Mary Beth Thornton

Medical Illustrator

Consulting and Management Experience

1985 to present: Independent Consultant

Production of medical teaching materials including:

• Surgical textbooks
• Instructional materials for specialized medical/surgical presentations
• Medical Illustration for pharmaceutical marketing

Production of specialized medical/surgical teaching materials created in collaboration with university medical centers, surgeons, pharmaceutical companies and medical publishing companies.

1995-1998: Yale Department of Surgery

• CD Rom instructional series including animation of surgical techniques for advanced laparoscopic surgical techniques
• Yale Top Gun Laparoscopic Skills Supercourse

James C. Butch Rosser, MD, FACS, Yale University School of Medicine, New Haven, Connecticut

Director, Yale-Endo-Laparoscopic Center, Department of Surgery1994-2002

Principles and Practice of Geriatric Surgery. Ronnie A. Rosenthal , Michael E. Zenilman and Mark R. Katlic (eds), New York: Springer-Verlag Inc., Second Edition (in press)

1990-1992: Thomas Jefferson Comprehensive Rectal Cancer Center

• Medical Illustrations for specialized surgical technique, including advanced colorectal surgical techniques

Gerald J. Marks, M.D., FACS, FASCRS

1990-1992: Surgical Illustrations for publication

David Cherry, MD, FACS

1986-1990: King Faisal Specialist Hospital and Research Centre, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia

Supervisor, PhotoGraphics Department

• Surgical/Medical Illustrations for publication/presentation
• Surgical/Medical Photography for publication/presentation
• Presentations for world symposiums on healthcare
• Supervised Medical Illustrators, Medical Photographers
• Collaborated with multi-national physicians to facilitate publication of educational materials, research publications and internal publications
• Managed department budget, interface with Saudi Government, collaborated with Saudi Officials to improve communications through implementation of computer systems

KFSH&RC is a tertiary care research facility located in the capital city of SA. It is the largest medical facility in the country and employs medical personnel from all parts of the world to conduct research and comprehensive surgical/medical services. Physicians and research scientists are provided excellent facilities and support for their work.

1985-1986: Cine-Med Incorporated, Woodbury, CT

Medical Illustrator

• Creation of illustrations for surgical video productions
• Collaboration with surgeons to create teaching materials for specialized surgical techniques
• Illustrations for Glaxo Pharmaceutical Corporation

Educational video libraries managed and distributed by Ciné-Med include the American College of Surgeons (ACS) with over 1,000 titles; the Society of American Gastrointestinal Endoscopic Surgeons (SAGES); and the Association of periOperative Registered Nurses (AORN).

Educational Experience

1981-1985: Medical College of Georgia, Augusta, Georgia

Master of Science in Medical Illustration

Graduate Teaching Assistant

1977-1981: University of Bridgeport, Bridgeport, Connecticut

Bachelor of Science, Summa cum Laude

1979: Paier School of Art

1976-1977: University of Rochester, Rochester, New York