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Personal Greeting David Lopez, AIA

SmithGroup

Contact Details

SmithGroup
Dallas, TX

Bio

Mr. Lopez serves as Senior Healthcare Planner and Architect for Altus Architectural Studio's Dallas office focusing on advisory services and business development for regional health systems, academic medical centers and military health facilities. He has served as Principal and National Practice Leader for Consulting and Planning at a large A/E healthcare firm with multiple offices, managing multiple professionals. As an Architect/planner of health facilities for almost 30 years, he has the ability to rapidly understand the strategy and market dynamics for a health system and to successfully implement planning, programming, and strategic initiatives.

He has collaborated extensively with clients across the US, Hawaii and Alaska to develop over 200 unique facility solutions. He has also worked internationally on two 400+ bed Private Finance Initiative (PFI) hospitals in the United Kingdom.

Altus Architectural Studios specializes in Healthcare Architecture, Planning and Interior Design and provide trusted experience within a framework for collaborative processes that deliver highly successful project outcomes. Mr. Lopez is based in their Dallas TX office.

* 30 Years Experience in Healthcare Architecture, Business Development, Planning and Consulting, and Healthcare Design

* Registered Architect Texas

* Previous Position: Director of Consulting and planning for Gresham Smith & Partners

* Healthcare Planning group operations leader and Architect, RTKL Associates Inc.

* Experience with large Academic Medical Centers and large health systems

* International experience, United Kingdom

Specialties: Healthcare Consulting and Planning, Healthcare Architecture, Design, Business Development, Critical Access Hospitals, Cost Analysis, Space Programming and Process Mapping

Education

Texas A&M University
College Station, Texas, United States
Master of Architecture, 1982
Architecture
1980 To 1982
Dissertation: Kingwood Community Hospital
Advisor: Ed Romeniec

Job History

Altus Architectural Studios
Senior Healthcare Planner
Dallas, TX, United States
November 2011 - present