Kelly is an award-winning illustrator that has always been fascinated by both art and science. Following her graduation in 2017 with a medical degree from Imperial College London, she worked as a junior doctor for two years in various specialties, ranging from Emergency Medicine to Geriatric Psychiatry. Experience with diverse patients made her realize the importance of effective medical communication, and she began to seek a career path where she could maximize not only patients’, but general public’s understanding of medicine. In 2022, Kelly graduated from the Medical and Biological Illustration masters program at Johns Hopkins University, having won a number of scholarships.

Kelly strives to combine her artistic talents and skills with her medical background to translate the complex world of science and medicine into simple, beautiful and compelling images.



EDUCATION


Johns Hopkins University

Medical and Biological Illustration

Master of Arts

2022 


Imperial College London

Medicine

Bachelor of Medicine & Bachelor of Surgery

2017


Bachelor in Science

Imperial College London

Medical Sciences with Immunity & Infection

Imperial College London

2014

EXPERIENCE


Medical Animator

Center for Bioengineering Innovation &

Design, Johns Hopkins University

2D Animation for DALK Aid: DesceCleave

2021


Biological Illustrator

National Aquarium, Baltimore

Educational Poster: Adaptations of Small

Oyster Reef Fishes of the Chesapeake Bay

2021


Medical Illustrator

Center for Functional Anatomy & Evolution

Johns Hopkins University

Anatomical Plates: Relative Positions of

Internal Capsule and Corona Radiata to

Basal Ganglia and Cortical Regions;

Muscles of Eustachian Tube

2020-2021


Foundation Doctor

North West London &

Imperial Trust Hospitals

2017-2019

HONORS & AWARDS


AMI Salon

Award of Excellence

Mitral Valve Repair (Step 7)

2022


Award of Excellence

Nissen Fundoplication (Step 4)

2022


Award of Excellence

Anatomical Plate: Relative Positions of

Internal Capsule and Corona Radiata to

Basal Ganglia and Cortical Regions

2021


Johns Hopkins University

William P. Didusch Scholarship

W. B. Saunders Scholarship

Gwynne M. Gloege Scholarship

JHU School of Medicine Tuition Grant

2021


Imperial College London

Merit in Pediatrics

Merit in General Practice

2015



Imperial College London

Second Class Honors (Upper Division)

2014


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