The Workshop
The Pediatric Intensive Care Unit is a critical care setting in the field of pediatric care, but is often not the subject of focus and innovation in the design of these setting to support evolving patient populations and care processes.
Join us for this virtual interactive, collaborative, problem-solving workshop intended to enable project stakeholders (designers, facility executives, administrators, and care providers) to employ physical design strategies and methodologies that support improved care in the PICU. Representatives from internationally acclaimed children’s hospitals will share insights into the latest developments and future direction for the PICU. The esteemed faculty will present evidence-based design studies and best practices that integrate architecture, design and technology with innovative medical practice to create high quality, high-tech care in a safe and enriching environment. Attendees also will benefit from interactive scenario breakouts and share questions and ideas with the owners and faculty throughout the event.
Agenda
Welcome Opening Remarks & Introductions
Natalie Miovski Hagerty, AIA, LEED AP, EDAC, SSGBC, Senior Director, Facilities Planning, Design and Informatics, Children's Hospital of Philadelphia
Opening Keynote Presentation
Margaret A. Priestley, MD, Attending Intensivist in Critical Care Medicine, Children's Hospital of Philadelphia
Owner’s Panel & Discussion
Facilitator: Natalie Miovski Hagerty, AIA, LEED AP, EDAC, SSGBC, Senior Director, Facilities Planning, Design and Informatics, Children's Hospital of Philadelphia
Panelists:
SueEllen Donahoe, LEED AP, Director, Facilities Planning and Design, Boston Children’s Hospital
Jill Pearsall, Senior Vice President of Facilities, Planning, Development, & Real Estate Services, Texas Children’s Hospital
Michael Browning, Vice President of Design, Construction, and Space Management, Cincinnati Children’s Hospital Medical Center
Audience Q&A with Owners Panel
The Critical Role of Art in Critical Care
Upali Nanda, PhD., Assoc. AIA, EDAC, ACHE, Director of Research, Principal, HKS
Ana Pinto Alexander, FIIDA, EDAC, RID, Director of Health Interiors, Principal, HKS
Key Scenarios & Virtual Breakout Discussions
In smaller, virtual breakout groups, attendees will have the opportunity to further discuss various topics that are being debated in PICU settings today. Topics of discussion will include:
- Critical patients vs complex patients
- The future of the playroom in the PICU
- Centralization vs decentralization nursing stations
- Family spaces to meet the needs parents/caregivers
Breakout Discussion Report Back
Power of Play in Pediatric Environments
Hayley Freilich, EDAC, PMP, Director of Healthcare & Patient Experience, METCALFE
Pediatric Intensive Care Unit (PICU) Patient Room Design: A Graphical Systems Analysis
Nora Colman, MD, Associate Program Director, Pediatric Critical Care Fellowship, Children’s Healthcare of Atlanta Division, Pediatric Critical Care Medicine Emory University School of Medicine
Research Case Studies and Vignettes
Ellen Taylor, PhD, AIA, MBA, EDAC, Vice President for Research, The Center for Health Design
Melissa Piatkowski, M.S., EDAC, Research Associate, The Center for Health Design
Concluding Panel Discussion
Experts
Margaret A. Priestley, MD, is an attending intensivist in Critical Care Medicine at Children's Hospital of Philadelphia with expertise in cerebral hypoxic-ischemic injury. She received her bachelor’s degree in biology from Columbia College before matriculating to the University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine. She completed her general pediatric residency and pediatric critical care medicine fellowship at The Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia. Dr. Priestley is also a graduate of the Intermountain Advanced Training Program in Healthcare Delivery Improvement at Intermountain Healthcare, Salt Lake City, Utah. Currently, Dr. Priestley is the senior medical director of critical care which spans a 60-bed pediatric intensive care unit and a 24-bed progressive care unit for technology dependent children. She continues to serve as one of the leaders of the PICU & Progressive Care Unit Patient Safety and Quality Improvement Committee in addition to being a member of the Physician Operations Leadership team for the CHOP Enterprise. Her academic interests are in the early recognition and response to deteriorating patients outside of the intensive care units, prevention of hospital acquired harm, and supporting clinical pathway development which improves delivery of ICU care with a goal to reduce ICU length of stay.
Sue Ellen has a background in Interior Design and has focused on specifically Healthcare Design for the past 20 years. She has experience is from both the architectural firm side of the equation as well as from the Facility Management side in her current role at Boston Children’s. Her involvement in the new 150 bed clinical tower as well as several other projects underway at the institution has created an opportunity to reshape and reinterpret the way space is allocated and used at the hospital.
