Jim Perkins, Professor
MFA Medical Illustration, Rochester Institute of Technology, 1992
ABD Paleontology and Anatomy, University of Rochester, 1989
BA Biology and Geology, Cornell University, 1985
Prof. Perkins is an expert in the visual communication of complex biomedical subject matter, particularly
in the areas of cell biology, molecular biology, physiology, and pathology. He teaches courses in human anatomy,
molecular illustration, medical legal illustration, and 2D digital graphics.
He has illustrated over 40 medical textbooks and serves as a consultant to major medical publishers. For 20 years,
he has been the sole illustrator for Robbins and Cotran's Pathologic Basis of Disease, one of the best-selling medical
books of all time. Prof. Perkins also serves as one of three illustrators who carry on the work of Dr. Frank H. Netter,
arguably the most influential medical artist of the 20th Century. Perkins contributes much of the molecular and cellular
art to new titles bearing the Netter name:
http://www.netterimages.com/artist/perkins.htm
Prof. Perkins is a Board Certified Medical Illustrator (CMI), Fellow of the Association of Medical Illustrators (FAMI),
and currently serves as President of the Vesalius Trust for Visual Communication in the Health Sciences.
