About work: Surgical training video demonstrating superficial parotidectomy performed for a neoplasm of the parotid gland. The video was filmed using HD video cameras with the intention of producing a high quality teaching tool for surgical residents....
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The Vidian Nerve
About work: Medical illustration created through the Procreate App on the iPad mini. The Vidian nerve travels in the Vidian (pterygoid) canal, which runs from an area just anterior to the foramen lacerum in the middle cranial fossa to the pterygopalatine fossa, just posterolateral to the sphenopalatine foramen. This course traverses the medial pterygoid...
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HNS preferences – Collaborative Surgical Training
About work: HNS preferences is a Google site I developed to improve surgical training in my residency program by facilitating collaboration and peer-teaching in an online, interactive, multi-media format....
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Pyriform Aperture Widening
About work: Medical illustrations created completely through the Procreate App on the iPad mini. Nasal obstruction is a potentially complex problem that can be challenging to treat. Narrowing of the pyriform aperture may contribute to nasal obstruction in select patients. These images are part of a set that illustrate a...
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Pacific Coast Oto-Ophthalmological Society
About work: Redeveloped website (Organic Themes wordpress template) with original photography. Completed 2015. About client: PCOOS is an ACGME accredited professional organization composed of otolaryngologists and ophthalmologists that holds an excellent annual scientific meeting....
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Post Laryngectomy Voice
About work: Medical illustrations created completely through the Procreate App on the iPad mini. The larynx is an amazingly complex instrument of voice. After total laryngectomy, the natural voice is gone. The above illustrations (and others) help depict voice rehabilitation post laryngectomy for a book chapter written by Chris Tang,...
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Deadly Sphenoid Fungus
About work: Scientific poster with custom photography and graphic art built with Photoshop. Presented at the 2014 annual American Rhinologic Society meeting, this poster tells the story of an interesting case of life-threatening acute invasive fungal sinusitis (AIFS). Unique computed tomography, histopathological, and intra-operative images are included....
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Nasopharyngeal Carcinoma
About work: Ink on paper, photoshop editing. Created for a scientific presentation, this illustration depicts the patterns of locoregional symptomatology of nasopharyngeal carcinoma. A patient with undiagnosed nasopharyngeal carcinoma may present to the Otolaryngologist complaining of problems relating to the ears, cranial nerves, and/or neck, but not necessarily limited to...
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Calcified Trachea
About work: Ink on paper with Photoshop editing. Medical illustration for publication on a case report of performing tracheostomy on a calcified trachea. The case is very interesting. A man with prior thalidomide exposure required acute tracheostomy. However, his trachea was abnormal – the cartilage was calcified, hard like bone....
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Head & Neck
About work: Ink on paper. The complexity of head and neck anatomy is mind-blowing. This anatomy inspires me, intimidates me, but most of all, humbles me. Each day I strive to better understand the head and neck, its multitude of ailments, and how to better diagnose and treat patients suffering...
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