Dr. Diana Anderson, a licensed and board-certified healthcare architect and licensed Internist, describes the growing role of the physician in healthcare design, and why she invented the term “Dochitect.”
She describes, “Even when I’m on rounds now in medicine, I’m constantly looking up at the lighting, looking at the ceiling tiles, and counting the square footage of a room, or really considering how the design is impacting what I’m doing.”
Dr. Anderson has worked on hospital design projects within the United States, Canada and Australia, specializing in medical planning of inpatient units, specifically intensive care unit.