The status quo in medical illustration needs to change, medical student Chidiebere Ibe believes. Chidiebere Ibe's illustration of a Black fetus is part of the medical student and self-taught artist's ...

Chidiebere Ibe, a medical illustrator and aspiring neurosurgeon, noticed that the patients in medical diagrams are always depicted as White. So, he decided to change that. Ibe, who is from Nigeria, ...

The medical illustration MFA program at Rochester Institute of Technology has been awarded initial accreditation by the Commission on Accreditation of Allied Health Education Programs (CAAHEP). The ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. The last thing on Chidiebere Ibe's mind when he uploaded his medical illustrations to Twitter was that his drawing of a Black ...

When I was pregnant, I spent countless hours waiting for my obstetrician at the hospital. At the time, it didn't occur to me that the only images of a woman's body and foetus framed on the walls were ...

It’s become more evident over the past few decades that medical school admission committees are thinking more “outside the box” in terms of identifying and selecting specific skills that may define an ...

Caitlin O'Kane is a New York City journalist who works on the CBS News social media team as a senior manager of content and production. She writes about a variety of topics and produces "The Uplift," ...

At first glance, the image looks like a standard drawing that could easily be found in the pages of a medical textbook or on the walls of a doctor’s office. But what sets apart the illustration of a ...

EDITOR’S NOTE: The views expressed in this commentary are solely those of the writers. CNN is showcasing the work of The Conversation, a collaboration between journalists and academics to provide news ...

While modern-day surgery carries risks, it's nothing compared to the agony of going under the knife before the advent of anesthesia in 1846, when John Collins Warren performed the first successful ...

“Medical illustrators draw what can’t be seen, watch what’s never been done, and tell thousands about it without saying a word.” For decades, this slogan appeared on the website and printed materials ...