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Rebekah Bihun, MD

@rbihun.bsky.social
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Doctor, Artist, Mama, Maker 🩻✍️🤱🧵 Surgery➡️Radiology @ Brigham & Women’s // Harvard Med Mayo Alum Medical Illustrator, studiobihun.com #RadSky #SurgSky #MedSky #MedArt #SciArt #Medicalillustration #StandwithUkraine 🇺🇦

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Rebekah Bihun, MD @rbihun.bsky.social · 07/05/2025
I’m not commenting on image generation here - more thinking of ways to use AI to constructively address issues artists run into online/in general. Artists should learn to use AI to our benefit, even as it introduces new challenges.
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Rebekah Bihun, MD @rbihun.bsky.social · 07/05/2025
Let’s train AI to recognize visual plagiarism and help artists track unlicensed use of their art 🖼️🤖 #artsky #ai #sciart
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Rebekah Bihun, MD @rbihun.bsky.social · 21/04/2025
Pros/cons of registering your art business as an LLC? #sciart #artsky
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Rebekah Bihun, MD @rbihun.bsky.social · 15/03/2025
Working on a piece about mitral annular calcification (MAC), in which hard calcium deposits build up around the mitral valve 🫀 #sciart #medart #medsky #medicalillustration #procreateartists
Drawing of the mitral valve with calcium deposits built up along the inferior border of the posterior leaflet
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Rebekah Bihun, MD @rbihun.bsky.social · 13/03/2025
New #article with my #illustrations of peripheral #nerve #anatomy, injury, and repair! Here’s 1 of 4 drawings for this proj. Don’t usually draw #cells so this was a nice challenge! #medart #sciart #medsky #surgsky #medicalillustration
Diagram of peripheral nerve anatomy, with insets showing the structure and contents of the epineurium and perineurium.
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Rebekah Bihun, MD @rbihun.bsky.social · 11/03/2025
Need some positivity these days so I’m launching my #medicalillustration website! ✨ studiobihun.com ✨ One of my goals this year is to take my #medart to a new level and commit to running my #sidebiz for real. Here’s to new challenges and adventures ahead! 👩🏼‍🎨✍️🥼 #sciart #artsky #medsky
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Studio Bihun offers surgical, anatomic, and medical device illustration designed to showcase the clinical and scientific impact of your work.
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Rebekah Bihun, MD @rbihun.bsky.social · 08/03/2025
…and for all women who believe in themselves enough to push boundaries and embrace the challenge of living up to our dreams. Keep pushing, keep dreaming, keep climbing for a life of dignity and achievement! Happy #InternationalWomensDay 💕
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Rebekah Bihun, MD @rbihun.bsky.social · 08/03/2025
This #womensday, I’m so grateful to be a mom and Dr🥼; for my husband who pushes me to reach my potential; for my 👶🏻 who inspires me to love generously; for the teachers, PDs, and peers who support me to inhabit spaces of learning and respect the balance of my responsibilities…🧵
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Rebekah Bihun, MD @rbihun.bsky.social · 06/03/2025
#artists What’s your favorite platform for portfolio websites? (with zero coding skills…) 👩🏼‍🎨🖥️ #art #sciart #artsky #medart
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Rebekah Bihun, MD @rbihun.bsky.social · 04/03/2025
It’s understandable to feel afraid of what you don’t understand, but don’t let your knowledge gaps block other people’s access to life-saving science…! #vaccinate #mrna #sciencesaveslives
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Eric Topol @erictopol.bsky.social · 01/03/2025
Francis Collins, the NIH Director for 12 years, led the Human Genome Project and other NIH efforts for 32 years, resigned today. Key words from his resignation letter www.nytimes.com/2025/03/01/u...
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Jon Cooper @joncooper-us.bsky.social · 28/02/2025
Pass it on. #StandWithUkraine
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Rebekah Bihun, MD @rbihun.bsky.social · 28/02/2025
It’s an embarrassing time for America, but not all of us have forgotten 💔 🇺🇦 #standwithukraine #istandwithukraine
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Rebekah Bihun, MD @rbihun.bsky.social · 20/02/2025
Fact: russia invaded Ukraine. russia is the aggressor. It’s no surprise that t & p, two men who habitually make up their own versions of reality, are scratching each other’s backs. Disinformation is the currency of oppression. www.aljazeera.com/news/2025/2/...
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Trump calls Zelenskyy ‘dictator’: What’s behind escalating war of words?
Trump called Zelenskyy a ‘dictator’ amid a brewing war of words between the two leaders.
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Rebekah Bihun, MD @rbihun.bsky.social · 01/01/2025
Thank you, 2024 💕✨ #happynewyear #artvsartist #sciart #artsky
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Rebekah Bihun, MD @rbihun.bsky.social · 20/12/2024
A couple quick studies this evening ✍️ #draw #digitalart #digitalpainting #procreateartist #art #humanmade
Painting of arms and neck in a subdued color palettePainting of a torso based on a Greek statue
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Rebekah Bihun, MD @rbihun.bsky.social · 06/12/2024
Lovely!!
