Diana C. Anderson, MD, M.Arch
American Board of Internal Medicine (ABIM)
American College of Healthcare Architects (ACHA)
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Testimonials
Read full article HERE.Excellent article (Metropolis Magazine 2020 Game Changers) highlighting Diana Anderson, MD, ACHA and her cross-disciplinary dochitect (doctor+architect) approach to health-based design in the built environment. Her ending quote says it all: There’s a place for evidence-based design and research in health care, but there’s also room for design thinking innovation, and basic design ideas: Light, air, looking to historical examples and international examples. As we address COVID-19 and other health considerations in our world today, our goal should be to stand on the shoulders of giants, seeking inspiration and employing practice from other disciplines to make our environments (and thus our world and collective health) better. Combining creative design thinking with pragmatic health, engineering, and architecture knowledge may prove to be a means to that end.
Jenna Mikus, Founder, Eudae Group
Dr. Anderson delivered a generous lecture that synthesized her perspective as a dual practitioner. She kept everyone’s keen attention by illuminating design and medical research with concrete and often personal examples. We were delighted. We eagerly await the design work informed by her intense focus and professionalism and expect that she will give new meaning to evidence-based design in healthcare.
Valerie Fletcher, Executive Director, Institute for Human Centered Design
Dr. Anderson’s keynote address was attended by almost a thousand designers, engineers, and constructors who design and build the majority of health care facilities in the state of Florida. I know it made a significant difference in how they will go about the next design challenge they have. It is not often we are afforded the opportunity to really understand how even the smallest detail of design can have a major impact on how well health care is delivered. Her presentation was one of the most talked about at the conference.
Skip Gregory, NCARB, Program administrator for the Agency for Health Care Administration (AHCA) Annual Seminar and Florida Healthcare Engineering Association (FHEA) Annual Meeting and Trade Show
Dr. Anderson’s experience and expertise as both a clinician and an architect helped her lead a discussion to 50 designers and architects on improving clinical design. Her experience as a practicing clinician gave the audience the opportunity to understand design from the inside and the daily issues our healthcare providers face – the majority of those issues which can be resolved through improved design.
Tracy Nichols, IIDA, EDAC, Healthcare Manager, STEELCASE HEALTH
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Thanks so much for these superb commentaries. For architects, they represent a unique opportunity for us to experience the world of medicine from a perspective that is typically hidden from us. We can walk the halls, we can talk to physicians and other clinicians and shadow individuals as they go about their daily routines. But I don’t believe any of that is as beneficial as your informed observations compellingly conveyed in your diary style narratives. For clinicians, your commentaries send a clear message that there is a desire and a mechanism for positive change and, given the proper input, architects can help. It doesn’t have to be the way it is. Great stuff. I am eager for more! Please keep it up… your perspective is so unique and refreshing.
David Watkins, FAIA, Chairman, WHR Architects