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New Jersey Urology
Vault addition
Cherry Hill, NJ

  • National leader in integrated urologic healthcare
  • More than 150 physicians and 55 locations
  • Latest project is a vault addition to the Cherry Hill location
  • Varian Halcyon Accelerator, new control room, and electrical transformer
  • Post tensioning structural system with large modular block
  • Addition shifted to accommodate existing utilities
  • Shift also allowed proper tie back to the existing building
  • Break room window remained intact
  • Created closet space between vault addition and existing building

Enloe Medical Center
Cancer Care Center
Chico, CA

  • Cancer Care Center, 265 Cohasset Road, Chico, CA
  • A 298-bed nonprofit hospital
  • Equipment upgrade from Varian 21EX to a ViewRay MRIdian MRI/LinAcc
  • Quench vent/helium vent running through the RF closet, roof exhausts
  • Addition of a natural gas backup generator and new electrical room
  • Equipment room, control room, physics treatment, and planning office

Boston Children’s Hospital
New Pediatric Clinic
West Bridgewater, MA

  • New 24,000SF, 2-story, pediatric clinic
  • Residential style fits in with the vernacular of the neighborhood
  • 15 exams rooms including behavioral health and dentistry
  • Women’s health clinic in addition to pediatrics
  • Large flexible meetings spaces for community meetings, fitness and yoga classes for children and adults
  • Site evaluation, program development, space planning and equipment planning
  • Architecture and interior architecture design

Boston University
School of Medicine, Conte Building
Boston, MA

  • Building K, 14,050SF at 71 East Concord Street
  • 3 phased lab renovation, 2 floors 
  • Each phase took 6 months to construct 
  • Phase I: 5 lab benches, microscope room, kitchenette, and offices 
  • Room for study of zebrafish and adjacent cold storage 
  • Phase II: 5 benches, sequencer bench, 2 fume hoods 
  • Tissue culture room, microscope room, eye wash/shower 
  • Computational lab with adjacent private offices 
  • Kitchenette and conference room 
  • Phase III: vestibule, 3 lab benches, equipment bench 
  • Mass spectrometer, microscope, and tissue culture rooms 
  • Floor to ceiling glass walls and doors for views into the labs

Boston Children’s Hospital
Stetson Medical Office Building
Weymouth, MA

  • Building was home to a turn-of-the century shoe factory
  • Project expanded clinic onto the 3rd floor
  • 11 exam rooms, X-ray room, clean/soiled storage
  • Reception/waiting area, administrative offices, work rooms
  • Lead lined drywall on the ceiling beneath the X-ray room
  • Also lead lined drywall in the walls/ceiling above the X-ray room
  • Reinforced structural timber frame beams with steel

Swedish Cancer Institute
Arnold Pavilion
Seattle, WA

  • Existing 580SF vault presented many challenges
  • Low ceiling height, shielding skewed over equipment
  • Existing equipment installed at odd angle
  • Varian Identify System added 3 cameras
  • New patient lift system

Southcoast Health
Charlton Memorial Hospital Center for Cancer Care
Fall River, MA

  • New linear accelerator vault addition and renovations
  • Control room, changing, and waiting areas
  • Private waiting area for stretcher patients
  • New exam room, staff work rooms, and clean/soil storage
  • Earth tone finishes create calming environment
  • Starry night, shooting star ceiling

Southcoast Health
Charlton Memorial Hospital Women’s Health Breast Center
Fall River, MA

  • 11,400SF, 3rd floor, building owner/tenant fit-out
  • Reception/waiting area connects to dual gowning areas
  • 3 mammography rooms and mammography/biopsy lab
  • 3 ultrasound rooms and 3 exam rooms
  • DXA room with equipment that measures bone density
  • Clean/soil storage, conference room, and support space
  • Medical director, physician, and staff offices

Mass General Brigham
Sports Medicine Department
Boston, MA

  • X-Ray Room renovation at 175 Cambridge Street
  • Multiple plan iterations to optimize space and workflow
  • Control room redesigned to provide full view of patient
  • Designed ceiling system to incorporate equipment mounting rails
  • Unobstructed view of ceiling lighting panel
  • New changing room and small storage closet

Mass General Brigham,
Renovation of Internal Medicine Department
Boston, MA

  • Renovation of Internal Medicine Department
  • Administrative offices on the 15th and 16th at 100 Cambridge
  • Lots of glass, lots of interior daylighting
  • Custom designed include ceiling, window benches, and reception desk
  • Small gathering, huddle spaces strategically located in the space
  • Cool, contemporary finishes palette

Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center-Plymouth
Equipment Upgrade and Vault Renovation
Plymouth, MA

  • Design-build vault renovation with NELCO Worldwide
  • Upgrade from a Varian IX to Varian TrueBeam
  • Improved storage, upgraded finishes including millwork
  • Added modulator cabinet, computer cabinet within existing space
  • Installed new conduit for future Varian Identify System
  • Reconfigured and rebalanced existing HVAC system
  • Relocation of medical gases
  • 6 weeks to design; 2 months to construct

