MELISSA ALEXANDER
SUSAN BOWER
MBA, BSN, RN, EDAC
Principal / Clinical Operations Specialist
With nearly three decades of healthcare experience — including 15 years as a clinician providing specialty inpatient care, medical research, and ambulatory care — Susan brings an enterprise-level focus to medical planning and daily operations. She is expert at helping healthcare providers operationalize their strategic objectives: solving process and quality issues, engaging stakeholders, and integrating human experiences into operations planning and design. She not only leads planners and designers in early project phases, translating business goals into design; she also remains integrated with the team through project delivery and transition management, to ensure the facility operates at the highest levels of performance.
REGISTRATIONS
Registered Nurse: OH
Lean Healthcare Certificate,
University of Michigan
Evidence-Based Design Accreditation &
Certification (EDAC)
EDUCATION
Master of Business Administration, 1996 The Ohio State University
Bachelor of Science in Nursing, Summa
Cum Laude, 1985
The Ohio State University
RELEVANT PROJECT EXPERIENCE
Lehigh Valley Health Network, Children’s Hospital Master Plan
Allentown, PA | Healthcare Planner / Clinical Specialist
Lehigh Valley Health Network, Hazleton Campus Master Plan
Hazleton, PA | Healthcare Planner / Clinical Specialist
Baylor College of Medicine, Facilities 10 Year Master Plan
Houston, TX | Healthcare Planner
Medical Center of Louisiana at New Orleans (MCLNO) Master Plan
New Orleans, LA | Healthcare Planner / Clinical Specialist
Southeast Louisiana Veterans Health Care System, Replacement Medical Center
New Orleans, LA | Healthcare Planner / Clinical Specialist
OhioHealth Riverside Methodist Hospital Neuroscience Center
Columbus, OH | Healthcare Planner / Clinical Specialist
St. John Providence Park Hospital
Novi, MI | Healthcare Planner / Clinical Specialist
Mount Carmel East, Expansion and Modernization
Columbus, OH | Healthcare Planner
Nationwide Children’s Hospital
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Livingston Ambulatory Center
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Procedure Center Planning Study
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Perioperative Surgery Programming / Planning
Columbus, OH | Healthcare Planner
Holmes Regional Medical Center Facility Optimization Study
Melbourne, FL | Clinical Operations Specialist
NYU Langone Medical Center Master Plan and New Clinical Pavilion
New York, NY | Healthcare Planner
Department of Veterans Affairs Nebraska-Western Iowa Health Care System
Replacement Hospital
Omaha, NE | Healthcare Planner / Clinical Specialist
H. Lee Moffitt Cancer Center & Research Institute at the University of South Florida
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Vincent A. Stabile Research Building and Moffitt Clinic Building
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Long-term Growth Strategy and Master Plan Update
Tampa, FL | Healthcare Planner / Clinical Specialist
Virginia Commonwealth University College of Education Programming Study and Concept Design Richmond, VA | Healthcare Planner
University of South Florida, College of Nursing Health and Education Center
Tampa, FL | Healthcare Planner / Clinical Specialist
University of South Florida, Physician’s Practice Group Business Plan & Update
Tampa, FL | Project Manager
Nevada Cancer Institute - Strategic Facility Planning
Las Vegas, NV | Lead Clinical Specialist