For more than a decade, Healthcare Design magazine’s HCD 10 awards have celebrated the bold thinkers and trailblazers shaping the future of healthcare design.
This annual program shines a spotlight on industry leaders across 10 categories, including architect, interior designer, educator, and owner/operator, and one organization.
Each honoree exemplifies innovation and excellence, setting new benchmarks for the built environments that enhance the delivery of care. The class of 2025 awardees are no exception. With visionary projects and pioneering approaches, this year’s recipients are raising the bar in healthcare design, inspiring new standards that benefit patients, staff, and communities alike.
Over the coming weeks, we’ll post profiles of the winners (links below), with insights from their nominations that impressed HCD’s editors, so check back often. The winners are also featured in Healthcare Design magazine’s June/July issue.
We’ll also celebrate the achievements of this year’s HCD 10 during an Awards Dinner at the 2025 HCD Forum, June 24-26 in Colorado Springs, Colo.
The 2025 HCD 10:
Architect: Stephen Parker, architect and mental and behavioral health planner, Stantec Architecture
Building professional: Michael Underwood, project executive, Skanska
Clinician: Darlene Guynes, senior director of clinic operations, Austin Regional Clinic
Educator: Shabboo Valipoor, associate professor and graduate coordinator, College of Design, Construction, and Planning, University of Florida
Facility manager: Lauren Cole, system director of design strategy, Providence Health
Interior designer: Sarah Harvey, associate, senior interior designer, FCA Architects
Owner/provider: Jill Tomczyk, executive director of strategic programs, UC Davis Health System
Researcher: Sara Bayramzadeh, associate professor and coordinator of the Elliot program in healthcare design, College of Architecture and Environmental Design, Kent State University
Team MVP: Meghan Hartwell, principal, ESa
Outstanding organization: Connections Health Solutions (Phoenix)
Nominations for the 2026 HCD 10 will go live in early 2026. Go here for more information.
Anne DiNardo is editor-in-chief of Healthcare Design and can be reached at [email protected]