 

“The collaborative work of NELCO and the Trapani team to deliver this intricate project together was essential to its success. The design-build team came up with some great solutions to create a space that is patient centric and supports the great work of our staff.”
Mark Tarlton, Senior Director, Facilities and Support Services, Beth Israel Deaconess Health-Plymouth

Equipment photo courtesy of Varian

Boston Children’s Hospital
New Medical Office Building
Dartmouth, MA

  • 15,000SF single story, new medical office building
  • Site Planning, Space Programming, Equipment Planning
  • Architectural, Interior Design, and Construction Administration
  • Exam rooms designed for flexibility to accomodate specialties
  • Walking path to connect to other facilities in the development

Plymouth Pediatric Associates
New Medical Office Building
Plymouth, MA

  • 12,000SF, single story, new medical office building
  • Site Selection, Programming, Architecture and Interior Design
  • Clinical and urgent care facilities
  • Exam rooms, lab, and two clinical workstations
  • Behavioral health treatment areas and shared physicians’ offices
  • Administrative facilities, including staff break room and conference room
  • Calming “ocean themed” space resembling sand dunes and waves
  • Canvas sails fly high above the sunlit reception area

 

“In our old space, we were separated into four practice locations in one building. Coming together in a new building not only created beautiful new practice space but also provided clinical and administrative operational efficiencies. The Trapani team was key to helping us develop a vision and design that laid the foundation to construct a facility that works well for patients, families, and our staff.”

Larry Goetschius, Executive Director Plymouth Pediatric Associates

Boston Children’s Hospital

North Dartmouth

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Boston Children’s Hospital

North Dartmouth

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Aurora Cammarata

Director of Business
Development and Marketing

ACammarata@trapaniarchitects.com
781.528.6110

As an A/E/C and real estate industry veteran, Aurora collaborates with Trapani’s leadership in developing the firm’s overall strategic goals by leading business development and marketing efforts. She works with each new client to ensure that Trapani delivers on its promise of design excellence and exceptional value. She has received numerous awards and recognition over the years including the 2021 Volunteer Hall of Fame, Award of Excellence from CoreNet Global New England Chapter, SMPS Boston Chapter Marketing Executive of the Year, and the NEWIRE (CREW) Networking Achievement Award.

As an A/E/C and real estate industry veteran, Aurora collaborates with Trapani’s leadership in developing the firm’s overall strategic goals by leading business development and marketing efforts. She works with each new client to ensure that Trapani delivers on its promise of design excellence and exceptional value. She has received numerous awards and recognition over the years including the 2021 Volunteer Hall of Fame, Award of Excellence from CoreNet Global New England Chapter, SMPS Boston Chapter Marketing Executive of the Year, and the NEWIRE (CREW) Networking Achievement Award.

Sarah Lynch

Director of Engineering

SLynch@trapaniarchitects.com
781.425.7832

With over 20 years of experience, collaboration and teamwork are not just buzzwords to Sarah, they are essential components to every project’s success. Working with renowned physicists, engineers, clients, and builders, she is the lifeline that connects the work of Trapani and NELCO Worldwide as well as our consulting teams for all national and international shielding projects.

Whether it is a design-assist, design-build, or traditional design work, Sarah is in tune with clients who search for a strategic, innovative approach and tactical execution to both vault infrastructure and aesthetics. Projects are designed and constructed in a time-sensitive, client-focused manner with an eye on the budget. The work is necessarily exacting, fast paced, and requires an attention to detail that Sarah and her team of experienced shielding designers bring to every project for the most recognizable organizations in healthcare including Kaiser Permanente, Stanford Health, New York-Presbyterian Hospital, MD Anderson, Dana-Farber Cancer Institute, UT Southwestern Medical Center, and The John Hopkins Hospital.

As an avid cyclist, runner, and hiker, Sarah has her backpack at the ready for any shielding projects along the GTP, the Greater Patagonian Trail, an ultralong backpacking trail high on her to-do list.

 

Ray Berry RA

Director of Architecture,
Cancer Care Design Specialist

RBerry@trapaniarchitects.com
339.227.0848

Getting it right when it comes to designing and building oncology care facilities requires specific design expertise, specific equipment and materials knowledge and years of experience. As our subject matter expert, Ray brings all that and more to our national oncology care practice working with the most prestigious cancer care organizations. He is often the first person at Trapani to meet with clients regarding their equipment upgrade, vault addition, or renovation within their hospital or medical office building. He calls Louisville, KY home but the work takes him to just about every state in the country in any given year. Working with each client’s specific project plan, Ray assists with outlining the best path to meet requirements for safety, modality, equipment, on-going operations, permitting/approvals, schedule and budget. 

Getting it right when it comes to designing and building oncology care facilities requires specific design expertise, specific equipment and materials knowledge and years of experience. As our subject matter expert, Ray brings all that and more to our national oncology care practice working with the most prestigious cancer care organizations. He is often the first person at Trapani to meet with clients regarding their equipment upgrade, vault addition, or renovation within their hospital or medical office building. He calls Louisville, KY home but the work takes him to just about every state in the country in any given year. Working with each client’s specific project plan, Ray assists with outlining the best path to meet requirements for safety, modality, equipment, on-going operations, permitting/approvals, schedule and budget. 

