First Draft 10-18-96
Revised February 1997
Acknowledgments
Credit is due to the following individuals whose guidance, advice, and effort made this publication
possible:
FACILITIES MANAGEMENT OFFICE
ACUTE CARE/HOSPITAL BASED SERVICES
SURGERY & SURGICAL SUB SPECIALTIES
C.V. Yarbrough
Chief Facilities
Management Officer
Gerald O. McDonald, M.D.
Deputy Director,
Surgery Service
Robert L. Neary, Jr.
Deputy Chief Facilities
Management Officer
AMBULATORY CARE FIELD ADVISORY
GROUP
Lloyd H. Siegel, FAIA
Director, Facilities
Quality Office
Ken E. Klotz, Jr. MD
ACOS for Amb. Care,
VAMC Indianapolis, IN
Leo A. Phelan, AIA
Director, Standards
Service
Elwood J. Headly, M.D.
Director VAMC,
Boston, MA
Mark G. Hall
Design Guide
Developer, Architect
Sandra L. Jones, RN MCCR
VAMC Portland, OR
William J. Leahy
Architect
Joanne J. Malina, MD
Medical Director for
Clinical Programs,
Wesley C. Wheeler Jr.
Architect
VAMC Temple, TX
William Cable
Architect
Sandra Brake, ASCW
VAMC Cincinatti, OH
Frances C. Wells
Secretary
Gloria Morris, RN
Program Coordinator
Vamc Minneapolis, MN
Satish Sehgal
Mechanical Engineer
Sarah Carter, MD
ACOS for Amb. Care,
OFFICE OF POLICY, PLANNING AND
VAMC Memphis, TN
PERFORMANCE
Sheila M. O'Brien, SHSS
Atlanta Network Office
Atlanta, GA
Gregg A. Pane, MD MPA
Chief, PPP Officer
Samuel E. Hyde, MD
CMO,
Bruce Plecinski
Director, Delivery
VAPOC Daytona
System Planning
Beach, FL
John Sibenik
Delivery System Planning
Robert Frame DDS MS
Director, Dental
Professional Development
Al Wong
Delivery System Planning
VHA Headquarters Washington, DC
PRIMARY & AMBULATORY DIVISION
Ronald J. Gebhart, M.D.
Chief Consultant Primary
& Ambulatory Care
Alex Kutner
Director, Ambulatory Care
Operations
VA DESIGN GUIDE
AMBULATORY SURGERY
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