Join us for this virtual interactive, collaborative, problem-solving workshop intended to enable project stakeholders (designers, facility executives, administrators, care providers) to employ physical design strategies and methodologies that support improved care for children. Representatives from internationally acclaimed children’s hospitals will share insights into the latest developments and future direction for pediatric care. The esteemed faculty will present pediatric evidence-based design studies and best practices that integrate architecture, design and technology with innovative medical practice to create high-quality, high-tech care in a safe and enriching environment. Attendees will also share questions and ideas with the owners and faculty through interactive panel discussion.
Agenda
Welcome Opening Remarks & Introductions
Ellen Taylor, PhD, AIA, MBA, EDAC, Vice President for Research, The Center for Health Design
Opening Keynote Presentation: State of the Practice: Challenges and Strategies for Now and Into the Future
Natalie Miovski Hagerty, AIA, LEED AP, EDAC, SSGBC, Senior Director, Facilities & Design, Children's Hospital of Philadelphia
Owners Panel
Attendees will hear first-hand from representatives from leading U.S. pediatric facilities and obtain key insights into current trends and best practices in pediatric care. Understand the key drivers they experience and challenges they face including the financial impact of the COVID pandemic, strategies to reposition for the short and long term, and positioning for telemedicine. Hear real world examples about what is currently working in the field, what opportunities exist, and how design of the built environment can address them.
Facilitator: Natalie Miovski Hagerty, AIA, LEED AP, EDAC, SSGBC, Senior Director, Facilities & Design, Children's Hospital of Philadelphia
Panelists: Sue Ellen Donahoe, LEED AP, Director of Facilities Planning, Boston Children’s Hospital
Jill Pearsall, Senior Vice President of Facilities, Planning, Development, & Real Estate Services, Texas Children’s Hospital
Michael Browning, VP, Facility Planning, Design, & Construction & Real Estate, Cincinnati Children’s Hospital Medical Center
Virtual Breakout Discussions with Owners Panel Members
In smaller, virtual breakout groups, attendees will have the opportunity to visit with owner panelists to pose specific questions and discuss relevant issues that arise.
West Coast Coffee Break/ East Coast Lunch Break
Breakout Discussion Report Back
Hear about what each breakout group discussed and major themes and key insights that emerged from each conversation.
Research/Case Study Panel
Join a body of leading researchers and experts to hear highlights and outcomes of research studies in a variety of pediatric settings including pediatric critical care, adolescent and young adult environments, induction rooms and a variety of case studies. Hear their insights into what the research is showing, the implications for design, and next steps for further studies. Obtain themes and connections through an interactive panel discussion.
Facilitator: Ellen Taylor, PhD, AIA, MBA, EDAC, Vice President for Research, The Center for Health Design
Deborah Wingler, PhD, MSD-HHE, EDAC, Health Research Lead, HKS
Kati Peditto, PhD, EDAC, Assistant Professor - Human Factors, Dept. of Behavioral Sciences and Leadership, U.S. Air Force Academy
Jennifer Aliber, FAIA, FACHA, Principal, Shepley Bulfinch
Donald McKahan, AIA, FACHA, Principal, McKahan Planning Group
Kiran B Hebbar, MD, FCCM, Medical Director, Children’s Simulation Center, Professor of Pediatrics and Pediatric Critical Care Medicine
Nora Coleman, MD, Assistant Professor of Pediatrics, Associate Program Director, Pediatric Critical Care Fellowship, Children’s Healthcare Atlanta, Division of Pediatric Critical Care Medicine, Emory University School of Medicine
West Coast Lunch Break/ East Coast Afternoon Snack
Virtual Breakout Discussions with Panelists
In smaller, virtual breakout groups, attendees will have the opportunity to further discuss various research initiatives and explore their implications for design and innovation of care processes and settings.
Breakout Discussion Report Back
Hear about what each breakout group discussed and major themes and key insights that emerged from each conversation.
Concluding Panel Discussion
Wrap up the day with this panel that will identify overall themes, observations and next steps.
