Frank has spent over 40 years in the healthcare sector in positions ranging from supporting a wide array of diagnostic and therapeutic technology to the executive oversight of master facilities planning and development activities. For the past 15 years, he has been actively involved in evaluating and promoting the role of the built environment in healthcare, including being a board member (executive director) of the Coalition for Health Environments Research and co-chair of The Center for Health Design’s Research Coalition.
In addition to the pursuit of bringing evidence-based practice to hospital design and construction, Frank has worked to increase the awareness and response to environmental and sustainability issues in healthcare. He has served on the boards of the Global Health and Safety Initiative, USGBC Maryland, the Advisory Committee the Healthier Hospitals Initiative, and on the Advisory Board of Maryland H2E.