Whitney Hendrickson

DALLAS—Whitney Hendrickson, interior designer, Perkins+Will, has a highly unique perspective on healthcare design…and career choices. When she worked as a registered nurse, she saw first-hand the effects of the built environment on the patients and staff in various healthcare environments.

Now, as an interior designer specializing in healthcare interiors in Perkins+Will's Dallas office, Hendrickson gets the chance to combine her passion for pediatric nursing and interest in healthcare planning and design into a blended career. She recently shared her insights into the connection between healthcare and design in the first of this two-part exclusive.

GlobeSt.com: Why and how did you make the career switch from nursing to design?

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Lisa Brown

Lisa Brown is an editor for the south and west regions of GlobeSt.com. She has 25-plus years of real estate experience, with a regional PR role at Grubb & Ellis and a national communications position at MMI. Brown also spent 10 years as executive director at NAIOP San Francisco Bay Area chapter, where she led the organization to achieving its first national award honors and recognition on Capitol Hill. She has written extensively on commercial real estate topics and edited numerous pieces on the subject.