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WHO TO WATCH: HEALTH CARE
DAMIAN A. HENRI: Associate; design leader, Simulation Based Learning Environment Architecture, Bostwick Design Partnership
By STAN BULLARD
4:30 am, July 16, 2012
Parents and teachers at Solon High School thought that Damian Henri would pursue a career in theater or music, particularly since he started working summers at the former Sea World of Ohio in sound and lighting. However, he puts those talents to work today on a far different stage. He is involved in the rapidly evolving niche of designing simulation centers for health education, which provide hospital and surgical environments for high-tech mannequins that are increasingly popular in training next generations of health care practitioners.
A recent assignment involved Mr. Henri in the multimillion-dollar surgical simulation center at the Cleveland Clinic's Cole Eye Institute.
Other recent projects include nursing skills labs at Cuyahoga Community College's East and Metro campuses and for the Ohio State University College of Medicine.
He also will present a poster on simulation-based learning environments at the International Conference and Idea Marketplace for the Society for College and University Planning, and he will be a speaker at the annual International Nursing Simulation/Learning Resource Center Conference. He has spoken at six other conferences since 2010.
Work combining the technical requirements of doctors and university researchers particularly suits Mr. Henri. While studying architecture at Carnegie Mellon University, he also earned a minor in physics. That exposure gives him insight into what colleges and medical schools seek in their lab buildings or simulation centers.
Robert Bostwick, president and design director at the firm, said Mr. Henri's science experience helps him grasp issues his clients are working on and his theater background allows him to articulate their needs.
Mr. Henri still enjoys music and theater, but on a personal basis. He met his wife, Laura, while they did a show in Euclid and last year they performed in Chagrin Valley Little Theater's production of “Rocky Horror Picture Show.”
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