My name is Julia Ruston and I am a surgical artist.
I am blessed to be in a unique position where I can combine my medical knowledge and illustration skills to create informative and accurate images for wide-ranging audiences.
I graduated from Girton College, Cambridge, in 2008 with a 1st class degree in Pre-clinical Medicine and History and Philosophy of Science. I completed my medical training in University College London, with a Merit, in 2011. Since then, I have worked in a variety of London Deanery hospitals and I am currently in the middle of the London Plastic Surgery training scheme.
My lifelong passion for art has remained strong throughout my medical training and I enrolled on the Medical Artists’ Education Trust postgraduate Diploma programme to help me fulfil my goal of becoming a medical illustrator. I am due to graduate in 2019, as a full member of the Medical Artists Association of Great Britain.
So far this journey has taken me down many exciting avenues, from running Sculpture for Surgeons and drawing courses, writing a book chapter in an academic Michelangelo textbook, and illustrating websites, journals and textbooks. My commitment is to providing highly accurate illustrations and I can do this in a variety of media, from traditional to digital, to suit my clients’ needs.
I hope you enjoy browsing my portfolio galleries and please contact me on [email protected] for any queries or commissions