Experts
Natalie Miovski Hagerty is a healthcare executive at one of the top-ranked and fast-growing children’s hospitals in the United States. As a strategic and innovative leader, she navigates change with vision and integrity, leading complex real estate and development plans from strategy to implementation.
Ms. Hagerty is a registered architect and member of the American Institute of Architects. She holds certificates in real estate from the Urban Land Institute, is Six Sigma Green Belt Certified (SSGBC), is an Evidenced-based Design Accredited Professional (EDAC) and a Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design Accredited Professional (LEED AP).
She is the Assistant Vice President of Facilities Planning, Design and Integration of the Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia’s 10-year, +2 million square feet, $3+ billion capital program to create state-of-the-art hospital, outpatient, academic, and research facilities.
Ms. Hagerty serves on the board of Professional Women in Construction, serves on the Diversity, Inclusion and Equity Board Committee and is the board liaison to the Connecting Committee which is dedicated to connecting women in construction with high schools, universities and other non-profit organizations. She is also one of the founding members of the national Nursing Institute of Healthcare Design. As the co-founder of the Pediatric Environments Network (PEN), she is an international trailblazer for the development of pediatric-specific spaces geared to improve outcomes, efficiencies, and experiences.
She is mission-driven, collaborative and uses design thinking to inspire breakthrough ideas that promotes the patients, family, and staff experience.
She holds a bachelor’s in architecture from State University of New York at Buffalo, master’s graduate studies in Architecture from Mc Gill University in Montreal, Canada and a master of science in Organizational Dynamics from the University of Pennsylvania.
Sue Ellen has a background in Interior Design and has focused on specifically Healthcare Design for the past 20 years. She has experience is from both the architectural firm side of the equation as well as from the Facility Management side in her current role at Boston Children’s. Her involvement in the new 150 bed clinical tower as well as several other projects underway at the institution has created an opportunity to reshape and reinterpret the way space is allocated and used at the hospital.
Jill Pearsall is the Senior Vice President of Facilities Planning & Development and Real Estate Services at Texas Children’s Hospital. She has leadership responsibility for real estate strategy, transaction and acquisition, facilities planning, project management and on-going support programs of artwork/signage, interiors/logistics, space management, and facilities information. Jill is a licensed architect in Texas and California and holds a certificate from the National Council of Architectural Registration Boards (NCARB).
Jill joined hospital in 2002 and has remained intimately involved in planning, developing and executing over 5 million square feet of new construction and managing over $2.4B of work. She serves on several organizational committees, including Capital Management, Emergency Management, Executive Space Management, Facilities Executive, and Financial Stewardship.
Jill is a graduate of the University of Southern California with a Bachelor’s degree in Architecture. Prior to switching to facilities management and joining the healthcare industry, she practiced commercial and institutional architecture in both California and Texas.
Michael is responsible for all aspects of project planning, space management, design, construction, real estate strategy and management, commissioning, FF&E procurement, and move management. His department, along with a team of key external design and construction partners has developed and maintains a comprehensive process for project delivery, as well as a dynamic branded environments guide. By leading collaboratively and cooperatively with others to achieve goals, Michael has provided leadership for the overall direction, coordination, implementation, execution, control and delivery of numerous successful projects at CCHMC.
Ellen brings over 30 years of experience in architecture, research, and business to leading The Center’s research team. She is a registered architect and member of the American Institute of Architects who was recognized by Healthcare Design as the HCD10 Researcher in 2017, an award recognizing significant contributions to the industry.
Ellen has been responsible for conducting built environment design research, as well as large-scale program management, and extensive cross-departmental coordination. Ellen has a bachelor’s degree in architecture from Cornell University’s College of Architecture, Art and Planning, Global Executive MBA degrees from Columbia University and London Business School, and a PhD in design, patient safety and human factors from Loughborough University in England. She serves on the Executive Committee of the Steering Committee for the FGI Health Guidelines Revisions Committee, the Board of the AIA Academy of Architecture for Health (AAH), and the Editorial Advisory Boards of the Health Environments Research & Design (HERD) Journal and American Journal of Infection Control (AJIC).
