General Surgery

Exploring other surgical specialties beyond my own through my work as a medical illustrator allows me to grow into the collaborative, versatile “surgeon’s surgeon” that I hope to become in the future.

  • Role Freelance Illustrator | Surgical Resident

Commissioned illustration of Simultaneous Pancreas-Kidney Transplantation, featured in Sabiston
Textbook of Surgery, 22nd Edition (Projected publication date: Sep 2025, Elsevier Publishers)

Hamaguchi, R., James, B.C. Landmarks, Triangles, and Eponyms for Thyroid and Parathyroid Surgery. In D. Goldenberg (Ed.), Head and Neck Endocrine Surgery. New York: Thieme Publishers.

Hamaguchi, R., James, B.C. Landmarks, Triangles, and Eponyms for Thyroid and Parathyroid Surgery. In D. Goldenberg (Ed.), Head and Neck Endocrine Surgery. New York: Thieme Publishers.

Hamaguchi, R., James, B.C. Landmarks, Triangles, and Eponyms for Thyroid and Parathyroid Surgery. In D. Goldenberg (Ed.), Head and Neck Endocrine Surgery. New York: Thieme Publishers.

Watkins, A.A., Hamaguchi, R., Kent, M.S. Repair of Para-Conduit Hernia (2021). Operative Techniques in Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery. 26(2): 324-340.

Watkins, A.A., Hamaguchi, R., Kent, M.S. Repair of Para-Conduit Hernia (2021). Operative Techniques in Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery. 26(2): 324-340.

Watkins, A.A., Hamaguchi, R., Kent, M.S. Repair of Para-Conduit Hernia (2021). Operative Techniques in Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery. 26(2): 324-340.

Watkins, A.A., Hamaguchi, R., Kent, M.S. Repair of Para-Conduit Hernia (2021). Operative Techniques in Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery. 26(2): 324-340.

Watkins, A.A., Hamaguchi, R., Kent, M.S. Repair of Para-Conduit Hernia (2021). Operative Techniques in Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery. 26(2): 324-340.

Watkins, A.A., Hamaguchi, R., Kent, M.S. Repair of Para-Conduit Hernia (2021). Operative Techniques in Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery. 26(2): 324-340.

Hamaguchi, R., James, B.C. Thyroid Cancer Staging. In D. Goldenberg (Ed.), Head and Neck Endocrine Surgery (2021). New York: Thieme Publishers.

Hamaguchi, R., James, B.C. Surgical Management of Secondary and Tertiary Hyperparathyroidism. In D. Goldenberg (Ed.), Head and Neck Endocrine Surgery (2021). New York: Thieme Publishers.

Commissioned figure. Boskovski, M., et al. (2019). Outcomes of Transcatheter Aortic Valve Replacement in Patients with Severe Aortic Stenosis: A Review of a Disruptive Technology in Aortic Valve Surgery. JAMA Surgery 155(1):69-77.

Scott BB, Maxfield MW, Hamaguchi R, Wilson JL, Kent MS, Gangadharan SP. (2019) Robot-assisted Thoracoscopic Mediastinal Parathyroidectomy: A Single Surgeon Case Series. Journal of Laparoendoscopic and Advanced Surgical Techniques 29(12): 1561-1564.

Winning artwork, 2024 Journal of Surgical Research Cover Art Contest (Society for Asian Academic Surgeons)