Global design firm HKS (Los Angeles) has appointed two leaders in Los Angeles to bolster its healthcare design practice in the U.S. West region, according to a news release.
Based in the firm’s Los Angeles office, Arthur Brito has been appointed as partner and regional practice director, and Wael Batal as vice president and senior designer.
Brito’s 25-year career includes helping to build HKS’s health practice in Miami and a background in both healthcare architecture and hospital administration. His new role entails leveraging that experience to connect organizational priorities with thoughtful, evidence-based design.
Batal’s portfolio spans more than 40 projects across 20 countries. Responsibilities of his new role include helping to advance the firm’s healthcare practice by exploring how emerging design tools, technologies, and approaches can translate organizational goals into high-performing environments.
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