The Leon Schlossberg Scholarship Fund has been established in the Department of Art as Applied to Medicine to honor the legacy of Leon Schlossberg to medical science, medical education, and medical illustration. During a career that spanned over sixty years, Leon dedicated his enormous talent to one of his true passions: the understanding of living, functional anatomy. As illustrator for the Department of Surgery at Johns Hopkins and an educator in the Department of Art as Applied to Medicine he inspired countless physicians and students throughout the world. This is especially true for those who had the privilege of being part of the Hopkins community during his prolific years.
Leon exemplified the province of the medical illustrator as he had learned from his teacher and mentor, Max Brödel. Brödel’s unique technique and approach to visual presentation inspired Leon in each piece of work he created. In what is perhaps Leon’s most famous work, The Johns Hopkins Atlas of Functional Anatomy, his dedication to the teaching ideals of Max Brödel is best reflected.
Leon Schlossberg, the consummate professional, considered his collaboration with some of Hopkin’s finest surgical pioneers equal to his work with graduate students of medical illustration. He approached each venture with firm belief in the value of the illustration. In turn, he garnered the respect of friends, students, and colleagues the world over.