The Annette S. Burgess Award recognizes the outstanding quality of scientific and artistic scholarship in Ophthalmological Illustration and is awarded in honor of Annette S. Burgess, the first medical illustrator for the Wilmer Ophthalmological Institute.
The 2018 winners of the Annettee Burgess Award are Hillary Wilson and Tziporah Thompson.
Congratulations, Tziporah and Hillary!
The foremost painter of the ocular fundus, Annette S. Burgess (1899 – 1962) was a world-renowned ophthalmic artist. Accuracy of observation and meticulous attention to detail are hallmarks of Ms. Burgess’ ophthalmological illustrations.