Wednesday, March 25, 2026


8:00 AM – 8:30AM: Registration & Networking Breakfast


8:30 AM – 9:00 AM: Keynote Session

Speakers

Brad Taylor Spring Healthcare Forum Agenda 2026

KEYNOTE

brad taylor

Vice President Capital Projects

Northwell Health

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Jordan Miller 1 Spring Healthcare Forum Agenda 2026

MODERATOR

jordan miller

Principal and National Healthcare Lead

RLB | Rider Levett Bucknall

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9:00 AM – 9:40 AM : Flex & Modular Care Environments: Designing for Surge, Shift & Scalability

As healthcare delivery evolves—driven by shifting care models, digital health, and unpredictable patient surges—today’s facilities must be designed for flexibility and speed, not just permanence. This panel explores how modular and reconfigurable spaces (from exam-floors to outpatient suites) are being deployed across the tri-state region to respond rapidly to changing needs. We’ll examine: what a flex space really is (and what it isn’t); case studies of practicing physicians or clinics using flexible space models; design and construction strategies (modular construction, movable partitions, plug-and-play infrastructure); and the pros and cons of embracing flexibility in healthcare real estate. Attendees will leave with insights into how to plan, design, and build spaces that stand ready for whatever comes next.

Speakers

Jonathan Cogswell BW Spring Healthcare Forum Agenda 2026

Jonathan Cogswell

VP, Manhattan Development for Design and Construction

Northwell Health

John Haught Spring Healthcare Forum Agenda 2026

john haught

Senior Vice President

LF Driscoll

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David Kontra BW Spring Healthcare Forum Agenda 2026

David kontra

AVP, Real Estate

CHOP

JEFFERY bERMAN 1 Spring Healthcare Forum Agenda 2026

MODERATOR

jeffrey berman

Principal

Jeffrey Berman Architect


9:40 AM – 10:10 AM : Real Estate as a Clinical Strategy: How Health Systems Use Deals, Leases, and Portfolio Optimization to Shape the Future of Care

Healthcare organizations are rethinking their real estate portfolios as care delivery shifts toward ambulatory expansion, outpatient procedures, and distributed access points. This session explores how health systems are using acquisitions, dispositions, lease restructuring, joint ventures, and creative deal structures to support clinical growth while navigating capital constraints. Panelists will examine how real estate strategy intersects with design and construction decisions—from site selection and adaptive reuse to ground‑up development and long‑term flexibility planning. Discussion topics include: evaluating buy‑vs‑lease decisions, structuring partnerships with developers, optimizing underperforming assets, navigating regulatory and zoning constraints, and aligning real estate decisions with clinical, financial, and operational priorities.

Speakers

Jeffrey Lynn Spring Healthcare Forum Agenda 2026

jeffrey lynn

Senior Director, Real Estate

Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center

Ira Rovitz Spring Healthcare Forum Agenda 2026

ira rovitz

Executive Managing Director

Newmark

Adam Taubman Spring Healthcare Forum Agenda 2026

MODERATOR

Adam Taubman

Counsel

HSF Kramer


10:10 AM – 10:25 AM : Networking Break


10:25 AM – 11:00 AM : Navigating Change Orders: Decisions, Dollars & Delivery

Projects rarely go exactly as planned — and when change orders hit, teams must quickly navigate cost impacts, funding approvals, and tough tradeoffs. This session brings together owners, designers, and builders to explore how change orders arise, how to secure and allocate additional funds, and how to make smart, high‑value decisions under pressure. Panelists will share real examples of what worked, what didn’t, and how teams can collaborate more effectively to protect budgets, schedules, and project outcomes.

Speakers

Conrad Belluomo BW Spring Healthcare Forum Agenda 2026

Conrad belluomo

Sr. Design & Construction Project Manager

Northwell Health

Barna Tokay Spring Healthcare Forum Agenda 2026

barna tokay

Director of Operations

B.R. Fries & Associates

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Patrick Burke Spring Healthcare Forum Agenda 2026

patrick burke

Vice President, Facilities Management, Operations

CUIMC

Brandon Reimer Spring Healthcare Forum Agenda 2026

MODERATOR

brandon p. reiner

Partner, Construction & Design

Tannenbaum Helpern

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11:00 AM – 12:00 PM: Design, Construction, and Financing Solutions to Infrastructure Challenges for Capital Constrained Healthcare Organizations

Healthcare providers across the country are facing unprecedented capital constraints — rising construction costs, aging facilities, shifting reimbursement models, and mounting regulatory requirements. Yet the need for modern, resilient, patient‑centered infrastructure has never been more urgent. This session brings together leaders in healthcare planning, design, construction, and finance to explore innovative strategies that help organizations move critical projects forward despite limited resources. Panelists will examine new approaches to capital planning, alternative financing structures, and delivery models that reduce risk and stretch every dollar. The conversation will highlight how health systems are prioritizing projects, leveraging partnerships, optimizing existing assets, and deploying design solutions that improve operational efficiency and long‑term value. Attendees will gain insight into how to align clinical, financial, and facilities teams to make smarter infrastructure decisions in a constrained environment.

