Healthcare Facility Matters

AMFP GNY Chapter

AMFP GNY (Greater New York) Chapter's podcast committee is proud to bring yet another platform where Healthcare built environment leaders share ideas, gain knowledge, solve challenges connect with peers, and shape the future of the industry.

We welcome requests for future topics, please send an email to gcl2115@columbia.edu

For more information about AMFP (Association of Medical Facilities Professionals) GNY Chapter, please visit www.amfp.org/nyc.

GNY Chapter Board President - Patricia Brewer

Podcast Committee Director - Grace Lin

Podcast Committee Members - Suzen Heeley, Jen Cagide Alexander

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12 episodes
Updated July 20

Episodes12

Newest first

July 20 · 34 min
Design for All Senses: How Inclusive Design Elevates the Human Experience
Speakers: Siobhan Barry, AIA – Design Director, Principal at Gensler Andrea S. Hsu, IIDA, CHID, EDAC – Chief Practice Officer & Principal at NK Architects Suzen Heeley, IIDA, CDF, LEED AP – Executive Director, Design & Construction at Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center Episode Description: This episode will unveil speakers' perspectives about "human-centered design" - what does that actually mean in practice — particularly when the humans that designers are designing for experience the world in fundamentally different ways?
May 6 · 56 min
From Dream to Powerhouse: A Presidential Pass of the Torch
Speakers: Andrew Weinberg, FSMPS, CPSM – former AMFP GNY Chapter President; Director of Business Development at LF Driscoll Patricia Brewer - AMFP GNY Chapter President; Senior Director, Healthcare Area Sales - Northeast at Miller Knoll Raffaela Dunne, P.E. - Market Director of Healthcare at Consigli Construction Co., Inc. Episode Description This episode features the torchbearers of the AMFP GNY Chapter. Let’s hear from the President who launched the GNY Chapter with tremendous success and the leaders who are taking it further and shaping our shared future.
Dec 22, 2025 · 27 min
Human Connection in Team Building: The Table Is Round Part 3
For more info or training, you can also call Graceworks. 212-724-1541 Or email: info@graceworksinc.com Website: https://www.thinkherrmann.com/ Guest Speaker: Carol Doscher, President and CEO (Chief Encouragement Officer) of Graceworks Moderator: Georgina Lalli, Senior Associate Principal at KPF Episode Description: This episode focuses on the dynamics of human connection using the whole brain thinking tool in team building.
Dec 15, 2025 · 36 min
The Culture of Team Building: The Table Is Round Part 2
Guest Speaker: Cathy Dolan-Schweitzer, author and president of Health Well Done Moderator: Sherri Jones, Director of Capital Assessment and Facilities Strategic Planning for New York Presbyterian Health System Episode Description: This episode explores people-centered management approach to building healthcare environments.
Dec 8, 2025 · 43 min
Psychology of Team Building: The Table Is Round Part 1
Guest Speaker: Dr. John Medina, a developmental molecular biologist focused on the genes involved in human brain development and the genetics of psychiatric disorders. https://johnmedina.com/ Moderators: Suzen Heeley, Executive Director of Design & Construction at Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center in New York City Jennifer Cagide-Alexander, Health Principal in HDR’s New York studio. Episode Description: This episode unpacks the social science behind the psychology of individual personalities and team dynamics. The Reading the Mind in the Eyes Test (RMET) is a psychological assessment designed to measure an individual's ability to recognize emotions and mental states from the eye region of faces, primarily used in research on social cognition and empathy. https://www.idrlabs.com/rmet/test.php Anita Wooley Evidence for a Collective Intelligence Factor in the Performance of Human Groups https://www.science.org/doi/10.1126/science.1193147 Mentalizing Network Frontiers | Where We Mentalize: Main Cortical Areas Involved in Mentalization
May 21, 2025 · 35 min
Putting The Pieces Together – The Prefab Journey
Guests: Ty Heim, former Executive Director - Design, Construction, and Facilities Services for Evergreen Health Mike Iannone, President - Iannone Innovative Solutions Moderator: Ryan LaBarbera, Director- Turner & Townsend Healthcare Project Management in the NYC Tri-State area Description: This episode unpacks the prefabrication and modular system as solution for many types of healthcare facilities and a strategy to deliver speed to market and reduce exposure to risks on capital-build projects.
Jan 15, 2025 · 27 min
Medical Equipment Planning - Art or Science?
Guest Speakers: Timothy Menz, project manager with Northwell Health James Ticer, senior principal at Shen Milsom & Wilke Moderator: Jen Cagide Alexander, Health Principal in HDR’s New York studio Description: The experts share their insights into an effective and satisfactory equipment planning process and how a functional team performs medical equipment planning to support quality patient care delivery.
