The Health Design Podcast

Stephen Brown, MSW LCSW, is a faculty member and Director of Preventive Emergency Medicine in the Department of Emergency Medicine at the University of Illinois Hospital and Health Sciences System (UI Health). He earned his first degree in business marketing in 1984 from Northern Illinois University. During the next 13 years, he worked at Motorola’s Computer Systems Division as systems engineer, a...

Dr. Victor Montori is Professor of Medicine at Mayo Clinic. He is a practicing endocrinologist, researcher, and author and a recognized expert in evidence-based medicine and shared decision-making. Dr. Montori developed the concept of minimally disruptive medicine and works to advance person-centered care for patients with diabetes and other chronic conditions. He is the author of Why We Revolt –...

Christopher Shaw is a specialist consultant in mental health design, and has over 28 years’ experience in healthcare architecture. He enjoyed long involvement with the Medical Architecture Research Unit (MARU) at the now London South Bank University prior to founding Medical Architecture in 1991, where he has since driven the global growth of the company. A passionate advocate for evidence based d...

Helen Parker, Director of Strategic Development, Pinnacle Ventures, New Zealand. Helen Parker’s UK clinical, managerial and academic career in health care spanned 30 years. After a career in district nursing and practice nursing, Helen spent some years developing and managing NHS integrated community services as a Director on Primary Care Trusts. She was also a member of the Department of Health T...