Newsletter of the College of Architecture at Texas A&M University
A distinguished lineup of allied healthcare professions are coming to the Texas A&M College of Architecture this semester to discuss issues related to health care and healthcare facilities design as part of the Spring 2010 Architecture-For-Health Lecture Series.
The public lectures are scheduled 11:30 a.m. on Wednesdays at the college’s Wright Gallery, located on the second floor of the Langford Architecture Center’s building A.
This spring's series, advised by the Texas A&M Health Science Center, is co-sponsored by the Center for Health Systems & Design, the CHSD Health Industry Advisory Council, the Student Health Environments Association, Global University Programs in Healthcare Architecture, the Texas A&M College of Architecture and the Department of Architecture.
Feb. 3 — Diane Osan:Diane Osan, FAIA, a senior principal with FKP Architects has spent 23 years in the planning and delivery of healthcare projects at FKP, she excels in leading large, complex teams through the design process to develop operationally efficient, aesthetically pleasing environments. She's made presentations at the American Society for Hospital Engineering and the National Association of Children's Hospitals and Related Institutions.
Feb. 10 — Jennifer Aliber:Jennifer Aliber specializes in master planning, healthcare programming and planning at Boston's Shepley Bulfinch. Her clients include Bronson Methodist Hospital, Massachusetts General Hospital, the University of Michigan Cardiovascular Center, and Yale-New Haven Hospital. She lectures at a wide range of conferences, including Tradeline, Healthcare Design, and American Society for Healthcare Engineering.
Feb. 17 — Upali NandaUpali Nanda heads the research unit at American Art Resources, a company that develops healthcare art programs designed to increase patient satisfaction, boost employee morale and strengthen brand awareness. She serves on the editorial board of the Health Environment Research and Design Journal and the Research Committee for the Society of Arts in Healthcare.
Feb. 24 — Tye Farrow
Tye Farrow, a senior partner at Farrow Partnership Architects Inc. of Toronto, draws inspiration from the natural world. He received the first annual Architect Award from the Stockholm-based International Academy for Design and Health and the Individual Architect Award from the U.S.-based Healthcare Facilities Symposium. He has also received the U. K.-based International Design Award from the Commission for Architecture and the Built Environment.
March 3 — Debajyoti Pati Debajyoti Pati of HKS Inc. in Dallas has a professional degree in architecture in addition to 21 years experience in research, practice and teaching in the United States, Canada and India. His work on inpatient unit flexibility received the Best International Research Project Award in the 2009 Design & Health International Academy Awards Program. In 2009, he was voted among the 25 most influential people in healthcare design by Healthcare Design Magazine.
Pati is a Fellow of the Indian Institute of Architects, a LEED accredited professional, member of the Research Coalition at the Center for Health Design, in Concord, Calif., a life member of the Indian Society for Technical Education, and he chairs the Evidence-Based Design Research Group at the Health Environments Research Summit in Atlanta.
March 10 — Scot LatimerScot Latimer, a senior partner of Kurt Salmon Associates Health Care Group, leads KSA's facility development practice. He has advised health care organizations on strategic facility and capital planning, functional and operational design and planning for the implications of mergers and acquisitions. Latimer’s clients include academic medical centers, multi-hospital systems, children's hospitals and academic faculties. In 2006, he served as president of the American Institute of Architects’ Academy of Architecture for Health.
March 24 — Michael CrowleyMichael Crowley is senior vice-president of Rolf Jensen & Associates' southern region. A licensed professional engineer, he provides professional fire protection engineering and building code consulting services for a variety of project types and sizes, as well as administrative management oversight of the Atlanta, Houston, Orlando and Phoenix offices of RJA.
March 31 — William CaretskyWilliam Caretsky is operations manager of national healthcare/health sciences at Syska Hennessy Group, Inc. and senior vice president/managing director of its Cambridge office. He has 35 years of experience in the management and design of projects from concept through construction for the public and private sector, and heads a group of more than 70 design professionals in Syska’s national healthcare/health sciences practice. He is also also principal-in-charge of more than 5 million square feet of academic medical centers and acute care hospitals, including a replacement hospital at Wishard Health Services, a new learning center at Duke University School of Medicine and a new medical center at Baylor College of Medicine.
April 7 — Ray PentecostThe career of Ray Pentecost, director of healthcare architecture for Clark Nexsen Architecture & Engineering of Norfolk, Va., has spanned many different disciplines, including health planning and design, healthcare development and finance, physician management, environmental and occupational health and safety, medical technology development and healthcare administration. An award-winning educator, he serves as the appointee of the speaker of the Virginia House of Delegates in the Virginia Commonwealth University's Health System Authority in Richmond. He has also served for six years on the Dean’s Advisory Board for Old Dominion University's College of Health Sciences in Norfolk.
April 14 — Don McKahanDon McKahan is a health facility planner, architect and founder of McKahan Planning Group. Facility planning projects he's completed during his 35-year career include ambulatory care facilities, acute nursing units, medical office buildings and facility planning for new and existing hospital campuses.
April 21 — Ron BlitchRon Blitch, FAIA, FACHA, president of Blitch/Knevel Architects in New Orleans, is a nationally respected authority in healthcare and senior living community design and the principal designer for a majority of his firm’s medical and senior living projects. He has won more than 50 national, regional and local awards for design excellence and has designed four national award-winning senior living facilities in New Orleans: PACE at St. Cecilia, Lambeth House Retirement Community, Our Lady of Wisdom Intercommunity Health Care Center and Malta Square at Sacred Heart.
In addition to multiple national and regional awards, each of these projects was recognized with the AIA's Citation for Design Excellence and by the American Association of Homes and Services for the Aging. Blitch also designed the East Jefferson General Hospital Critical Care Pavilion, named “Best ICU Design in North America” by the AIA, the Society of Critical Care Medicine, and the American Association of Critical Care Nurses.
The series wraps up for the spring semester with a lecture by John Pangrazio and Christian Carlson of NBBJ in Seattle.
- Posted: Jan. 26, 2010 -
