Shirlene Obuobi and Ian Williams: Graphic Medicine Pioneers

Graphic Medicine refers to the use of graphic novels, comics, and visual storytelling in medical education, patient care, and other applications related to healthcare and the life sciences.  

Dr. Shirlene Obuobi is a third year internal medicine resident, rising Cardiology fellow, and creator of the graphic medicine platform, "ShirlyWhirldMD." ShirlyWhirlMD has functioned as a vehicle of self expression during a time of professional growth, as well as a place to critique and discuss elements of medical culture and current events within healthcare.  Follow her on twitter. Website https://shirlywhirlmd.com

Dr Ian Williams is a comics artist, writer and doctor who lives in Brighton, UK. His graphic novel, The Bad Doctor, was published in 2014 and followed up in 2019 by The Lady Doctor. He is working on his third, for the same publishers, provisionally entitled The Sick Doctor, which will be published in 2022. He studied Fine Art after medical school and then became involved in the Medical Humanities movement. He named the area of study called Graphic Medicine, building the eponymous website in 2007, which he currently co-edits. He is Founder of the not-for-profit Graphic Medicine International Cooperative and co-author of the Eisner-nominated Graphic Medicine Manifesto. Between May 2015 and January 2017 he drew a weekly comic strip, Sick Notes, for The Guardian. He recently made an animation with Matilda Tristram for The Care Under Pressure project from Exeter University. He has spoken at numerous medical humanities, comic art and literary events.Ian is represented by Kirsty McLachlan of Morgan Green Creatives Follow Ian on twitter Website https://myriadeditions.com/creator/ian-williams/