“Hands Free” Femoral Retraction
The illustration posted in this example was created for the April 2013 issue of Orthopaedics feature and peer-reviewed article, Technical Trick: Simple, No-Hands Retraction for Lateral Approach to the Proximal Femur.
A simple technique is described that allows the orthopaedic surgeon to perform no-hands retraction during the lateral approach to the proximal femur during fixation of an intertrochanteric fracture with a sliding hip screw. All instruments remain sterile and within 6 inches of the surgical wound. Use of this technique is particularly useful in the event that a surgeon is operating with only one surgical assistant who may not be able to provide adequate assistance with retraction while concurrently preparing surgical instruments.
Generalized Anxiety Disorder
This illustration was created for a May 2015 AFP article reviewing the diagnosis and management of GAD and PD in the primary care setting. While GAD and PD can develop among children and adolescents, diagnosis and care for these younger populations requires special considerations beyond the scope of this review.
Generalized anxiety disorder (GAD) and panic disorder (PD) are among the most common mental disorders in the United States. Frequently encountered by primary care physicians, both GAD and PD can negatively impact a patient’s quality of life and disrupt important activities of daily living. Evidence suggests that missed- and misdiagnosis of GAD and PD are high, with symptoms frequently ascribed to physical causes.
Both GAD and PD can negatively impact a patient’s quality of life and disrupt important activities of daily living. Missed- and misdiagnosis of GAD and PD are high, with symptoms frequently ascribed to physical causes.
Peripheral Nervous System
Patient education illustration showing the differences between the sympathetic and parasympathetic branches of the peripheral nervous system.
Ftz-Z Ring
Ftz-Z Ring
Awarded Ralph Sweet Member’s Choice Award, Traditional Media at the AMI 2015 Annual Conference
Z-Ring Stabilization and Constriction Rate Modulation of the ZapA-ZapB-MatP Protein Network
Artist: Jennifer E. Fairman, CMI, FAMI
Client: Jie Xiao, PHD, Associate Professor Department of Biophysics and Biophysical Chemistry, JHUSOM
Medium / software used: Adobe Illustrator CC, Adobe Photoshop CC and PDB
Final presentation format: 2-Page inside spread for Johns Hopkins Magazine
Primary audience: Alumni, Educated Lay Public
About this project: This illustration was created to illuminate the unique structure known as the “Z-ring” and its associated proteins of the E. coli bacterium, which support and regulate cell division. Published as a 2-page spread (in “Artifact”, a feature that highlights striking, attention-grabbing images of new discoveries found or developed at Hopkins), it illustrates the peptidoglycan (PG) protein structure of the divisome and elongasome protein complexes (ZapA-ZapB-MatP). The divisome and elongasome are responsible for PG synthesis during cell division and elongation, respectively. FtsZ assembles into the Z-ring that determines the division plane. FtsA assists in the formation of the Z-ring, recruits downstream division proteins to the Z-ring to generate the divisome that divides the cell, and is involved in coordinating cell wall synthesis during cytokinesis.
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