AIA Houston & The Committee on Architecture for Health presents 2011 Health Seminar, Exhibition and Social (SES), Health Care Reform and its Impact on Health Care Architecture on Thursday, February 24th, 2011.

The annual Health Seminar, Exhibit and Social draws approximately 300+ architects and designers from the Houston healthcare design community, along with hospital administrators and facility managers. It exhibits healthcare-related and sustainable products and services. 2011 Health SES is open to the public and ticket information can be found here.

Panel Discussion: Health Care Reform and its Impact on Health Care Architecture

This year, a distinguished panel of healthcare policy experts and nationally recognized healthcare architects will discuss the impact of healthcare reform on architectural design approaches to healthcare facilities. The points of interest will be the impact of healthcare reform on healthcare architecture, the future of healthcare palaces, and the role of sustainable design sustainable in the era of Healthcare Reform.

Moderating the discussion is Dr. A. Ray Pentecost, III, DrPH, FAIA, FACHA, LEED AP, Director of Healthcare Architecture for Clark Nexson Architecture & Engineering of Norfolk, Virginia, president of the AIA Academy of Architecture for Health and a Fellow of the American College of Healthcare Architects. For six years he served as a member of the Board of Directors of the Virginia Commonwealth University Health System Authority in Richmond, Virginia and since 2004 he has served on the Dean’s Advisory Board for the Old Dominion University College of Health Sciences in Norfolk, Virginia.