Michael is responsible for all aspects of project planning, space management, design, construction, real estate strategy and management, commissioning, FF&E procurement, and move management. His department, along with a team of key external design and construction partners has developed and maintains a comprehensive process for project delivery, as well as a dynamic branded environments guide. By leading collaboratively and cooperatively with others to achieve goals, Michael has provided leadership for the overall direction, coordination, implementation, execution, control and delivery of numerous successful projects at CCHMC.
Jill Pearsall is the Senior Vice President of Facilities Planning & Development and Real Estate Services at Texas Children’s Hospital. She has leadership responsibility for real estate strategy, transaction and acquisition, facilities planning, project management and on-going support programs of artwork/signage, interiors/logistics, space management, and facilities information. Jill is a licensed architect in Texas and California and holds a certificate from the National Council of Architectural Registration Boards (NCARB).
Jill joined hospital in 2002 and has remained intimately involved in planning, developing and executing over 5 million square feet of new construction and managing over $2.4B of work. She serves on several organizational committees, including Capital Management, Emergency Management, Executive Space Management, Facilities Executive, and Financial Stewardship.
Jill is a graduate of the University of Southern California with a Bachelor’s degree in Architecture. Prior to switching to facilities management and joining the healthcare industry, she practiced commercial and institutional architecture in both California and Texas.
Dr. Upali Nanda is Global Practice Director, Research, and a Principal at HKS. Based in Detroit, Upali has extensive experience leading research projects in design practice with a focus on the impact of design on human health and perception. She is executive director of Center for Advanced Design Research and Evaluation, or CADRE, the research arm of HKS, and teaches as the Associate Professor of Practice at the Taubman School of Architecture and Urban Planning at University of Michigan.
Ana Pinto-Alexander is Director of Health Interiors and Principal at HKS. She leads the firm’s health interior design practice globally, and her extensive travel combined with her childhood in Colombia, South America, give her a unique global perspective. In 2015, Ana was named one of the 25 most influential people in healthcare by Healthcare Design.
Hayley Freilich is the Director of Healthcare and Patient Experience at Metcalfe, an architecture and design firm that recognizes the value of play and importance of socialization. When Hayley was born, she was diagnosed with congenital cardiac and pulmonary disease. Her own complex health journey laid a foundation for her empathetic, patient- and family-centered approach to healthcare design. Prior to starting her role at Metcalfe in 2016, Hayley worked for Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia as a project manager, patient-experience advocate, and wayfinding designer. When not in the office, Hayley spends her time having adventures with her family and “kids,” her toy poodle and cat.
Nora is an Assistant Professor in Pediatrics in the division of Pediatric Critical Care Medicine at Children’s Healthcare of Atlanta. Her research focuses on the delivery of quality and patient safety-focused simulation. She has extensive experience in leading system wide initiatives where simulation has been used as vehicle to meet system wide quality goals. She is also passionate about the role of simulation as a means to proactively identify latent safety threats in new healthcare design. Her strong clinical background coupled with simulation and patient safety experience allows her to impact patient care in multiple facets.
Ellen brings over 30 years of experience in architecture, research, and business to leading The Center’s research team. She is a registered architect and member of the American Institute of Architects who was recognized by Healthcare Design as the HCD10 Researcher in 2017, an award recognizing significant contributions to the industry.
Ellen has been responsible for conducting built environment design research, as well as large-scale program management, and extensive cross-departmental coordination. Ellen has a bachelor’s degree in architecture from Cornell University’s College of Architecture, Art and Planning, Global Executive MBA degrees from Columbia University and London Business School, and a PhD in design, patient safety and human factors from Loughborough University in England. She serves on the Executive Committee of the Steering Committee for the FGI Health Guidelines Revisions Committee, the Board of the AIA Academy of Architecture for Health (AAH), and the Editorial Advisory Boards of the Health Environments Research & Design (HERD) Journal and American Journal of Infection Control (AJIC).
As a part of The Center's research team, Melissa focuses her efforts on grant-funded research initiatives, as well as supporting ongoing work of The Center, such as the Affiliate+ program, the Knowledge Repository, and the Evidence Based Design Accreditation and Certification (EDAC) program. She examines the impact of the built environment on health through the development of conceptual models that link design and outcomes and by evaluating the effects of evidence-based design innovations and by disseminating research findings through tools, presentations, and publications.
Melissa was previously a senior design researcher for Davis Partnership Architects and prior to that she served as a researcher with the OMNI Institute and the Center for Children, Youth & Environments at the University of Colorado. With a background in both architecture and social science, Melissa describes her research style as “boots on the ground with a knack for rigor.”
Melissa graduated from Cornell University with a Masters of Science, Applied Research in Environmental Psychology and received her Bachelors of Environmental Design, Emphasis in Architecture from University of Colorado, Boulder.