Trisha Shah

Full-time Medical Illustrator and Interaction Designer. In charge of research, concept, illustration and design of complex medical information in 2D and 3D for medical malpractice, personal injury, wrongful death and forensic cases. And graphic and interactive design for interactive presentations build in InDesign for courtroom use, for the purpose of organizing complex information into timelines and graphic builds using simple animation. Detail oriented work with tight deadlines and turnover that requires a lot of client interaction.

-Responsible for the research, creating sketches, storyboards and final drawings from radiological images and autopsy reports. To illustrate complex medical information in 2D and 3D for medical malpractice, personal injury, wrongful death and forensic cases.

Worked under Dr. Francis A.Papay, MD to illustrate the procedure of the first US face transplant operation, the project was completed within the 9-weeks under a tight deadline. Illustrations used in: -An Article to be published in the Journal of Anatomy, called, 'Surgical Anatomy and Surgical Guidelines for America's First Face Transplant' written by Dr. Papay. Set to be in November 2010 issue. -'The Know-How of Face Transplantation' written by Dr. Siemienov, in Chapter 8 of the book titled, 'Guidelines and Technical Aspects in Face Composite Tissue Transplantation', written by Dr. Papay. Book released for sale in

-Lecture by Dr. Papay to a medical audience at M.A.P.S (Michigan Association of Plastic Surgeons) about the -Lecture titled, 'The Controversies and Ethics behind the Tissue Allografts: America's First Face Transplant' by Dr. Papay to a medical audience at the Cosmetic Biepharoplasty and Fundamentals of Facelift A Hands-On Cadaver Workshop. -Shadowed an Anatomical Pathologist and observed and sketched in three surgeries.