Jul 10, 2024 · 26 min
Vision for the Future – Physician + Architect (PART 2 OF 2)
Guest Speakers: Dr. Yuman Fong, Sangiacomo Chair and Chairman, Department of Surgery, City of Hope Medical Center - an oncologist, a surgeon, an author Jeffrey Berman, AIA, ACHA; Principal of Jeffrey Berman Architect - a board-certified healthcare architect, a founding member of ACHA - the American College of Healthcare Architects, and an author Moderator: Grace Lin, AIA, CDT, DBIA; a senior consultant at Turner & Townsend Healthcare, an architect, a DBIA-certified design-build professional, and adjunct professor at Columbia University, chair of the AMFP GNY Podcast Committee Description: As the minimally invasive management of cancer patients is increasingly important, the fusion of the minds of a surgical oncologist and a healthcare architect will illuminate the future of cancer care and healthcare facilities.
Jun 26, 2024 · 23 min
Advancing Image-Guided Therapy and Surgery (PART 1 OF 2)
Guest Speakers: Dr. Yuman Fong, Sangiacomo Chair and Chairman, Department of Surgery, City of Hope Medical Center - an oncologist, a surgeon, an author Jeffrey Berman, AIA, ACHA; Principal of Jeffrey Berman Architect - a board-certified healthcare architect, a founding member of ACHA - the American College of Healthcare Architects, and an author Moderator: Grace Lin, AIA, CDT, DBIA; a senior consultant at Turner & Townsend Healthcare, an architect, a DBIA-certified design-build professional, and adjunct professor at Columbia University, chair of the AMFP GNY Podcast Committee
Mar 27, 2024 · 26 min
The Administrators’ Take on the Roundtable
Guests from Columbia University Irving Medical Center: Patrick J. Burke III, FAIA, Vice President of Facilities Management, Operations, & Planning Susanne Sullivan, Administrator of the Department of Medicine, Space & Infrastructure Moderator: Cathy Dolan-Schweitzer. People-Centered Leadership Strategist and President of Health Well Done Description: A candid conversation with thought leaders and industry experts about how healthcare system administration collaborates on healthcare facility matters.
Jan 11, 2024 · 21 min
A few pages from the Healthcare C-suite of facility management (PART 2 OF 2)
Guests: Doug Carney: SVP of Real Estate and Facilities for Mt. Sinai Health System Tina Macica: AVP of Design and Construction for Montefiore Medical Center Moderator: Jenn Ryden, Project Director at Stantec Description: A heartfelt conversation with Tina Macica and Doug Carney, our local heroes of the healthcare built environment, who serve the NY area, about high functioning teams and what matters. We have a lot at stake with investing in higher quality facilities and capturing emerging technology given the increase in staff shortages, capacity challenges, and financial strains. In the healthcare industry our ability to adapt and grow hinges on our soft skills and being able to have a candid conversation about our working relationships and to gain knowledge on how to solve challenges and connect with peers which will shape the future of the industry. Today we answer questions such as what we love about our consultants, being an owner, and what each of us can improve upon, and future work.
Dec 18, 2023 · 22 min
A few pages from the Healthcare C-suite of facility management (PART 1 OF 2)
Guests: Doug Carney: SVP of Real Estate and Facilities for Mt. Sinai Health System Tina Macica: AVP of Design and Construction for Montefiore Medical Center Moderator: Jenn Ryden, Project Director at Stantec Description: A heartfelt conversation with Tina Macica and Doug Carney, our local heroes of the healthcare built environment, who serve the NY area, about high functioning teams and what matters. We have a lot at stake with investing in higher quality facilities and capturing emerging technology given the increase in staff shortages, capacity challenges, and financial strains. In the healthcare industry our ability to adapt and grow hinges on our soft skills and being able to have a candid conversation about our working relationships and to gain knowledge on how to solve challenges and connect with peers which will shape the future of the industry. Today we answer questions such as what we love about our consultants, being an owner, and what each of us can improve upon, and future work.

Healthcare Facility Matters

Design for All Senses: How Inclusive Design Elevates the Human Experience

From Dream to Powerhouse: A Presidential Pass of the Torch

Human Connection in Team Building: The Table Is Round Part 3

The Culture of Team Building: The Table Is Round Part 2

Psychology of Team Building: The Table Is Round Part 1

Putting The Pieces Together – The Prefab Journey

Medical Equipment Planning - Art or Science?

Vision for the Future – Physician + Architect (PART 2 OF 2)

Advancing Image-Guided Therapy and Surgery (PART 1 OF 2)

The Administrators’ Take on the Roundtable

A few pages from the Healthcare C-suite of facility management (PART 2 OF 2)

A few pages from the Healthcare C-suite of facility management (PART 1 OF 2)