As Principal and Global Practice Director for Applied Research at HKS, Dr. Deborah Wingler collaborates across sectors to develop and implement applied deep dive studies and research services that drive innovation and achieve meaningful and measurable impact across the firm and health practice, globally. She also holds an appointment as Adjunct Faculty for Clemson University with the Center for Health Facilities Design and Testing and Architecture + Health program in the School of Architecture. Deborah’s research focuses on improving the user experience by eliciting insight into users’ affective responses to high stress healthcare environments. During her tenure at HKS, Deborah’s research has contributed to building the evidence base and developing the experience strategy for over 20 million sq ft of healthcare infrastructure. Through her research, she has worked with some of the most forward-thinking top 5 Fortune 500 companies, healthcare organizations and manufacturers, to reimagine primary, specialty, acute, and home healthcare. She is a well-known passionate patient and family advocate for healthcare design, researcher, speaker, and published author. She holds a Ph.D. from Clemson University in Healthcare Architecture and earned a M.S.D. in Healthcare Innovation from The Herberger Institute of Design at Arizona State University. Deborah holds several industry and academic awards. Most recently she was awarded HCD 10 researcher of the year for 2022 by Healthcare Design Magazine.
As an environmental psychologist and a woman with autism and ADHD, Dr. Kati Peditto is personally invested in the transformative power of evidence-based design for mental health and well-being. A celebrated expert in health and the built environment, Dr. Peditto earned her PhD in Human Behavior and Design from Cornell University before completing postdoctoral work in the Cornell Department of Human-Centered Design.
A New Investigator Award winner from the Center for Health Design, her research has been showcased in the Design Lab with Bon Ku podcast, The Atlantic, and the BBC. Dr. Peditto's journey is a testament to how neurodiversity can shape and enhance our understanding of the spaces we inhabit.
Jennifer Aliber is a leader in healthcare design at Shepley Bulfinch, where she specializes in master planning, healthcare programming and planning. Her clients include Duke University Hospital, Partners Healthcare, Banner Health, and Yale-New Haven Health System. She has served on the board of the Academy of Architecture for Health and is a Fellow of the American College of Healthcare Architects. Jennifer presents at a wide range of conferences, including Tradeline, Healthcare Design, and American Society for Healthcare Engineering (The Real Numbers). She is a graduate of Amherst College and received her Master of Architecture from Princeton.
Don McKahan is a Health Facility Planner, Architect and founder of McKahan Planning Group, located in San Diego, CA. His 40 years of professional experience include the planning and design of numerous hospitals, ambulatory care facilities, and master planning for both new and existing healthcare campuses. He is a past president of the AIA’s Academy of Architecture for Health and founding member of the American College of Healthcare Architects.
Dr. Hebbar is a Professor and pediatric intensivist at Egleston Children’s Hospital, the Medical Director of the Simulation Center at Children’s Healthcare of Atlanta, Chair the Resuscitation Science Committee.
For the last decade he has been using simulation to improve bedside clinical practice of medical staff, test systems of care in situ and attempt to embed greater degrees of resilience in systems of care.
In 2019 he led the effort and development of simulation-based hospital design testing (SbHDT) at Children’s Healthcare of Atlanta and Emory University. This is was one of the largest “cardboard city” preconstruction simulation projects conducted to date integrating architectural evidence-based design principles and user center design methodology (https://twitter.com/PICUDoc23/status/1189100962943774720). His team has developed some novel tools for integrating simulation into the design of a new facility or renovation of an existing space. He has published several papers on integration of simulation into preconstruction and postconstruction environments and developed a novel tool for debriefing such events termed SAFEE- Summarize, Anchor, Facilitate, Explore, Elicit.
Nora is an Assistant Professor in Pediatrics in the division of Pediatric Critical Care Medicine at Children’s Healthcare of Atlanta. Her research focuses on the delivery of quality and patient safety-focused simulation. She has extensive experience in leading system wide initiatives where simulation has been used as vehicle to meet system wide quality goals. She is also passionate about the role of simulation as a means to proactively identify latent safety threats in new healthcare design. Her strong clinical background coupled with simulation and patient safety experience allows her to impact patient care in multiple facets.