This expansion of Kaiser’s MOHS Surgery Department added a total of four procedure rooms with two intervening labs and support rooms. This project provided larger procedure rooms, approximately 200 ft² each, and improved patient flow within the department.

PKA has been the architect of record for Adventist Medical Center for over thirty years. The most recent significant project that PKA has completed was the Pavilion project, which included a new outpatient facility, existing hospital remodel, physical plant expansion, and a multi-level parking structure. The new Outpatient Pavilion includes a cardiovascular center, Cath labs, Nuclear Medicine, outpatient surgery, operating rooms, radiation therapy, and physician offices.

The Pavilion project also includes the expansion of the hospital’s Emergency Department. AMC’s ED is among the busiest emergency rooms in the metro area. The new ED is equipped to handle additional patients without overcrowding or extended wait times. The new 32 beds are equipped with computerized, wireless devices to speed the flow of decision making information to medical professionals and improve the quality of care. The last piece of the project was a 440 car, 4-story parking structure adjacent to the new Pavilion building.

PKA continues to work on medical planning and design for tenants of the Pavilion.

This medical office and clinic building was designed to accommodate a variety of tenants, comprising small (1,000 ft²) physician offices, a radiology clinic, and an outpatient surgery center occupying two full floors. The clinic was designed to be a mixed-occupancy building, and it has a two-story I occupancy wing as well as a three-story B occupancy wing with a central lobby atrium.

The GSMC Medical Office Building is a 36,000 square foot, three story building built to house doctors’ offices as well as some outpatient hospital functions. The building has a basement level, but the grade and landscaping were uniquely designed to accommodate full size windows along two sides of the lower level through which natural light flow, transforming the interior into an open, inviting space. Although only one wing was built, the POB was designed as a two wing building with the lobby in the center to allow future expansion.

PKA provided all of the medical planning, design, and coordination for the tenant improvements of OHSU’s Peter O. Kohler Pavilion. Partnering with hospital staff, doctors, and directors, PKA designed spaces for the Women’s Health Center, a new state-of-the-art surgical suite, the Cardiac/Medical Intensive Care Unit, Cardiac and Vascular Immediate Care Unit, and the Clinical Neurosciences Head and Neck Surgery department.

The medical planning for this effort added 86 medical, surgical, and intensive care beds, with room for an additional 60, expanded surgical services, and added a new sterile processing department that nearly tripled the existing department space.

The facility adds much-needed space for hospital and outpatient services, and offers the very latest in health care innovations to patients. The new building also features terraced and landscaped gardens, views of the city, multiple sitting areas, and easy access to walking trails and bike paths around the OHSU Marquam Hill Campus.

Since opening in 2006, PKA has continued work in the building designing available space for surgery and other departments. With the completion of the 9th floor Spine/Surgery addition the building will be full.

PKA recently finished a project to add specialty Cardiovascular Operating Rooms (CVOR) at Kaiser Sunnyside Medical Center. This remodel project consisted of a new cardiovascular operating suite, including three new CVOR’s and two new CATH labs. The design included support spaces for these functions, as well as enlarging the staff locker rooms and lounge. The project also involved extensive HVAC upgrades including the installation of 3 new air handlers in a remodeled mechanical penthouse.

Operating rooms demand exacting attention to detail, precise vendor and consultant coordination, and understanding of hospital and department operating procedures. These CVOR’s are state-of-the art and set Kaiser up for success in this field for years to come.