Diana Anderson, MD, M.Arch, FACHA

Dr. Anderson is a unique triple boarded professional – healthcare architect (ACHA-American College of Healthcare Architects), internist, and a geriatrician (American Board of Internal Medicine). As a “dochitect,” she pioneered a collaborative, evidence-based model for approaching healthcare from the medicine and architecture fields simultaneously. She has worked on hospital design projects globally and is a frequent speaker about the impacts of healthcare design on patient outcomes and care delivery. A Co-Founder of Clinicians for Design, this international network of leaders seeks to inspire and accelerate the design of environments and systems. A past Fellow of the Harvard Medical School Center for Bioethics, she explores the ethics of built space. Her publications include numerous peer-reviewed articles, medical textbook chapters, podcasts, and news and media contributions (including The New York Times, Metropolis, Bloomberg Press, etc.). She is currently an Assistant Professor of Neurology at Boston University, and a recipient of an Alzheimer's Association Clinician Scientist Fellowship. She is a healthcare principal at Jacobs, contributing her thought leadership at the intersection of design and health. Dr. Anderson was recently elevated to the Council of Fellows within the ACHA for her contributions to the profession.