featured in exhibitions across the US and internationally
- Recipient of the British Medical Association Illustrated Book Award and the Award of Excellence, Illustrated Book Award from the Association of Medical Illustrators
- One of seven finalists internationally for the Giliola Gamberini Award from the Association Européenne des Illustrateurs Médicaux et Scientifiques and the University of Bologna
- Illustrated three book covers and 25 magazine covers, including the Pathologic Basis of Veterinary Disease, Case Studies in Oncology, HER2 in Oncology, and Advances in Glioma Therapy
- Provided illustrations for 50 peer-reviewed journal articles including Science and Medicine, the Journal of Clinical Investigation, Biophotonics International, and the Journal of Pediatric Orthopedics
- Led initial accreditation process of graduate medical illustration program by the Association of Medical Illustrators
- Fellow of the Association of Medical Illustrators
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In the News
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August 5, 2024
James Perkins receives prestigious Brödel Award at AMI Conference
James Perkins, a distinguished faculty member at RIT, has been awarded the Brödel Award for Excellence in Education by the Association of Medical Illustrators, recognizing his outstanding contributions to medical illustration education.
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July 3, 2024
Medical Illustration Podcast - RIT program faculty interview
PK Visualization's Medical Illustration Podcast talks to Jim Perkins, Department Head of Medical Sciences, Health and Management, along with Glen Hintz and Craig Foster, both associate professors in the School of Art, about the origins of RIT's medical illustration program the accreditation process that made it a Master of Fine Arts program.
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February 20, 2024
Pictures have been teaching doctors medicine for centuries — a medical illustrator explains how
CNN features an essay by James Perkins, director of the graduate medical illustration program.
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August 1, 2024
Perkins receives Max Brodel Award for Excellence in Education
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July 3, 2024
Medical Illustration faculty featured in podcast
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November 18, 2022
RIT well represented at BioImages 2022
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August 22, 2022
Medical illustration alumni honored