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Rebekah Bihun, MD @rbihun.bsky.social · 06/12/2024
A #medicalillustration circa 2022 showing superficial blood vessel structure of the face 🧑 #medart #sciart #medsky #procreateartist #anatomy #facialanatomy
Illustration shows a section of skin and subcutaneous fat, with small cross-linking blood vessels supplying irregularly shaped areas of skin
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Jan Beger @janbeger.bsky.social · 06/12/2024
This paper examines the potential for misuse of LLMs in healthcare through AI-driven social and clinical credit systems, highlighting risks to individual rights and ethical concerns.
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Jan Beger on LinkedIn: This paper examines the potential for misuse of LLMs in healthcare through…
This paper examines the potential for misuse of LLMs in healthcare through AI-driven social and clinical credit systems, highlighting risks to individual…
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Rebekah Bihun, MD @rbihun.bsky.social · 05/12/2024
Such important work! Especially in light of AI’s growing environmental impact, this is a crucial topic for us #radres to consider as we begin practice
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Rebekah Bihun, MD @rbihun.bsky.social · 05/12/2024
Perhaps the fact that AI trains on output from many humans makes it a sort of “collective consciousness” that will feel more relational as it progresses
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Rebekah Bihun, MD @rbihun.bsky.social · 05/12/2024
Also I think maybe we artists aren’t yet sure how to think about shifting our role from technical expertise toward directorship over AI tools, which is more the convo in radiology. Takes out the joy of the craft as we know it, though.
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Rebekah Bihun, MD @rbihun.bsky.social · 05/12/2024
Interesting thoughts. I think art differs from, say, radiology in that it is explicitly communicative - one mind connecting with another through artistic media. There’s an expressive and experiential aspect, impossible to quantify, but it matters immensely to those of us sensitive to it.
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Rebekah Bihun, MD @rbihun.bsky.social · 04/12/2024
Lovely! I experimented with carbon dust a couple summers ago and loved how soft and luminant it makes things look!
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Rebekah Bihun, MD @rbihun.bsky.social · 04/12/2024
Thank you! 😊
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Andy Szava-Kovats 🇨🇦 @andyszavakovats.bsky.social · 03/12/2024
What does environmental sustainability have to do with radiology? ❓ 🏥 Healthcare accounts for 5% of global carbon pollution—and radiology makes up a staggering 1/5th of that 🩻 (✈️ For perspective, aviation contributes ~2% globally.) 🗑️ ~2/3 of the energy used by CT and 1/3 by MRI scanners is wasted
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Rebekah Bihun, MD @rbihun.bsky.social · 03/12/2024
Such a cool idea!
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Rebekah Bihun, MD @rbihun.bsky.social · 03/12/2024
Love is never wasted 🫂
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Dr Rasu Shrestha @rasushrestha.bsky.social · 01/12/2024
Here’s essential preread for what will be a mind blowing #RSNA24 morning plenary by the one and only @erictopol.bsky.social - one of the top 10 MOST cited researchers in medicine. “Learning the Language of Life with #AI” ✅ open.substack.com/pub/erictopo... Can’t wait!!! 🙌🏽 @rsnasky.bsky.social
RSNA24 badge for Dr Eric Topol. He has published over 1,200 peer-reviewed articles, with more than 300,000 citations, been elected to the National Academy of Medicine, and is one of the top 10 most cited researchers in medicine.Science and Nature magazine cover pages from Eric Topol’s recent postVarious roles defined in Dr Eric Topol’s recent write up titled Learning The Language of Life with AI. 3D maps of cells in the body defined in Dr Eric Topol’s recent write up titled Learning The Language of Life with AI.
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Rebekah Bihun, MD @rbihun.bsky.social · 01/12/2024
And the discs almost inevitably get lost in transfer…
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Rebekah Bihun, MD @rbihun.bsky.social · 01/12/2024
The images above are all examples of pieces I have done to augment clinical research - two related to vasa previa🤰🏼, and two related to facial blood flow 🩸🧑
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Rebekah Bihun, MD @rbihun.bsky.social · 01/12/2024
Anyone at #RSNA24 thinking about how to make your work more accessible? Let’s chat about illustration! A thoughtful drawing alongside your imaging examples can brighten your presentation and expand reach for your #research, #medicalinnovation, or #MedEd projects 🩻🧐 🧵 #radsky #medsky #medart
Drawing of an ultrasound scan during pregnancy with abnormal blood vessels highlighted near the cervical osDrawing of face with regions of blood flow shaded based on the artery supplying each areaDrawing of a pregnant uterus with abnormal blood vessels near the cervical osDrawing of faces showing common areas of injury after soft tissue filler injection
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Rebekah Bihun, MD @rbihun.bsky.social · 30/11/2024
Sad to miss #RSNA24 this year! In honor, here’s a set of designs I made for an infographic about my #meded project a while back. I’ll be following along on #radsky and happy to connect with folks who are at the conference! #medart #sciart #procreateartist #medsky
Image shows several coordinating cartoonized elements, including a monitor with CT scan displayed, brain with turning gears, hospital building, hands in handshake, and plant with roots.
