This drawing by medical illustrator David Rini, an associate professor in the Department of Art as Applied to Medicine, appeared around the world when the Iranian conjoined twins Laden and Laleh Bijani were separated and died in Singapore in July. It is one of four illustrations (the others show the fused brains and a planned vein graft), all of which were done in a matter of hours to meet a press conference deadline. To produce them, Rini relied on films, photos, 3-D computer models and a conversation with Ben Carson, one of the sisters' neurosurgeons. "Because of the Bijani twins' complex anatomy and also because millions around the world were trying to comprehend the struggle they faced, it was gratifying to know that my work could help others understand a challenging medical topic," says Rini, a specialist in neurosurgical illustration and not incidentally, a portrait artist. In late July, Rini's illustrations won a certificate of merit at the annual meeting of the Association of Medical Illustrators in New Orleans.