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Medicine and Architecture Integrated. Healthcare Innovated.

Dr. Anderson is a recipient of the 2018 AIA/AAH U40 List of Healthcare Design’s Best Under 40!

Diana C. Anderson, MD, M.Arch has worked on hospital design projects within the United States, Canada and Australia, specializing in medical planning of inpatient units, specifically environments for geriatric patients and intensive care units.

As a “dochitect”, Dr. Anderson combines educational and professional experience in both medicine and architecture, in order to truly link medical planning and working within the healthcare environment.

More about Diana C. Anderson, MD, M.Arch

A Book from Dochitect

The Dochitect’s Journal:
A collection of writings on the intersection of Medicine and Architecture

More about The Dochitect’s Journal here

What is a Dochitect?

The dochitect model represents a unique opportunity for architects to experience the world of medicine from a perspective that is typically hidden.

The Physician-Architect Model

Articles and Publications

Read about healthcare design and planning from the perspective of the dochitect, in the form of commentaries, anecdotes based on clinical experiences, and peer-reviewed evidence-based design publications.

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Presentations

Review various speaking venues where the dochitect discusses impacts of healthcare design on patient outcomes, staff satisfaction, and related topics.

Review Presentations

Dochitect in the News

From Modern Healthcare Magazine to the New York Times, the topic of architecture for medical centers is gaining the attention it deserves.

Dochitect in the News

Recent Articles/Publications

  • Built Environment Design Interventions at the Exits of Secured Dementia Care Units: A Review of the Empirical Literature

    October 9, 2022
  • HERD Editorial: Evidence, Bioethics, and Design for Health

    May 5, 2022
  • The Bioethics of Built Space: Health Care Architecture as a Medical Intervention

    May 1, 2022
  • Architecture and Bioethics: A new value proposition for health care facility designers

    February 5, 2022
  • No Place Like Home: As the pandemic proved, long-term care homes are a health hazard

    September 1, 2021

Recent Presentations

  • Harvard Medical School Center for Bioethics: If Architecture Influences Health Outcomes, How Should Healthcare Systems Respond? Bioethics at the Frontier of the Science of Design

    January 20, 2023
  • UT Southwestern Ethics Grand Rounds: Exploring the untapped nexus of ethics and health facility design

    January 10, 2023
  • The Center for Health Design EBD Journal Club: Built Environment Design Interventions at the Exits of Secured Dementia Care Units

    December 8, 2022
  • RAIC 2022 Keynote: Architectural Design as a Determinant of Heath

    June 8, 2022
  • Ethical Obligations at their Nexus with Built Space

    February 25, 2022
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