Alumni Careers & Graduate Placement

Rowan’s Biomedical Visualization BFA graduates have established successful careers in medical illustration, scientific visualization, design, animation, educational media, and immersive technologies. Many have continued on to graduate study at top programs.

Our alumni are employed by hospitals, pharmaceutical companies, publishers, research organizations, and design firms, contributing to the advancement of science and medicine through visual communication.

Career Highlights

• Frankie Cifone (Class of 2018) – Multimedia Instructional Designer, DICE Group / Thomas Jefferson University Hospitals

• Karlee Rogers (Class of 2019) – Medical Illustrator, Red Nucleus, Yardley, PA

• Jennifer McCabe (Class of 2019) – Graphic Designer, Indegene (contracted to AstraZeneca)

• Megan Miller (Class of 2020) – Production Designer, Nucleus Global

• Lucas Petrin (Class of 2020) – Educational Graphics Designer/Illustrator, National Geographic Magazine, Washington, DC

• Allison Mosley (Class of 2021) – Scientific Illustrator/Designer, Loveland Living Planet Aquarium, Draper, UT; Current position: Graphic Artist at M.I.T. 2025

• Emily Higgins (Class of 2021) – Junior/Internist Medical Illustrator, Anatomical Justice LLC, Nazareth, PA

• Jessica Angellini (Class of 2021) – Instructional/Graphic Designer and Medical Illustrator, Rowan School of Osteopathic Medicine; earned an MS in Biomedical Sciences (Rowan SOM)

• Veronica Cava (Class of 2022) – Production Team Lead & Digital Cartographer, Critical Response Group, Hamilton, NJ

• Terry Nguyen (Class of 2022) – Graduated in 2025 from Johns Hopkins MA, Art as Applied to Medicine

• Taylor McKeown (Class of 2022) – Medical Illustrator, Medscape, Philadelphia, PA

• Diana Lahr (Class of 2023) – Staff Digital Cartographer, Critical Response Group, Hamilton, NJ

• Harley Modestowicz (Class of 2023) – Staff Digital Cartographer, Critical Response Group, Hamilton, NJ

• Doug Jones (Class of 2023) – Staff Digital Cartographer, Critical Response Group, Hamilton, NJ

• Leeza Duller (Class of 2022) - Graduated MS in General Engineering, Henry M. Rowan College of Engineering, Machine Learning, Artificial Intelligence and Virtual Reality Center 2025.

Internship Highlights

Our students gain real-world experience through competitive internships in hospitals, VR centers, and research labs:

• Elizabeth Thompson (2018) – Sea Semester Abroad

• Mariele Ford, Dani Jewell (2019) – Virtual Reality Center, Holocaust Education VR Simulation Project

• Mariele Ford, Diana Lahr (2021) – Cooper Hospital, 3D CT Reconstruction & Pre-Operative 3D Printing Project

• Terry Nguyen, Veronica Cava, Sofia Monaco, Lilly Smith (2022) – Virtual Reality Center, Camden Health Grant & VR Digital Humanities Warsaw Simulation

• Isabel Dory, Leeza Duller, Diana Lahr, Harley Modestowicz (2022) – Virtual Reality Center, TGSSE Increment II Production (U.S. Army, Picatinny Arsenal)

Program Impact

The Biomedical Visualization BFA provides a comprehensive and in-depth education at the intersection of art, science, medicine, and technology. Students are empowered to venture beyond the classroom into professional fields of collaboration, guided by the program’s core values:

• Exploration and intellectual curiosity

• Teamwork and applied research

• Critical thinking and problem-solving

• Strong design and technical skills

• Visual communication that informs, educates, and inspires

Our alumni demonstrate the program’s success by contributing to healthcare, education, publishing, museums, immersive simulation, and biomedical innovation—making Rowan’s BMAV program a true destination for future biomedical artists and visualizers.