Designer - Philbrook Healthcare Design
Portland, Oregon Area
Designer - Philbrook Healthcare Design
Portland, Oregon Area
NCIDQ Certified designer with extensive experience for hospital and medical facility design and project management. Projects include private medical clinics, out-patient surgical centers, and large hospitals. Work includes tenant improvements, department remodels, and building additions. Specialty includes designing technology-driven medical spaces, including radiology, surgical, and oncology facilities. Projects range from the planning and design of spaces for radiology equipment (i.e., MRIs, CTs, cath-labs, oncology treatment); rooms surgical and endoscopic procedures; patient care rooms (i.e., exam and over-night sleep rooms) and units (intensive care, med-surg, and telemetry); public areas and lobbies. Added expertise designing custom casework used in reception areas, lobbies and nurse stations.
Specialized residential work includes applying universal design principles for individuals and families with special needs resulting from physical disabilities to the desire to "age in place."
"Based upon personal experience, I work to help others overcome obstacles and successfully build a new life, focusing not on limitations or barriers, but the identification of how existing skills and strengths can be utilized for ongoing personal achievement and satisfaction."
Programming, schematic and design development
Building Code, ADA and NFPA review and analysis
Site review of existing facilities
Interior Design Services, including FF&E development
Development and supervision of construction documents for regulatory agency approval
Construction Administration, from demolition to certificate of completion and occupancy
(Architecture & Planning industry)
December 2008 — Present (8 months)
Design consultant for architectural firms and medical facilities seeking to improve the patient experience and well-being in the built environment. Utilizing previous work experience and knowledge to meet the needs of complex, technology-driven environments; focus is patient-centered solutions as a direct understanding and sensitivity that results from personal experience of a life-altering diagnosis. Additional services include residential project consulting for clients with physical challenges as diverse as range-of-motion limitations (para- and quadriplegics), progressive disorders (such as Parkinson's and MS), as well as the desire to "age in place" in an existing home.
(Architecture & Planning industry)
April 2006 — November 2008 (2 years 8 months)
Designer and Project Manager for variety of clients with large $100+ million budgets, including the proposed Kaiser Westside Medical Center (Programming and Schematic Design) and Adventist Medical Center new patient pavilion. Responsible for coordination of firm resources (staff and consulting engineers) for project deliverables, including programming, schematic and design development, construction documents, and regulatory agency review.
(Privately Held; 501-1000 employees; Architecture & Planning industry)
July 2001 — April 2006 (4 years 10 months)
Designer and Project Manager for multiple healthcare clients including Kaiser Permanente (Oakland and Walnut Creek Medical Centers plus medical office buildings in the San Francisco Bay area), Alta Bates Medical Center, Herrick Cancer Center, and EMSO. Projects range from TI remodels for new medical clinics to new construction of freestanding ACS. All work required to complex OSHPD and other state regulatory code reviews and approval. Responsible for supervision of office resources and consulting professionals and engineers to assure timely project completion within approved budgets.
(Non-Profit; 10,001 or more employees; Hospital & Health Care industry)
1999 — 2000 (1 year)
Responsible for overseeing the work of architects and contractors for projects at St Joseph's Medical Center, St Dominic's Hospital, and the Mercy/Merced Medical Center. Projects ranged from department remodels to new equipment installations to building additions.
(Public Relations and Communications industry)
1997 — 1997 (less than a year)
Account supervisor for high-tech clients based in Oregon, Washington and California.
(Public Relations and Communications industry)
1993 — 1995 (2 years)
Senior Account Executive in the New York office providing public relations service to IBM and other high-tech clients. Responsible for the plannng and coordination for the Points of Light Foundation Service Awards for Corporate Community Service.
(Marketing and Advertising industry)
1991 — 1992 (1 year)
Responsible for day-to-day advertising account management and public relations for Sprint Northwest. Added clients included Columbia River Bank and local tourism agencies.
(Privately Held; Public Relations and Communications industry)
1987 — 1990 (3 years)
Assistant Account Executive on the Microsoft Public Relations Team.
Master's , Healthcare Interior Design , 2009 — 2011 (expected)
BFA , Interior Architecture and Design , 1997 — 1999
Fine art and interior design 1995 — 1996
BS , Sociology , 1982 — 1986
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Published and Award Winning Poetess (nom de plume)