---
title: 'Episode 109: Jim Perkins - Medical Illustration'
type: 'episode'
url: 'https://doc.social/episodes/episode-109-jim-perkins-medical-illustration'
show: 'People of Pathology Podcast'
show_url: 'https://doc.social/podcasts/people-of-pathology-podcast'
published: '2022-04-25'
audio: 'https://mcdn.podbean.com/mf/web/9qrkvg/Jim_Perkins_-_4_24_22_900_PM6nwx6.mp3'
---

# Episode 109: Jim Perkins - Medical Illustration

Today my guest is Medical Illustrator Jim Perkins What we discuss with Jim: His education in biology and geology, and his interest in paleontology How he discovered the medical illustrator field His early work as a medical illustrator, including medicole...

## Summary

Today my guest is Medical Illustrator Jim Perkins

What we discuss with Jim:

- His education in biology and geology, and his interest in paleontology

- How he discovered the medical illustrator field

- His early work as a medical illustrator, including medicolegal illustration

- How he got into teaching medical illustration, and some stories of students he has influenced

- His 27 year association with the Robbins textbooks, and how that began

- The process of creating illustrations, and how that has evolved

- Some of the other illustration he has done, including continuing the work of Dr Frank Netter

- His thoughts on the future of the field

Links for this episode:

[Health Podcast Network](https://healthpodcastnetwork.com/)

[ LabVine Learning](http://bit.ly/labvine)

[The ConfLab from LabVine](https://www.labvinelearning.com/TheConflab)

[Dress A Med scrubs](https://dressamed.com/?rfsn=5044297.cb03eb&utm_source=refersion&utm_medium=affiliate&utm_campaign=5044297.cb03eb)

[Rochester Institute of Technology Medical Illustration Program](https://www.rit.edu/study/medical-illustration-mfa)

[Your Inner Fish](https://www.amazon.com/Your-Inner-Fish-Journey-3-5-Billion-Year/dp/0307277453)

[Association of Medical Illustrators](https://www.ami.org)

[Pathology For The Health Professions](https://www.amazon.com/Pathology-Health-Professions-Ivan-Damjanov/dp/0323357210/ref=sr_1_1?crid=1R3OCFETQ0EQ1&keywords=pathology+for+the+health+professions&qid=1650854326&sprefix=pathology+for+the+heal%2Caps%2C90&sr=8-1)

[Guyton and Hall Textbook of Medical Physiology](https://www.amazon.com/Guyton-Hall-Textbook-Medical-Physiology/dp/0323597122/ref=sr_1_1?crid=1K8J22EOX8XU2&keywords=guyton+and+hall+textbook+of+medical+physiology&qid=1650854404&sprefix=Guyton+and+Hall+Textbook+of+Medical+Physiology%2Caps%2C170&sr=8-1)

[Robbins and Cotran Pathologic Basis of Disease](https://www.amazon.com/Robbins-Cotran-Pathologic-Diseas-Pathology/dp/032353113X/ref=sr_1_1?crid=3K3ZRGHYY270O&keywords=robbins+and+cotran+pathologic+basis+of+disease&qid=1650854519&sprefix=robbins+and+cotr%2Caps%2C85&sr=8-1)

[Netter Collection of Medical Illustrations](https://www.amazon.com/Collection-Medical-Illustrations-Complete-Package/dp/0702070351/ref=sr_1_1?crid=1P4SO8SGLKXM4&keywords=netter+collection+of+medical+illustrations&qid=1650854605&sprefix=netter+collection+of+medicine%2Caps%2C83&sr=8-1)

People of Pathology Podcast:

[Website](https://peopleofpathology.com/)

[Twitter](https://twitter.com/peopleofpath)