Medical and Veterinary Illustration by Diogo Guerra

Illustration of entire works

/ 2025

CIISA 2018—2023 Activity Report / Design, Illustration and Data Viz for Scientific Report

⇢ soon available

/ 2024

Chronic Kidney Disease in Cats Website / Illustrations for Website

⇢ Cat.Life Website Illustrations

New Veterinary Cardiology Brochures / Informational Materials
for Pet Owners

⇢ VVS Cardiology Brochures & Illustrations

/ 2023

Feline Chronic Kidney Disease / Illustrations for Pet Owners

⇢ Cat.Life Illustrations

Veterinary Cardiology Brochures / Informational Materials
for Pet Owners

⇢ VVS Cardiology Brochures & Illustrations

/ 2021

Urology, Infection Control and Stoma Care Products / Medical Illustrations for Marketing Materials

⇢ Hydrumedical Marketing Materials

/ 2020

Head Trauma Management / Infographic

⇢ Poli, G. (2020). Head Trauma Management [Infographic II]. Australia.

/ 2019

Veterinary Radiology Flashcards / Flashcards

⇢ Poli, G. (2019). Radiology Flashcards [Flashcards]. Australia.

/ 2018

Midwifery Textbook / Textbook

⇢ Néné, M; Bundo, M (2018). Manual de Enfermagem Obstétrica. Coimbra: Minerva Coimbra.

Veterinary Clinical Pathology Flashcards / Flashcards

⇢ Poli, G. (2018). Clinical Pathology Flashcards [Flashcards]. Australia.

/ 2016

Veterinary Necropsy Manual / Textbook

⇢ Peleteiro, M.C. et al. (2016). Manual de necrópsia veterinária. Lisbon: Lidel.

General Virology / Textbook

⇢ Tobler, K. et al. (2016). Allgemeine virologie. Bern: Haupt.

Manual of Canine Nutrition and Well-being / Textbook

⇢ Peres, A.T. et al. (2016). ABCão. Lisbon: Marcador.

Individual works

in scientific publications

/ 2025

What type of medical illustrations best improve understanding of scientific content? A systematic review / Article

⇢ Guerra, D. (2025). What type of medical illustrations best improve understanding of scientific content? A systematic review. Journal of Visual Communication in Medicine

/ 2024

Proximal Tubule Cells for Disease Modeling and Therapeutic Interventions / PhD Thesis Cover

⇢ Faria, J.P. (2024). Uncovering The Potential of Proximal Tubule Cells for Disease Modeling and Therapeutic Interventions. Cover

Chronic brain functional ultrasound imaging in freely moving rodents performing cognitive tasks / Article & Supplementary Materials

⇢ El Hady, A., et al. (2022) Chronic brain functional ultrasound imaging in freely moving rodents performing cognitive tasks. Journal of Neuroscience Methods

Strategies for Robust Renovation of Residential Buildings in Switzerland / Article (Optimisation of charts and diagrams)

⇢ Galimshina, A. et al. (2024). Strategies for Robust Renovation of Residential Buildings in Switzerland. Nature Communications. Figs 1–7

/ 2023

Chemical Principles of Intrinsic Topological Superconductors / Article

⇢ von Rohr, F. (2023). Chemical Principles of Intrinsic Topological Superconductors. Chemistry of Materials. Cover, Graphical Abstract and Figs 1–4

Climate-effective use of straw in the EU bioeconomy / Article

⇢ Phan-huy, C et al. (2023). Climate-effective use of straw in the EU bioeconomy-Comparing avoided and delayed emissions in the agricultural, energy and construction sectors. Environmental Research Letters. Fig 3

Off the Charts: How a Personal Project Fueled My Knowledge for Data Visualization / Article

⇢ Guerra, D. (2023). Off the Charts: How a Personal Project Fueled My Knowledge for Data Visualization. Journal of Natural Science Illustration, 55(1), 14–17. All Figs

/ 2022

Molecular changes in cardiac tissue after radiotherapy / Article

⇢ Ribeiro, S., et al. (2022) Molecular Changes In Cardiac Tissue As A New Marker To Predict Cardiac Dysfunction Induced By Radiotherapy. Front. Oncol. 12:945521. Fig 8

Anatomic features of the appendix in rabbits / Article

⇢ Di Girolamo, N., et al. (2022) Clinical, surgical, and pathological findings in client-owned rabbits with histologically confirmed appendicitis: 19 cases (2015–2019). Journal of the American Veterinary Medical Association, 1(aop), 1-12.

The Cycle of Lead from Spent Ammunition / Book Chapter

⇢ Arnemo, JM et al. (2022). Hunting with Lead Ammunition: A One Health Perspective. In Arctic One Health (pp. 439-468). Springer, Cham. Fig 1.

Temporary stent in the urethra of a female dog / Article

⇢ Lulich, JP. (2022) Evaluation of Temporary Urethral Stents in the Management of Malignant and Nonmalignant Urethral Diseases in Dogs. Veterinary Sciences 9.2 (2022): 63.

/ 2021

Internal anatomy of a bearded dragon and chelonian / Exhibition catalogue

⇢ Farinha, N., et al. (2021) ILLUSTRARE – Viagens da Ilustração Científica em Portugal. Câmara Municipal de Lisboa.

/ 2020

Designing labels and arrows in scientific figures / Article

⇢ Guerra, D. (2020). Get your (visual) act together: Optimising the design of labels and arrows in medical illustrations. Medical Writing, 29(1), 22-26 Figs 1–5.

/ 2018

Canine Urinary Incontinence / Article

⇢ Byron, J.K. (2018). Canine Urinary Incontinence. American Veterinarian. Fig 1.

Subconjunctival Erythropoietin in Glaucoma / PhD Thesis

⇢ Resende, A.P. (2018). Study on erythropoietin subconjunctival administration in a glaucoma animal model. (Doctoral thesis). ULisboa, Lisboa. Figs 1,2,3,17,24,25,26.

Optic Nerve Decompression / Article

⇢ Eça, T.F. et al. (2018). Surgical drainage plus optic nerve decompression in acute optic neuropathy by an onodi cell mucocele. BAOJ Surgery. Fig 2.

T-Cell trafficking in HIV Therapy / Article

⇢ Fryer, H.R. et al. (2018). Increased T cell trafficking as adjunct therapy for HIV-1. PLoS computational biology, 14(3). Fig 3.

/ 2017

Experimental Design for a Limb Ischemia Model / Article

⇢ Ministro, A. et al. (2017). Low-dose ionizing radiation induces therapeutic neovascularization in a pre-clinical model of hindlimb ischemia. Cardiovascular Research. Figs 1A, 6.

Landscape Management and Lyme Disease Risk / Article

⇢ Millins, C. et al. (2017). Effects of conservation management of landscapes and vertebrate communities on Lyme borreliosis risk in the United Kingdom. Phil. Trans. R. Soc. B. Fig 1.

/ 2016

Echinococcus multilocularis Life Cycle / PhD Thesis

⇢ Miller, A.L. (2016). The role of rodents in the transmission of Echinococcus multilocularis and other tapeworms in a low endemic area. (Doctoral thesis). SLU, Uppsala. Fig 2.

The Cycle of Lead from Spent Ammunition / Article

⇢ Arnemo, J.M. et al. (2016). Health and environmental risks from lead-based ammunition: science versus socio-politics. Ecohealth. Fig 1.

Morphological Stages of Plasmodium in Penguins / Article

⇢ Grilo, M.L. et al. (2016). Malaria in penguins – current perceptions. Avian Pathology. Fig 1.

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