Department of Biomedical Communications

mbekier@downstate.edu

Manuel Bekier is a graduate of the Medical College of Georgia, receiving an M.S. in medical communications in 1971. He has also received a B.S. in Medical Illustration, a B.A. In Biology and C.M.I. (Certified Medical Illustrator) certification from the Association of Medical Illustrators.

In addition to his responsibilities as director of Biomedical Communications, Mr. Bekier holds a faculty appointment (Clinical Instructor) with the Graduate School of Public Health of Downstate Medical Center.

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 is a past president of the Association of Biomedical Communication Directors and the SUNY Educational Technology Officers Association.

acormier@downstate.edu

Mr. Cormier comes to the department with a diverse background in photography, the visual arts, standards compliant coding, web development and page design adding a skilled technical ability to the new IT services being offered to the Medical Center.

BFA in Photography
Pratt Institute

ecuni@downstate.edu

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.

His paintings have 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.

In 2007 he received two Telly awards for the video. Music Between the Notes: Reflections on the Art of Roamre Bearden.

He continues to chronicle his time and the people who define it.

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

ljones@@downstate.edu

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.

bkuo@downstate.edu

mlainez@downstate.edu

Instructional support assistant, database management

dstankalis@downstate.edu

jzubrovich@downstate.edu

A 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 twenty years and is now Webmaster and Supervisor of photography and digital imaging. B.A., specializing in Photography Brooklyn College, City University of New York Sample Images