July 2010: Gary Lees, Chair of Art as Applied to Medicine and Director of the graduate program in Medical and Biological Illustration, was honored with the 2010 Brodel Award for Excellence in Education at the 65th meeting of the Association of Medical Illustrators held in Portland, Oregon, for his outstanding contributions to the profession. He previously was the recipient of the Association’s Lifetime Achievement Award in 2002.
This award recognizes and honors a medical illustrator for outstanding educational contributions to the profession of Medical Illustration. Criteria include educational and/or administrative contributions to a graduate program and acting as a mentor to prospective students in Medical Illustration. The recipient should demonstrate a sustained contribution to education by presenting papers and workshops at regional and annual meetings and in print publications.
Gary has been an active Professional Member of the Association of Medical Illustrators (AMI) since 1971, was an inaugural Fellow of the AMI, Chair of the Board of Governors in 1983, President in 2000, and in 2003 received the Association’ s Lifetime Achievement Award. Currently he is the Co-editor of the Journal of Biocommunication and Chair of the AMI’ s Council on Education. Here Gary is seen with a group of former graduates who witnessed the presentation of this prestigious award by Linda Wilson-Pauwels, former Director of Biomedical Communications at the University of Toronto, and current President of the AMI.