Biomedical Communications	.	as of: 08.99
STAFF | BIOS	.

Manuel Bekier director mbekier@downstate.edu Manuel Bekier is a graduate of the Medical College of Georgia,receiving an M.S. in medical communications in 1971. In addition to this, he has also earned a B.S. In Medical Illustration and a B.A. In Biology. Mr. Bekier has received a C.M.I. (Certified Medical Illustrator) certification from the Association of Medical Illustrators on January 1993. Mr. Bekier's professional experience includes serving as Director of Medical Illustration and Photography at Mount Sinai Medical Center, art director for a pharmaceutical company, senior art director at an international audio-visual company and on the editorial board of several national medical publications. Mr. Bekier's medical illustrations and unique lucite medical sculpture have appeared on the covers of prominent medical journals, books, films and pharmaceutical promotionals / monograms. Mr. Bekier is a member of the Association of Biomedical Communication Directors, Association of Medical Illustrators, Health Science Communications Association and SUNY Educational Technology Officers Association. He has coauthored papers on surgical anatomy and has delivered a paper on telepathology at the International Conference on Telepathology at Rockville, MD. Louis Ebarb manager, video production and video conferencing services lebarb@downstate.edu A resident of Brooklyn, New York, and a member of the Choctaw-Apache Tribe of Ebarb, Louisiana, the painter Louis Ebarb draws on his complex mix of cultures to create his images . Working as an Abstract Expressionist in the 1960s, he studied painting at Pratt Institute where his style reflected the emerging Minimalist Movement. In 1988, Mr. Ebarb incorporated his training in abstract art with the concepts of the American Realists of the early twentieth century and began to document his experiences and time through his unique rendition of Urban Realism. While the earlier American realists encountered their images as newspaper artists, Mr. Ebarb established his style through the lens of his still and video cameras. Beyond painting, Mr. Ebarb has worked in many creative endeavors: Theater Craftsman; Animator; Illustrator; Graphic designer; Production Designer; Art Instructor; Video Producer; Video Director. In 1978 he formed a partnership with educational activist Priscilla Ellington, which continues as a union of creativity and trust. The most important of all their collaborations has been their son, Sebastian Ellington Ebarb, born in 1984. Mr. Ebarb has recently completed a mural commission for Downstate Medical Center in Brooklyn, N.Y. and his work has been shown at the Fraga Gallery, New Orleans, La., the Belanthi Gallery, Brooklyn N.Y., the Temple Gallery, Vails Gate, N.Y.; the Brooklyn Waterfront Artist Coalition's Pier Shows I, II and III and the State University of New York's Victory Arts Gallery. He continues to chronicle his time and the people who define it. John Zubrovich supervisor of photography and digital imaging jzubrovich@downstate.edu A true New Yorker and a true Brooklynite. Born in the border regions of Greenpoint, Brooklyn, he was raised by a proud Eastern European family. Photography first became a passion for him as an expression of his industrial surroundings. After college he tried to earn a living as a photographer. Having this first effort not pan out, he decided to take a N.Y. State Employment Test. He ranked number seven in the entire state. Soon after the exam he accepted a job at SUNY Downstate, where he has now been for ten years and is now Supervisor of photography and digital imaging. B.A., specializing in Photography Brooklyn College, City University of New York

Ernest Cuni instructional support associate, photography ecuni@downstate.edu to come

Ustinov Luke current position Mr. Ustinov Luke has been doing in video production since 1992 where, at Practicing Law Institute, he first worked as freelance Audio/Video Technician. In that capacity, Mr. Luke's job entailed mixing audio levels in the production control room, and doing off-line editing. In 1996 Mr. Luke joined the SUNY Biomedical Communications team, where he has and continues to work in a variety of projects which require an equally varied array of technical expertise. At SUNY he has worked on promotional and training videos, and in a health cable program for which he is both camera operator and editor. BFA, Communication Arts Specializing in Television Production New York Institute of Technology

Frank Fasano medical illustration/graphics supervisor ffasano@downstate.edu Mr. Fasano's training includes conceptualization and production of medical related media including illustrations, graphics, and models. He has also trained in maxillofacial prosthetic fabrication at both University of Illinois at Chicago and Columbia University. His work experience includes book publishing and production, desk-top publishing and computer graphics. Mr Fasano is currently the medical illustration/graphics supervisor in the Department of Biomedical Communication, where he has worked since the fall of 1996. Master of Associated Medical Science University of Illinois at Chicago School of Biomedical and Health Information Sciences

Lila Jones office manager ljones@downstate.edu 718-270-7550

Dorcas Gelabert instructional support assistant dgelabert@downstate.edu

Richard Kipper production coordinator rkipper@downstate.edu Mr. Kipper began his career as a proofreader and technical editor for Volt Information Sciences. There he managed the production of proposals for government contracts. He then accepted a position at Printinghouse Press, where he developed a book production division servicing Scribner's, Arbor House, Viking, and Stein & Day. He moved into commercial and promotional projects at Lambrecht typography, and opened his own business, Sundae Graphics, in 1981. At Sundae, Mr. Kipper developed a rapport with the medical community, producing newsletters for New York Hospital-Cornell (8 years), the late Dr. Lee Salk (3 years), Memorial Sloan-Kettering (3 years), and annual reports and promotional brochures for the American Diabetes Association. He also has produced the Hunter College catalogs (10 years) and a magazine for the disabled community, Open World (3 years). In his assignment at SUNY he assumes the position of production coordinator. Syracuse University

Marcos Lainez instructional support assistant, Photography mlainez@downstate.edu