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Rebekah Bihun, MD @rbihun.bsky.social · 27/11/2024
Lymph node station diagram largely sourced from radiologyassistant.nl
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Rebekah Bihun, MD @rbihun.bsky.social · 27/11/2024
Working up some study sheets for my #thoracics rotation 🫁 #sciart #medart #meded #procreateartist #medsky
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Rebekah Bihun, MD @rbihun.bsky.social · 26/11/2024
Those in the career-changer group have significant experience in a non-physician or non-medical field and bring a very different perspective. They may also be older on average and may be more likely to have life partners/ families, which greatly impacts the med school experience!
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Rebekah Bihun, MD @rbihun.bsky.social · 26/11/2024
As someone who switched careers into medicine, I think it’s important to differentiate students who took true gap years (but were pre-med in college) from those whose “gap years” came from a change in career trajectory.
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Rebekah Bihun, MD @rbihun.bsky.social · 26/11/2024
Amazing resource! I helped turn this online course into a for-credit elective at Mayo and it was super popular with med students, boosting early exposure to rads and teaching essential reading skills for all docs! 🥼☢️ #RadSky #MedSky #SurgSky
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Rebekah Bihun, MD @rbihun.bsky.social · 24/11/2024
I love my iPad, but I pretty much stick to Procreate for drawing. If you’re looking for broader app compatibility/adobe suite the iPad may not be the best fit. The pencil is great though!
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Rebekah Bihun, MD @rbihun.bsky.social · 23/11/2024
Thank you! 😊
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Alex Podlaski MD @apodmd.bsky.social · 22/11/2024
Validating study in Radiology: #Radiologists are more accurate when provided with patient symptoms/history. This is why good information transfer between ordering clinicians and radiologists is so vital. #RadSky #MedSky pubs.rsna.org/doi/10.1148/... radiologybusiness.com/topics/medic...
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Impact of Patient-reported Symptom Information on the Interpretation of MRI of the Lumbar Spine | Radiology
Background Distinguishing lumbar pain generators from incidental findings at MRI can be difficult. Dictated reports may become lists of findings that cannot be ranked in order of diagnostic importance...
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Rebekah Bihun, MD @rbihun.bsky.social · 23/11/2024
#MedSky might be a good place to reach out, especially as more medical illustrators get on the feed! Also I’d love to be added as a contributor ☺️
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Rebekah Bihun, MD @rbihun.bsky.social · 23/11/2024
#wip LV cross-section with septal hypertrophy. Forcing myself to keep style simple, as the anatomy is not the focus for the final piece - hard for a detail person 🙃 #Artists do you tend minimal or maximal? How do you strike a balance in your #art? #MedArt #SciArt #medicalillustration #MedSky
Cross sectional drawing of the left ventricle of the heart with septal hypertrophy
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Rebekah Bihun, MD @rbihun.bsky.social · 23/11/2024
#medsky
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Rebekah Bihun, MD @rbihun.bsky.social · 23/11/2024
Excerpt from a #wip on Wallerian degeneration ✍️ I don’t usually draw #cells but this has been a fun experiment! #medart #sciart #medicalillustration #neurology #nerves #procreateartist #art #digitalart
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Rebekah Bihun, MD @rbihun.bsky.social · 22/11/2024
Thank you for sharing! Looking forward to the fun 😊
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Jessica Valenti @jessicavalenti.bsky.social · 21/11/2024
I know everyone is talking about Matt Gaetz but please don't miss this: Georgia fired every single person on its maternal mortality review committee. Why? They didn't like that reporters found out that the state's ban killed two women www.propublica.org/article/geor...
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Georgia Dismissed All Members of Maternal Mortality Committee After ProPublica Obtained Internal Details of Two Deaths
In a letter, the state’s public health commissioner said the action was taken because “confidential information provided to the Maternal Mortality Review Committee was inappropriately shared with outs...
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Rebekah Bihun, MD @rbihun.bsky.social · 21/11/2024
How does use of a surgical robot affect the doctor-patient relationship? Here’s a response, initially drawn for an article on pancreatic surgery 🎀Didn’t make it to the article but turned into a nice color theory assignment 🌈 #artist #artistproblems #medart #sciart #surgsky #medicalillustration
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Rebekah Bihun, MD @rbihun.bsky.social · 19/11/2024
All 3 drawings show Vasa Previa, a condition in which fetal blood vessels travel dangerously close to the cervix during pregnancy🤰🏼
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Rebekah Bihun, MD @rbihun.bsky.social · 19/11/2024
As an #artist and #illustrator I put a lot of pressure on myself to have a consistent style. In reality, style and skill develop constantly! These drawings were made within 1 year of each other 👀 #medicalart #medart #sciart #medicalillustration #ultrasound #humanmade #procreate #digitalart
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