SOUTHEASTERN
MEDICAL ILLUSTRATION MEETING 2026

Saturday, 3/28/2026

9:00     Arrive/Networking

9:15     Welcome

9:30     Dr. Amanda Behr

            Tailored for Training: Design and Validation of Custom Surgical Simulation Models

10:00   Cameron Slayden

            Kick 'Em in The Limbic System: Using Music and Sound to Create Emotional Context

10:30   Keynote: Drs. Logan Fiorella and Deborah Barany

            How We Learn from Instructor-and Self-generated Drawings

11:30   Deb Haines

            Pivot, Pivot, Pivot -- Adapting to change

12:00   Lunch (on your own)

1:30     Hillary Wilson

            Passion Sells: Audacity, Curiosity, and Soul as the Foundation of a Freelance Career

2:00     Paul Kelly

            Problem-solving in Surgical Animation

2:30     Jeff Day, MD

            What’s the use? My personal journey map to building empathetically for learners 

3:00     Kelvin Li

            Medical Animation Portfolio Strategies for Every Career Stage

3:30     Break/Networking

4:00     Dr. Brent Norwood

            Comparative Veterinary Anatomy

4:30     Andrew Swift

            Storyboarding for Fun and Profit

5:00     Man-San Ma

            Under the Hood: Optimizing Medical Models for Interactive Medical Education

5:30     Eric Small

            The Principles of Past, Present, and Future Animation

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