ABOUT ME & THE COMPANY

Hello there!

I’m Katie Van Winkle. Anatomist & Founder of Anatokey

I have been teaching anatomy to medical & health professional students for close to a decade (8 years) and I plan to continue teaching for the rest of my life. There are really only three things you need to know about me.

  1. I love anatomy.

  2. I love teaching.

  3. I’ve got big dreams.

Everything else is irrelevant...Just kidding. I have a master’s degree in Human Anatomy from Eastern Virginia Medical School (they have a new name today, but frankly it’s too long to type out), and a Bachelor’s of Arts from Luther College where I studied Biology and Studio Art (and played soccer GO NORSE!).

I have worked as an anatomy, histology, medical imaging and sometimes (when forced) embryology instructor at Eastern Virginia Medical School & Philadelphia College of Osteopathic Medicine.

I left academia to try and fix something I saw was broken and to teach to the widest audience possible and in doing so reach as many students as I can. I believe anyone can learn anything if given the confidence and the tools to do so.

If you really want to do something…You will do it. If you don’t…you will find an excuse.

I’m all out of excuses. Let’s do this thing.

The Company

What is Anatokey?

Anatokey is an LLC that creates anatomical educational resources (and merchandise).

What is our Mission?

Our mission is to create useful, quality resources that not only help you learn anatomy, but actually help you learn how to learn anything. The goal of this company is to be the instructor you need when you need them. To be support when you aren’t getting it anywhere else. The dream is to be the only anatomy resource you ever need to succeed.

Why did I create it?

It’s very simple. I love anatomy & I love teaching. I have found that there are a lot of students struggling to learn anatomy and not many resources that are actually helping them do so. I want to change this.

Why should you care?

Because human anatomy is me, and me is human anatomy.

Whether you are in a medical or health professional school currently, applying or are just interested in how your body works; you too can and should be able to learn anatomy.

There shan’t be any gatekeep-ary here.
Anatomy is for everyone becasue we all walk around in it every day of our lives. We should know a little bit about what is there and how it works.

What’s with the name?

Anato - is short for “Anatomy”… I hope that was explicit.
And Key - refers to many things. A key unlocks a door and specifically a skeleton key is a key that acts like a master key that can unlock any door. This is much how I feel education should be. Firstly I believe there should be no walls, doors, gates etc… and if and when there are you should need only one key to open them.

What does the future hold?

I’m not a wizard. How would I know that? However, what do I hope the future holds? More videos, better merch, and something big…really big that I will not divulge yet because it needs time to develop and people be thieves and murderers of ideas. So I’m keeping it safe until it’s ready.