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Shouvik Chakraborty ( 2005-2006 ), Shouvik joined WHR in 2005 as a Tradewell Fellow. A 2005 graduate of University at Buffalo�s School of Architecture, he also holds a professional degree in architecture from Bombay University, India. He is a licensed architect in India where he practiced for about 2 years on high rise residential, commercial and institutional projects. During his graduate studies, Shouvik did his research and design thesis on an Ambulatory Cardiac Care Center with Cannon Design and the School of Architecture. He is very dedicated to being a sustainable healthcare architect. He has worked as an architectural intern at the University at Buffalo, assisting in campus planning and design. Currently, Shouvik is working with Senior Architects and Planners at WHR on Master Planning projects. He is also responsible for organizing research-based materials, managing the research database and evidence-based design practice at WHR. more...

Hilal Ozcan, PhD ( 2004-2005 ), Hilal Ozcan has a Bachelor of Architecture (1996) and Master of Science in Urban Design (1999) from Middle East Technical University in Ankara, Turkey, and a PhD degree in architecture from Texas A&M; University (2004). She has entered the specialty of health design after her father survived a massive heart attack in a Turkish ICU in 1997. From 1997 to 1999, she practiced architecture in Turkey, including the state-of-the-art rehabilitation hospital project for the Turkish Armed Forces in Ankara. The objective of her studies is to show how patients recover more quickly and heal readily when their environment is designed consciously for this function. With this goal, she focused on the spatial organization of pediatric intensive care units in the two countries, and explored how they may impact healing, particularly through social interaction function in shared spaces such as patients� rooms, nurses� stations, staff lounges, and family waiting areas. Her study also aims to reveal how different cultures link the aesthetics of lived-space to health. Hilal will present the findings of her dissertation at the American Institute of Architects Academy of Architecture for Health Conference, �The Interdisciplinary Healthcare Enterprise: Weaving Design Through the Fabric of Research, Education and Patient Care,� in October 2004 in Washington, D.C. In the future, Hilal plans to return to Turkey to help establish the specialty of health facilities design and planning at Izmir Institute of Technology, and participate in the design process of Turkish hospitals. more...

Sarah Henry ( 2003-2004 ), Sarah is a 2003 graduate of Kansas State University where she earned a Bachelor of Architecture and a Bachelor of Science in Architectural Engineering. A member of both the architecture and engineering honor societies, Sarah received several scholarships and awards including the distinguished Tau Sigma Delta Bronze Medal awarded by her peers. She also was selected for the Italian Studies Program in Castiglion-Fiorentino. While pursuing her dual degree, she accumulated two years of experience in the design field at architecture, engineering and construction firms in Missouri and Kansas. It is this professional experience, together with the mentorship of her professor, Susanne Siepl-Coates that led Sarah to the field of healthcare design. As a student, she won the Healthcare Environment Awards Competition for the National Symposium on Healthcare Design and Contract magazine for her sensitive design and program of a patient room. She also received a Citation for Student Architecture Award from the AIA-Kansas for her research, program and design of a therapy center. In addition, Sarah was selected for the AIA-Academy of Architecture for Health student design charrette. With a passion for research and design of therapeutic environments, Sarah�s Tradewell project focused on a book regarding the Ten Guiding Principles for the Humanistic Design of Health Facilities. When her fellowship tenure began, she was actively involved with medical master planning projects, while in pursuit of her professional architecture license. more...

Bhargav Goswami, AIA, LEED AP ( 2002-2003 ), Bhargav is a 2002 graduate of Texas A&M; University�s School of Architecture. He also holds a Bachelors degree in architecture from the School of Planning & Architecture, New Delhi, India. He is a licensed architect in India and practiced for about 3.5 years in India and Singapore. While at Texas A&M; University, Bhargav decided to enter the field of healthcare design, a decision he credits to his professor and mentor, Dr. Mardelle Shepley. During this time he also worked as Graduate Assistant at the Center for Housing & Urban Development, assisting in the development of Field Research & Learning Centers in the Colonias of South Texas. Bhargav wants to further his career in healthcare design and was recently awarded the prestigious Tradewell Fellowship at Watkins Hamilton and Ross Architects where he hopes to continue his research-based professional development. He is also seeking to get licensed in Texas ASAP. Awards: Awarded the 2002-03 Tradewell Fellowship, a one-year program in Medical Planning, under the mentorship of D. Kirk Hamilton, which includes one year of employment at Watkins Hamilton Ross Architects as a medical planning intern and a scholarship to attend the an AIA Academy of Architecture for Health PDC Convention. First international student to be awarded the AIA/AHA Graduate Fellowship in Health Facilities Planning & Design (grant period 2001-2002). Awarded first prize (along with team member Mr. Thane Eddington) in �Aging in Place: A Smart - Aging Residential Design Competition for Students� sponsored by the National Association of Home Builders, USA in Fall 2000. more...

