ABOUT OUR Graduate Program Full Time Faculty

Cory Sandone specializes in surgical illustration and has used watercolor to create several large, color surgical atlases. She is the co-author of the Cameron-Sandone Atlas of Gastrointestinal Surgery. As an Associate Professor she teaches and illustrates in the Department of Art as Applied to Medicine. She is a board certified medical illustrator (CMI). Cory grew up in Connecticut and received her B. A. in Studio Art from Oberlin College in 1982. She did graduate work at Johns Hopkins, receiving her M. A. in Medical and Biological Illustration in 1986. Cory has been a professional member of the Association of Medical Illustrators (AMI) for over 20 years and currently serves on the AMI Board of Governors and as chair of the Communications Editorial Council. She teaches coursework in drawing, watercolor, surgical illustration, operating room sketching, and portfolio preparation and is an advisor for graduate student research. Cory enjoys developing curriculum to reflect topics in our profession and has lectured on a variety of subjects including the related histories of dissection and anatomical illustration, illustration for patient education, illustrating minimally invasive surgery and combining teaching and illustrating careers. She enjoys combining traditional media with digital tools and strives to retain a handcrafted look and feel to her images. She is a voracious reader and is proud to be a resident of Baltimore City.

:: education

Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, MD
Department of Art as Applied to Medicine
Master of Arts in Medical and Biological Illustration, 1986

Oberlin College, Oberlin, OH
Bachelor of Arts in Studio Art 1982

:: PROFESSIONAL certification

2005 - present     Certified Medical Illustrator, Board of Certification of Medical Illustrators

:: PROFESSIONAL experience

Associate Professor
Department of Art as Applied to Medicine
The Johns Hopkins School of Medicine, Baltimore, Maryland, 2007 - Present

Assistant Professor
Department of Art as Applied to Medicine
The Johns Hopkins School of Medicine, Baltimore, Maryland, 1992 - 2006

Instructor
Department of Art as Applied to Medicine
The Johns Hopkins School of Medicine, Baltimore, Maryland, 1990 - 1992

Medical Illustrator
Department of Art as Applied to Medicine
The Johns Hopkins School of Medicine, Baltimore, Maryland, 1986 - Present

:: SELECTED publications

Books

• Makary MA: General Surgery Review, 2nd Edition, Ladner-Drysdale, Arlington, VA, 2008. Primary illustrator.
• Cameron JL and Sandone C: Atlas of Gastrointestinal Surgery, Vol 1, 2nd ed. B.C. Decker, Inc., Toronto, 2007. Co-author and sole illustrator.
• Cornwell EE: Splenic Salvage. Chapter in: Cameron JL: Current Surgical Therapy, 9th ed., Mosby, Philadelphia, 2007.
• Gearhart SL: Diseases of the Colon and Anorectum, chapter in Harrison's Principles of Internal Medicine, 16th ed., Kasper DL et al, eds. McGraw Hill, New York, 2004.
• Kaiser AM, Ortega AE: Anorectal Anatomy. Surg Clin N Am 2002 Dec;82:1125-1138.
• Agur AM: Grant's Atlas of Anatomy, 10th ed., Lippincott, Williams & Wilkins, Baltimore, 1999. Contributing illustrator.
• Magnuson TH: Obesity Surgery. Chapter in: Current Surgical Therapy, 8th ed., Mosby, Philadelphia, 2004.
• Klag MJ: Johns Hopkins Family Health Book, Harper-Collins, New York, 1999.
• Economou SG: Atlas of Surgical Techniques, W. B. Saunders Company, Philadelphia, 1996.
• Peters JH and DeMeester TR: Minimally Invasive Surgery of the Foregut, Quality Medical Publishing, St. Louis, 1994. Primary illustrator.
• Cameron JL: Atlas of Surgery, Volume II: Esophagus, Stomach, Duodenum and Spleen, Mosby-YearBook, St. Louis, 1994. Sole illustrator.
• Pitt HA: Bile Ducts - Resections for Cure and Palliative Procedures. Chapter in: Daly JM: Oncology Surgery Illustrated, C. V. Mosby Company, Philadelphia, 1991.
• Cameron JL: Atlas of Surgery, Volume I: Gallbladder and Biliary Tract, Liver, Portasystemic Shunts and Pancreas, B.C. Decker, Inc., Toronto, 1990. Sole illustrator.
• Yeo CJ: The Pancreas. Chapter in: Sabiston DC: Textbook of Surgery, 14 ed., W. B. Saunders, Philadelphia, 1991.

• Gopal DV, Chang EY, Kim CY, Sandone C, Pfau PR, Frick TJ, Hunter JG, Kahrilas PJ, Jobe BA. EUS characteristics of Nissen fundoplication: normal appearance and mechanisms of failure. Gastrointest Endosc 2006 Jan;63(1):35-44.
• Makary MA, Fishman EK, Cameron JL. Resection of the celiac axis for invasive pancreatic cancer. J Gastrointest Surg 2005 Apr;9(4):503-7.
• Jobe BA, Kahrilas PJ, Vernon AH, Sandone C: Endoscopic appraisal of the gastroesophageal valve after antireflux surgery. Am J Gastroenterol 2004 Feb;99(2):233-43.
• Horvath KD, Swanstrom LL, Jobe BA: The short esophagus: pathophysiology, incidence, presentation and treatment in the era of laparoscopic anti-reflux surgery. Ann Surg 2002 Nov; 232(5):630-40.

• Commercial Applications of the Fine Arts: Four Oberlin art alumni discuss their careers, Oberlin College, Oberlin, OH, 2007
• Teaching and Illustration, Panel moderator Association of Medical Illustrators National Conference, Thousand Oaks, CA, 2005
• Development of a Surgical Atlas in Watercolor, Medical College of Georgia, Augusta, GA, 2003
• The Knife & the Eye: History of Dissection in Anatomical Illustration, Plenary lecture College of the Atlantic, Bar Harbor, ME, 2001
• Watercolor Technique Workshop, AMI/BPA National Conference, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, MN, 2000
• The Role of Medical Illustration in Contemporary Biocommunications, American Medical Writers Association, Washington, DC, 1997
• Illustrating Laparoscopic Surgery Association of Medical Illustrators

:: PROFESSIONAL activities

Alan M. Chesney Medical Archives
Advisory Board, Johns Hopkins SOM 2009

Leadership Development Program
Johns Hopkins Medicine 2009

Board Certified Medical Illustrator
2005 - present

Association of Medical Illustrators (AMI)

• Chair, Communications Editorial Council 2007 - present
• Board of Governors 2006 - present
• ARC-MI Accreditation Committee 2005 - present
• Professional Member 1988 - present

Department of Art as Applied to Medicine

• Chair, Admissions Committee 1992 - 1995
• Department Rep, Medical School Council 2003 -2007

:: recognition

Adobe Site of the Day
Jan 15, 2009, for redesigned AMI website: ami.org

Illustrated Book Award
Cameron-Sandone Atlas of Surgery, 2nd ed. 2007
Association of Medical Illustrators Salon, Bozeman, MT

Communication Arts Website of the Week
May 27, 2002, for Johns Hopkins Gastroenterology and Hepatology Resource Center

Further information, additional images and complete CV available upon request, please e-mail Professor Sandone.

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