Megan attended Interlochen Arts Academy, Rhode Island School of Design and finally University of Texas, Southwestern Medical Center for a MA in Medical Illustration. She started her career working as a medical illustrator/animator for the Mayo Clinic and and then became a freelance illustrator for the past decade. She has worked for world class institutions, pharmaceuticals, Journals and has worked for small scale non-profits, individuals and start-ups. She welcomes all ranges of work and thrives on creating images that directly reflect the concepts of the client with an eye for the understanding of the audience.
Megan attended Interlochen Arts Academy, Rhode Island School of Design and finally University of Texas, Southwestern Medical Center for a MA in Medical Illustration. She started her career working as a medical illustrator/animator for the Mayo Clinic and and then became a freelance illustrator for the past decade. She has worked for world class institutions, pharmaceuticals, Journals and has worked for small scale non-profits, individuals and start-ups. She welcomes all ranges of work and thrives on creating images that directly reflect the concepts of the client with an eye for the understanding of the audience.
Megan is currently working as a freelance medical illustrator/animator on Music Row in Nashville , TN. While the majority of her business is medical illustration, she also does scientific illustration, more traditional llustrations of a non-medical nature, oil portraits and, of course her specialty.... funny Photoshops.
Megan welcomes all ranges of work and thrives on creating images that directly reflect the concepts of the client with an eye for the understanding of the audience.
Education:
Graduated from the Interlochen Arts Academy (1995) and went on to attend Bradley University for one year. Attended Rhode Island School of Design (RISD) while taking Science courses at Brown University . After receiving a BFA from RISD (1999), headed south to UT Southwestern in Dallas for an MA in Medical Illustration (2001).
Employment:
Freelance Medical Illustrator/Animator, Nashville, TN 2003-present; Medical Illustrator/Animator, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, MN, 2001-03; Research Assistant, UT Southwestern, 1999-2001; Medical Illustration Intern, Orthofix, Dallas, TX, Summer 2000; Design and Illustration Intern, Children’s Museum of Indianapolis, Summer 1998
Publications:
Journal of Neuroscience, Cover Art, March 2015; Journal of Clinical Oncology, October 2014; Blood Journal, 2010, 2014; March of Dimes.com, pregnancy week by week, 2012; The Bump.com, pregnancy week by week, 2011; Bioradiations magazine, Cover art, May 2005; Self magazine, 2004; McGraw-Hill Atlas of Anatomy, 2003
Clients:
Mayo Clinic, MayoClinic.com, Mayo Medical Ventures, Self Magazine, Stanford, Johns Hopkins, Vanderbilt, Harvard, Cornell, Duke, MIT, NYU, UPenn, Bayer, American Society of Hematology, Scripps, Baxter pharmaceuticals, Allergan, Angies List, Heartware, March of Dimes, Neutrogena, Biorad, Journal of Neurosurgery, KidsHealth, Universal Studios, New Balance, McGraw-Hill, Baylor Hospital , Blaine Pharmaceuticals, Mount Sinai, Healthstream, Simmons College, and many, many more institutions, individuals and smaller companies.
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- Megan Rojas
Megan Rojas
1604 16th Ave S Nashville, TN 37212
phone: 615.293.3156
email: megan@medicalillustrator.com
website: https://www.medicalillustrator.com