The Association of Medical Illustrators Website, under the category ‘Medical’, has won the IMA Best in Class Award with an overall score of 490.

The Best in Class award is the highest honor bestowed by the Interactive Media Awards. It represents the very best in planning, execution and overall professionalism. In order to win this award level, a site has to successfully pass through a comprehensive judging process, achieving very high marks in each of the judging criteria – an achievement only a fraction of sites in the IMA competition earn each year.

For more information on the Interactive Media Awards, visit http://www.interactivemediaawards.com

The Redesign

The successful redesign of the ami.org site, which includes a complete content overhaul and improved navigation system, is a direct result of the collaboration between the members of the AMI Website Committee, the AMI Communications Editorial Council and Stone Interactive Group, a web-marketing agency in Ann Arbor, MI.

Social and Professional Networking Opportunities for Members In addition to a redesigned ami.org, the Association of Medical Illustrators also unveiled a new online community today, which will be available to registered members. The new online community provides a platform for AMI members to communicate and collaborate by utilizing integrated tools such as a wiki, blogs, forums, chat, and interactive galleries. Each member is offered personal space in the community – a “my page” – to store and share assets and ideas.

About AMI

The Association of Medical Illustrators is an international organization of professional and student biomedical communicators founded in 1945. The mission of the AMI is to promote the competency and professionalism of members; to advance the profession of medical illustration; to serve society by supporting education, research and commerce in the biomedical sciences and health-related fields; and to support the rights of all creators of intellectual property to own, control, and preserve their rights to those creations. For more information, please visit www.ami.org.

About Stone Interactive Group

Stone Interactive Group is a leading web-marketing agency based in Ann Arbor. Stone provides clients with a full suite of strategic web services – Strategy, Website Design, Online Marketing, and Interactive Presentations. For more information, please visit www.stoneig.com