Lorissa K. MacAllister , Ph.D., AIA, LEED AP, BSW, NCARB, EDAC

Lorissa MacAllister PhD, AIA, NCARB, LEED AP, EDAC, is the founder of Enviah, an evidence-based consulting firm that uses a people-centered approach that is both multidimensional and multidisciplinary. Enviah creates healthcare environments where people thrive. Enviah helps healthcare providers more effectively accomplish their mission. Lorissa and Enviah work to integrate people, technology, systems, and space, ensuring that healthcare environments are driven by health and care. Her research includes the exploration of patient room and unit physical layouts and their impact to patient self-reported outcomes at Emory University Hospital in Atlanta, Georgia. Additional research includes the exploration of healing environments as a Senior Fellow at the Samueli Institute.

Dr. MacAllister is a researcher, speaker, architect, and writer who is blending her years of experience and expertise in healthcare and architecture to pioneer a unique approach to design in the healthcare industry and beyond. She has dedicated herself to guiding organizations to the next level of integrated performance by systematically aligning operations, spaces, processes, culture, sustainability, business performance, revenue, and user experience. Using evidence-based design and other research, she is constructing a new approach to built environments. She speaks nationally to help bring about transformative change that benefits stakeholders, patients, the community, and the environment.