John W. Karapelou

Award-winning Board Certified Medical Illustrator (CMI) and Fellow of the Association of Medical Illustrators (FAMI).  Provides high quality custom medical illustration production, consultation and creative services noted for attention to detail, accuracy and clarity of expression.

Produces High Quality Artwork for

• popular consumer books and magazines on health and science
• courtroom visuals and exhibits that support medical expert testimony
• pharmaceutical and medical product marketing and sponsored patient education media
• medical journals, textbooks and websites
• general science & biology school textbooks
• websites and interactive digital media

Winner of Awards and Honors

John Karapelou has received 39 prestigious professional awards for achievements in medical art from peers and clients:

• Association of Medical Illustrators
• Art Direction Magazine
• Art Directors Club of New Jersey
• Art Directors Club of Philadelphia
• Rx Club
• Society of Illustrators

Invited to show his artwork at several national and international juried medical art exhibitions.

Clients

• American Academy of Family Physicians
• AstraZeneca
• Cond Naste Publications
• CMP Healthcare/Cliggott Publishing
• Eli Lilly & Co.
• Elsevier Science
• Gerbig, Snell Weisheimer & Associates, Inc.
• Harcourt School Publishers
• Hearst Magazines
• Holt, Rinehart and Winston
• Jobson Pubishing
• Olympus Optical
• ProNational Insurance
• Rodale Press
• Slack, Inc.

Publications and Media

• AAFP Home Study
• American Family Physician
• Applied Neurology
• Discover
• Esquire
• Glamour
• GQ (Gentlemens Quarterly)
• Journal of Musculoskeletal Medicine
• Medical Economics
• Mens Health
• Nursing
• Operative Techniques in Orthopaedics
• Orthopedics
• Prevention
• Runners World
• Scientific American
• U. S. Pharmacist
• The Washington Post
• Womens Health

Affiliations

ASSOCIATION OF MEDICAL ILLUSTRATORS

• Professional Member
• Fellow (FAMI)
• Served a term as President
• Served a term as a Director on its governing board
• Served as chairman and member of numerous committees and task forces
• Presented over a dozen academic papers and workshops at annual meetings

EDUCATIONAL PROGRAMS

Former Assistant Professor of Biomedical Art

• The Cleveland Institute of Art

Visiting artist & lecturer

• Johns Hopkins University
• University of Michigan
• University of Texas
• Cleveland Institute of Art

Former Clinical Adjunct Instructor

• The Ohio State University Program in Medical

Book Author

Guild Handbook of Scientific Illustration

• Contributing author; peer-reviewed professional reference book.

Parasite Life Cycles

• Co-author; illustrated professional medical reference atlas.

Alumnus

John W. Karapelou is a graduate of the Medical Illustration program at The Ohio State University.