Science is an art, but that doesn't mean that all scientists are artists. So, researchers often collaborate with skilled designers to place scientific ideas and results within the social framework in which we live. To explore this unique partnership, we asked eminent museum curators and art instructors from around the world to identify the people they see as leading innovators at the interface of art and medicine. In the following pages, we present four such individuals or design teams who are challenging established scientific orthodoxy and furthering our understanding of the role of biomedical research today.