Featured here is a look at the career of medical illustrator Leon Schlossberg. A charter member of the Association of Medical Illustrators, he was presented the 1990 Lifetime Achievement Award at the 45th Annual AMI meeting in Philadelphia. For over 50 years, Schlossberg has served as illustrator and educator. Through his skillful and precise illustrations, he has contributed greatly to the establishment of the professional protocol for the relationship between the medical illustrator and the surgeon.