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Check back this fall for information on applying to the 2025-2026 Tradewell Fellowship.
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Page’s Tradewell Fellowship is a one-year program in front-end Healthcare Planning and Design in one of our participating healthcare offices. The Fellow will benefit from:
- Accelerated immersive participation in the healthcare design practice
- Exposure to the healthcare industry, our clients, consultants, and partners
- Opportunities to explore healthcare design research questions in their area of interest
- Attendance at a relevant conference of choice related to healthcare planning, design, and construction
- Support and training offered by one year of employment at Page
- Joining a dynamic, nurturing network of distinguished former Tradewell Fellows
As a Tradewell Fellow, you will have the unique opportunity to:
- Work alongside senior healthcare planners and designers on a variety of healthcare projects, ranging from initial master planning efforts to design
- Create a body of work suitable for presentation and/or publication by the end of the year
- Build lasting connections in the field and enhance your career prospects
- Become a thought leader within the healthcare planning & design community
The Tradewell Fellowship is a pivotal platform for developing healthcare leaders capable of making impactful contributions to healthcare architecture, offering unique mentorship from experienced medical planners, boosting my professional visibility and career advancement, and enabling me to pursue my passion for health-focused experiential architecture.
Roshan Jose
The Tradewell Fellowship provides a unique platform to engage in cutting-edge research and collaborate with industry leaders, offering emerging healthcare architects a fast track to leadership roles.
Muhammed Shihas Vadakkayil
Tradewell Fellows
- 2024 - Muhammed Shihas Vadakkayil, Roshan Jose
- 2023 - Kimia Erfani, Ruben Zarate Jr.
2022 - Ali Momen-Heravi, Sharanya Reddy - 2021 - Calise Gritters, Dani Kolker
- 2020 - Jack Reed, Liyang Zhang
- 2019 - Lam Nguyen, Mariah Gresko
- 2018 - Wenz Tuttle
- 2017 - Jacqueline Guerra
- 2016 - Jessica Welch
- 2015 - ZhouZhou Su
- 2014 - Renee Fiala
- 2013 - Shuo Yang
- 2012 - Akshay Sangolli
- 2010 - Stephanie Schwindel
- 2009 - Kelly Thomas
- 2008 - Diana Anderson
- 2007 - Diane Griffin
- 2006 - Elizabeth Schmitz
- 2005 - Shouvik Chakraborty
- 2004 - Hilal Ozcan
- 2003 - Sarah (Henry) Fronick
- 2002 - Bhargav Goswami
- 2001 - Paula Cepparo
- 2000 - Tushar Gupta
- 1999 - Dera-Jill Lamontagne
- 1998 - Lia Rodi
- 1997 - Maurie Duderstadt Gray
Retroactive Fellows
- Victor Lange
- Mark Vaughan
- Leslie Stubblefield
- William Schlein
View the credentials and research topics of past Tradewell Fellows.
The Ideal Candidate
The ideal candidate is a dedicated professional who desires to be a lifelong learner and mentor to others in the healthcare architecture industry. The Tradewell Fellowship has produced many talented healthcare planners and designers, and this tradition is integral to Page's diverse culture. Participants are well-positioned for career advancement and leadership roles by the end of their fellowship year.
A Variety of Involvement Over the Tradewell Fellowship Year
The Tradewell Fellowship embodies the intersection between practice and research.
Guidance and Inspiration
Since establishing the Fellowship, five successive curators have advanced Gary Tradewell's vision of healing environments, collaborative design, mentorship, and knowledge sharing. The curator is responsible for mentoring the fellow, coordinating project assignments, organizing Tradewell events and deadlines, and representing the Fellowship within and outside the firm. Each curator embodies the firm's commitment to excellence by guiding and inspiring tomorrow's thought leaders.
Kirk Hamilton
1997-2003
Charles Cadenhead
2004-2011
Lia Rodi
2012-2013
Stephanie Schwindel
2014-2018
Renee Fiala
2018-Present
In addition to the guidance from the national curator, the Tradewell Fellow is supported by a local curator; the Tradewell Committee; Page healthcare planners, designers, and leaders; in-house researchers; and external advisors, including:
- D. Kirk Hamilton, PhD, FCCM, Emeritus FAIA & FACHA, EDAC (the founder and original curator of the Tradewell Fellowship program)
- Charles D. Cadenhead, Emeritus FAIA & FACHA, FCCM (long-time curator of the Tradewell Fellowship program).
Join the Legacy
Architecture For Health on PBS
Tradewell Fellows Renee Fiala, Jacqueline Guerra Armenta, and Dani Folker present "Accelerated Exposure to Healthcare Design: The Tradewell Fellowship" on PBS.
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