He then works to bring any Trapani or NELCO Worldwide resources to bear in order to execute on the optimum plan. Whether it is design only, design-build or design-assist, Ray is instrumental in developing processes that provide a framework for consistent and exceptional project delivery for LinAcc, HDR, Proton Therapy, CyberKnife and other multi-modalradiation therapy projects as well as diagnostic imaging projects including PET/CT, X-ray, and MRI. Ray is a registered architect.

Rachel Casey RA, NCARB, LEED AP

Healthcare Principal

RCasey@trapaniarchitects.com
339.224.2863

There is no discipline where the term “human-centered design” is more relevant and meaningfulthan in the planning and design of high-volume healthcare facilities. Rachel’s work in medical planning and healthcare design produces beautiful buildings, but it also nurtures recovery, creates efficient work environments, and provides comfort and support to many. Her past experience at larger, international design firms brings perspective to her new work at Trapani especially as it relates to design excellence. Getting back to healthcare design at a local firm like Trapani allows her to mentor as well as manage her teams to greater professional success. Rachel is responsible for direct management of a talented and diverse studio of healthcare planners, architects and interior design professionals. She supports and encourages each team member in creating a professional development plan that is unique and specific to their work-lifebalance. By supporting design, technical and soft skills development, Rachel encourages the Trapani healthcare studio to bring their whole selves to their work each day.

There is no discipline where the term “human-centered design” is more relevant and meaningfulthan in the planning and design of high-volume healthcare facilities. Rachel’s work in medical planning and healthcare design produces beautiful buildings, but it also nurtures recovery, creates efficient work environments, and provides comfort and support to many. Her past experience at larger, international design firms brings perspective to her new work at Trapani especially as it relates to design excellence. Getting back to healthcare design at a local firm like Trapani allows her to mentor as well as manage her teams to greater professional success. Rachel is responsible for direct management of a talented and diverse studio of healthcare planners, architects and interior design professionals. She supports and encourages each team member in creating a professional development plan that is unique and specific to their work-lifebalance. By supporting design, technical and soft skills development, Rachel encourages the Trapani healthcare studio to bring their whole selves to their work each day.

While working for other design firms, Rachel provided planning and design expertise on projectsfor Nemours Children’s Hospital’s in Orlando, FL, Brigham and Women’s Hospital in Boston as well as Massachusetts General Hospital, Faulkner Hospital, Maine General Hospital, North Shore Medical Center and Boston Children’s Hospital. She leads Trapani assignments for Tufts Medical Center, Southcoast Health, Dickinson Hospital, and Seattle Swedish Health. In addition to being a registered architect with NCARB status, Rachel is a LEED professional and supports the studio in applying those principals as appropriate in every Trapani project.

Edward Marcey AIA

Managing Principal

EMarcey@trapaniarchitects.com
339.224.2436

It is no surprise that as an architect and firm leader, Eddie leans in to creating physical spaces that provide healing and well-being for patients and those that care for them. In a way, he has found his professional home at Trapani. Working with the leadership team in creating an environment where everyone can do their best work is not new to him. Eddie has been designing healthcare projects, managing teams, and leading operations at design firms for more than 20 years. It is what he loves to do.

Client organizations that have found value in Eddie’s design and management expertise in the past include Steward Healthcare at Saint Elizabeth’s Medical Center in Cambridge, MA; Saint Anne’s Hospital in Fall River, MA; Connecticut Children’s Medical Center in Hartford, CT; Winchester Hospital in Winchester, MA; Lahey Medical Center in Peabody, MA; Harrington Memorial Hospital in Gardner and Webster, MA; and Sanctuary Care in Rye, NJ. He is a registered architect in 5 states.

It is no surprise that as an architect and firm leader, Eddie leans in to creating physical spaces that provide healing and well-being for patients and those that care for them. In a way, he has found his professional home at Trapani. Working with the leadership team in creating an environment where everyone can do their best work is not new to him. Eddie has been designing healthcare projects, managing teams, and leading operations at design firms for more than 20 years. It is what he loves to do.

Client organizations that have found value in Eddie’s design and management expertise in the past include Steward Healthcare at Saint Elizabeth’s Medical Center in Cambridge, MA; Saint Anne’s Hospital in Fall River, MA; Connecticut Children’s Medical Center in Hartford, CT; Winchester Hospital in Winchester, MA; Lahey Medical Center in Peabody, MA; Harrington Memorial Hospital in Gardner and Webster, MA; and Sanctuary Care in Rye, NJ. He is a registered architect in 5 states.

Eddie is always the first person in the room to raise his hand and say yes. He is a perpetually optimistic and positive personality with a passion for his work. Motivated to help whenever he can, he walks, runs, and bikes for national charities and local non-profits in his spare time.