Maria Paula Cepparo ( 2001-2002 ), Maria Paula Cepparo ( 2001-2002 ), Master of Architecture, University of Arizona; Bachelor of Architecture, University of Mendoza, Argentina. Paula has been an independent practitioner in Argentina responsible for a variety of architectural, structural, interior and landscape design projects, including the Imagenes Castillo Briggs Diagnosis Center. At the University of Arizona, Paula received several awards and grants including: Graduate Student Outstanding Leadership Award; Outstanding Graduate Teaching Assistant; and Student Representative on the Graduate Curriculum Committee. At WHR, Paula is working with senior designers in the initial master planning, programming and design stages of health facility projects. Some projects she has been involved with include the Methodist DeBakey Heart Center Entrance and Healing Garden, and the Methodist Hospital Master Plan in Houston, Texas. She is currently working on her research in �Cultural Differences in the Perception of Illness and Space�. Awards: 2001-02 Tradewell Fellowship, a one-year program in Medical Planning, under the mentorship of D. Kirk Hamilton, which includes one year of employment at Watkins Hamilton Ross Architects as a medical planning intern and a scholarship to attend the an AIA Academy of Architecture for Health PDC Convention. 2000 Graduate Student Outstanding Leadership Award, University of Arizona 2000 Outstanding Graduate Teaching Assistant, University of Arizona 1999-2000 Graduate Student Fellowship, University of Arizona 1999 IAF Fellowship, to do field studies in Latin America 1998-1999 Graduate Student Fellowship, University of Arizona 1998 MONBUSHO Fellowship, to study healthcare architecture in Japan (declined for personal reasons) more...

Tushar Gupta, AIA (2000-2001), ( 2000-2001 ), Tushar serves as Principal, Senior Project designer/Medical Planner at WHR Architects. He joined WHR in 2000 as a Tradewell Fellow. Although he has diverse experience in architectural / interior projects his focus lies in healthcare design. He has been an integral part of the team at WHR all the way from Master Planning, Programming to architectural design. Tushar�s ability for creating design concepts that are rooted in the people, place and project distinguishes him from other architectural designers. His interests in critical regionalism, sustainability, holistic experience and healing environments are reflected in his designs. At the same time his knowledge & appreciation for medical planning leads to better integration of form and function. His past projects at WHR include St. Joseph Bed Tower, Bryan TX & Cancer Center Addition, St. Frances Cabrini Hospital, Alexandria, LA where he assisted the team as an exterior designer; Women & Children�s Services and Emergency Department Expansion, Christus St. Frances Cabrini Hospital, Alexandria, LA and Imaging Center, Brazosport Memorial Hospital, Lake Jackson, TX where he was the lead Project Designer as well as assisted the Senior Medical Planner. Currently, he is working on a $300 Million expansion at Jersey Shore University Medical Center, Neptune, NJ. as the lead project designer and medical planner. more...

Dera-Jill Lamontagne ( 1999-2000 ), Bachelor of Architecture, Carnegie Mellon University, Dera-Jill was awarded the Herman Miller Scholarship in 2000. Currently at Anshen & Allen in San Francisco, she worked on a master plan for the Intermountain Health Systems in Cedar City, Utah, Christus St. Frances Cabrini Hospital in Alexandria, Louisiana, and a replacement hospital in Portugal. She has also organized and is leading a research team in the analysis of advanced building systems of hospitals and development of new hospital building standards as her Tradewell project. more...

Lia Michelle Johnson, AIA, LEED AP (1998-1999) ( 1998-1999 ), Lia Michelle Johnson, AIA, LEED AP (1998-1999), Lia joined WHR in 1998 through the Tradewell Fellowship. Although she has diverse experience in commercial and residential architecture / interior projects and has worked in different regions in the US, her focus and passion lie in healthcare design, healing environments and sustainability. She has been an integral team member in the healthcare studio and has supported master planning, conceptual/schematic design, visioning, programming and medical planning. While honing her career in healthcare architecture, Lia has found opportunities to engage in her appreciation for sustainability and healing design. Her approach is rooted in the belief that patients are best served by healing environments through access to nature and natural processes. She studies each project location and sense of place in order to develop designs which support the environment, the vernacular culture of the users and reveal the local landscape. Her experience in working with clients has given her the opportunity to appreciate the collaborative nature of healthcare design in which clients and designers work side by side to create the most efficient, functional and personal solutions. more...

Maurie Duderstadt ( 1997-1998 ), Bachelor of Environmental Design, Texas A&M; University; Maurie participated in medical design sessions for a project at San Juan Regional Medical Center in Farmington, New Mexico. She was involved in two master plans for hospitals in Denver as part of the Centura Healthcare System and the master plan for Scott & White Hospital in Temple, Texas. She researched and helped organize two speeches, one based on ICU design, the other on disposition of excess space in health facilities. She has also had key involvement with producing the publication Innovations in Planning for Healthcare. Maurie got her Master's of Architecture in Healthcare from Clemson University in South Carolina and is now at RTKL in Dallas. more...