Positions
- Lead, Communications
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Michael E. DeBakey Department of Surgery
Baylor College of Medicine
Addresses
- Baylor College of Medicine Medical Center (Office)
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McNair Campus
7200 Cambridge Street
Houston, TX, 77030
United States
Phone: (713) 798-5209
Education
- BFA from Case Western Reserve University / Cleveland Institute of Art
- Cleveland
- Medical Illustration
Certifications
- Board Certified Medical Illustrator
- Association of Medical Illustrators
Honors & Awards
- Quality and Service Excellence Award
- Michael E. DeBakey Department of Surgery (09/2024)
Professional Interests
- Scientific illustration
- Medical Illustration
- Communications
- Event Marketing
- Web Publishing
- Writing and Editing
- Layout and design
Professional Statement
Scott C. Holmes, C.M.I. is a board-certified medical illustrator and communications professional currently serving as Lead, Communications in the Michael E. DeBakey Department of Surgery at Baylor College of Medicine. With a career spanning over three decades, Holmes has contributed extensively to the fields of medical illustration, scientific visualization, and healthcare communications.
He earned his Bachelor of Fine Arts in Medical Illustration in 1995 through a joint program between the Cleveland Institute of Art and Case Western Reserve University. During his senior year, Holmes worked with the Cleveland Museum of Natural History’s Physical Anthropology department, where he completed the reconstruction of Australopithecus afarensis AL-288 “Lucy,” a landmark paleoanthropological exhibit still on display today.
Holmes began his professional journey at Medical Plastics Lab (now Laerdal) in Gatesville, Texas, designing anatomical models and CPR simulators. In 1997, he became a certified Emergency Medical Technician to better understand the practical applications of the training tools he developed.
Before joining Baylor in 2011, Holmes spent over 12 years at UT McGovern Medical School in Houston, contributing to departments including Surgery, Pathology & Laboratory Medicine, Pediatric Surgery, and the Center for Traumatic Injury Research (CeTIR). At Baylor, he supports 300 faculty, providing a wide range of media services including illustration, animation, photography, web publishing, social media, and event marketing.
Holmes is a recipient of the Quality and Service Excellence Award from the Michael E. DeBakey Department of Surgery (2024) and is an active member of the Association of Medical Illustrators. His work continues to elevate the department’s communication efforts and its visibility within the scientific and medical communities.
He earned his Bachelor of Fine Arts in Medical Illustration in 1995 through a joint program between the Cleveland Institute of Art and Case Western Reserve University. During his senior year, Holmes worked with the Cleveland Museum of Natural History’s Physical Anthropology department, where he completed the reconstruction of Australopithecus afarensis AL-288 “Lucy,” a landmark paleoanthropological exhibit still on display today.
Holmes began his professional journey at Medical Plastics Lab (now Laerdal) in Gatesville, Texas, designing anatomical models and CPR simulators. In 1997, he became a certified Emergency Medical Technician to better understand the practical applications of the training tools he developed.
Before joining Baylor in 2011, Holmes spent over 12 years at UT McGovern Medical School in Houston, contributing to departments including Surgery, Pathology & Laboratory Medicine, Pediatric Surgery, and the Center for Traumatic Injury Research (CeTIR). At Baylor, he supports 300 faculty, providing a wide range of media services including illustration, animation, photography, web publishing, social media, and event marketing.
Holmes is a recipient of the Quality and Service Excellence Award from the Michael E. DeBakey Department of Surgery (2024) and is an active member of the Association of Medical Illustrators. His work continues to elevate the department’s communication efforts and its visibility within the scientific and medical communities.
Websites
Baylor medical illustrators lend expertise to postdoctoral workshop at ComSciCon Houston
Surgery News 2020 issue 2, page 9
@science.art.texas
Follow me on Instagram
@ScottHolmesCMI
Follow me on Twitter
Scott Holmes, CMI website
Bio and online portfolio of scientific and medical illustration.
Selected Publications
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DY Liu, S Holmes, Z Kaposztas, R Zhang, J Yuan, AZ. Luo, MR Blackburn, AD Kulkarni, F Thomson, CT Van Buren. " Topical Application of Nucleotides Does Not Affect Wound Healing in CD73 Knockout Mice. " Clin Nutrition. 2009 ; 4 (2) : 173.
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Van Buren CT, McKissick E, Holmes S, Kerman RH, Lappin JA.. " The Successful Use of Donor-specific Antibody Crossmatch-negative Donors in Renal Transplantation. " BIT Life Sciences' 3rd Annual International C. ;
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Reece EM, Davis MJ, Abu-Ghname A, Chamata E, Holmes S, Winocour S, Hansen SL, Xu DS, Bohl MA, Ropper AE. " Vascularized Bone Grafts for Spinal Fusion-Part 4: The Scapula " Oper Neurosurg. ;
Pubmed PMID: 33616164. -
Do A, Davis MJ, Abu-Ghname A, Winocour SJ, Reece EM, Holmes S, Xu DS, Ropper AE, Hansen SL. " The Historical Role of the Plastic Surgeon in Spine Reconstruction. " Semin Plast Surg. 2021 ; 35
Projects
- Medical Illustrator
- Michael E. DeBakey Department of Surgery
- Member - Conference Planning Committee
- Michael E. DeBakey Department of Surgery
- Research Day | Congress of the Michael E. DeBakey Surgical Society | Advances in Critical Care Conference
- Design and Layout
- Michael E. DeBakey Department of Surgery - Annual Reports, Surgery Newsletter and Surgery e-News Bulletin
- Communication
- Michael E. DeBakey Department of Surgery
- Annual Reports and Newsletters
- https://www.bcm.edu/departments/surgery/news
- Writing and Editing
- Michael E. DeBakey Department of Surgery
Memberships
- Association of Medical Illustrators
- Professional Member
- Vesalius Trust for Visual Communication in the Health Sciences
- Board Member
- Michael E. DeBakey Department of Surgery
- Staff Council
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