Contents
About the Trust
Board of Directors
Assoc. Organizations
Scholarships & Grants
News and Events
Opportunities for Giving
Make a Donation
Other Web sites
Contacting the Trust
Associated Professional Organizations
Association of Medical Illustrators (AMI)
The Association of Medical Illustrators is an international organization founded in 1945, and incorporated in Illinois. Its members are primarily artists who create material designed to facilitate the recording and dissemination of medical and bioscientific knowledge through visual communication media. Members are involved not only in the creation of such material, but also serve in consultant, advisory, educational and administrative capacities in all aspects of bioscientific communications and related areas of visual education.
The professional objectives of the AMI are to promote the study and advancement of medical illustration and allied fields of visual communication, and to promote understanding and cooperation with the medical professional and related health science professions.
Association of Medical Illustrators
International Anaplastology Association (IAA)
Mission, Vision, & Values
The International Anaplastology Association is an international organization founded in 1980 and incorporated in California as a 501c4 Nonprofit Mutual Benefit Corporation as the American Anaplastology Association. The association was created to bring together a wide variety of specialists involved in providing restorative prostheses for patients with facial and somato disfigurements due to cancer, trauma, or congenital origin.
IAA's Mission
The IAA promotes quality patient care by supporting the development of best practices in anaplastology through educational conferences, networking, publication, and advocacy opportunities.
IAA's Vision
The International Anaplastology Association is the recognized global forum for excellence in continuing education, research, and innovation in anaplastology. The IAA embraces these core values...
- To create an intellectual climate where members can come from diverse professions and turn information into knowledge.
- To introduce old and new members to ideas that will encourage critical thinking.
- To provide a respectful atmosphere in which members express their view, show their work and listen and learn from the work and views of others.
International Anaplastology Association
Walter Spohn Educational Fund (WSEF)
About the Fund:
The WSEF was established in 2003 to provide financial support to individuals initiating educational and research projects to advance the field of Anaplastology. It was named after Walter Spohn, whose enthusiasm for his profession and passion to share his knowledge with others lead to the founding of the International Anaplastology Association in 1980.
Mission
- to advance clinical and practical education and scientific research in support of patient care in the field of anaplastology
Vision
- to be recognized as an important source for funding life-long learning in the field of Anaplastology
- to form partnerships with business, industry, health education organizations and health care institutions; these partners will help promote our mission to a wider range of private/public donors
Values
- to seek excellence and be committed to continuous improvement in all our endeavors
Funding
The WSEF receives funding from the Walter Spohn Memorial fundraising
events held during the International Anaplastology Association's annual meeting, corporate and institutional donations, private donations from AAA members, special gifts from grateful recipients of prosthetic care and the general public.
Donations made to the Vesalius Trust a 501(c)(3) non-nonprofit corporation are tax-deductible. Please make checks payable to and mail to:
Vesalius Trust c/o WSEF
20751 West Chartwell Drive
Kildeer, Illinois 60047
For more information, download the brochure:
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Association of
Biomedical Communications Directors (ABCD)
The purposes of ABCD are:
"to establish a continuing forum to share information, materials, and ideas; and to act upon matters of mutual concern to the membership. The Association shall foster, promote and implement research and education in administrative practices as related to communication in the Health Sciences."
BioCommunications Association (BCA)
The mission statement of the BioCommunications Association (BCA) is:
"To be the source of education and expertise for all users and producers of visual communication media in the life sciences."
Board of Certification in Clinical Anaplastology (BCCA)
The mission of BCCA is to promote and provide certification in Clinical Anaplastology for the enhancement of patient care and professional practice.
The Board for Certification in Clinical Anaplastology (BCCA) sets the highest standards for quality facial and somato prosthetics care through:
Board of Certification for Medical Illustrators (BCMI)
The Board of Certification of Medical Illustrators administers a certification program for illustrators who seek a recognizable means of credentialing. The designation of Certified Medical Illustrator (CMI) denotes this voluntarily earned credential and provides a recognizable means of signifying a practitioners current competency in the profession of medical illustration. Please note however, the CMI credential is not necessary or required for a medical illustrator to be a skilled and successful practitioner. BCMI Info Page
Guild of Natural Science Illustrators (GNSI)
The Guild of Natural Science Illustrators is a non-profit organization of people engaged in the field of natural science illustration. The Guild strives to maintain and further the profession, assist others interested in entering the field and encourage high standards of competence. The Guild offers membership to those earning their living, in part or whole, by the rendering of scientific illustrations, or to anyone interested in furthering the Guild objectives.
Health Sciences Communications Association (HeSCA)
HeSCA's purpose is to nurture the growth of it's members by providing opportunities for the sharing and exchange of ideas, concerns, and interests with other professionals involved in the effective application of educational technology to health sciences education. HeSCA also serves as a focal point for those engaged in health sciences communications, and to give direction to the development of the profession.
Journal of Biocommunication (JBC)
The Journal of Biocommunication is dedicated to serving as a showcase of biocommunication techniques; describing proven and experimental procedures in medical art and illustration, print, photography, film, television, computer, multimedia systems, and other communication modalities applied in the health sciences. JBC Home Page
http://www.jbiocommunication.org/