Speakers

Colin Barret BW Spring Healthcare Forum Agenda 2026

Colin barrett

Vice President -Infrastructure and Special Projects

Mount Sinai

Edward Borman 1 Spring Healthcare Forum Agenda 2026

ed borman

V.P. of Healthcare Division

Allan Briteway

Annabel Cryan Spring Healthcare Forum Agenda 2026

annabel cryan

Director of Innovative Finance Strategies

STV

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Dan Mastin BW Spring Healthcare Forum Agenda 2026

Dan Mastin

Energy and Commissioning Program, Facilities Administration

NewYork-Presbyterian Hospital

Rahul Tikekar Spring Healthcare Forum Agenda 2026

Rahul Tikekar

Senior Vice President

Loring Consulting Engineers

Rafaella Dunne Spring Healthcare Forum Agenda 2026

MODERATOR

Raffaela Dunne

Market Director of Healthcare

Consigli Construction


12:30 PM : Event Concludes

Association Partner

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Sponsors

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B.R. Fries & Associates

For nearly five decades, B.R. Fries & Associates has been a trusted leader in construction management, general contracting, and design- build services in New York City and the surrounding metropolitan area.  Founded in 1979, we combine technical expertise, innovative solutions, and quality craftsmanship to merge cutting-edge building concepts with high-quality construction.

B.R. Fries has successfully completed projects in new building construction, interior renovations and fit-outs, facade and lobby restorations and infrastructure upgrades.

From healthcare facilities and state-of-the-art laboratories to corporate headquarters and workplaces, luxury and specialty retail spaces to data centers, educational institutions and innovative schools to warehouses and industrial facilities, B.R. Fries brings a collaborative approach and a proven track record of on-time, on-budget and high-quality results.

Our reputation is built on personal integrity, technical accuracy, and creative problem-solving. With strong industry relationships and a seasoned management team, we’ve earned the trust of major corporations, hospitals, universities, developers, and retailers who rely on us as long-term construction advisors and partners.

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lf driscoll

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MG Engineering

MG Engineering is an MEP/FP consulting engineering firm with more than 35 years of experience in the AEC industry, also providing lighting design, commissioning, sustainability, and technology design services. The firm’s work spans healthcare, education, residential and mixed-use developments, hospitality, corporate interiors, restaurants, retail, and base building infrastructure. MGE has been named one of the top 500 design firms nationwide for over a decade and one of the Best Places to Work in NYC by Crain’s New York.

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Rider Levett Bucknall

We are a global independent construction, property and management consultancy providing a full range of services to maximize value in all areas of the built environment..  With a network that covers the globe and a heritage spanning over two centuries, Rider Levett Bucknall is a leading independent organization in cost management and quantity surveying, owner’s representative, project and program management, asset advisory and specialist consultancy.

4500 Staff, 36 Countries, 120 Offices, 240 years, Our achievements are renowned: from the early days of pioneering quantity surveying to landmark projects such as the Sydney Opera House, HSBC Headquarters Building in Hong Kong, the 2012 London Olympic Games and CityCenter in Las Vegas.

We continue this successful legacy with our dedication to the value, quality and sustainability of the built environment. Our innovative thinking, global reach, and flawless execution push the boundaries. After over two centuries of taking ambitious projects from an idea to reality, we know we do more than quantity surveying – we’re ‘Bringing imagination to life’.

In North America, RLB has a long tradition of delivering expert advice on some of the region’s most iconic projects from transforming and modernizing the Sacramento Convention Center in California to working alongside University of Colorado Health to deliver ground-breaking healthcare facilities and assisting architects to deliver environmentally friendly high-rise buildings like the PNC Tower in Pennsylvania.

We are driven by outcomes, creating tailored solutions that deliver successful projects. We believe that when we bring together the right people doing things the right way, we make progress for our clients and our communities.

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STV is a leading infrastructure-focused professional services firm in North America. Founded in 1912, the firm advises, plans, designs, engineers, and delivers infrastructure that supports local economies, including transportation systems, buildings, water, and other essential facilities. In the healthcare sector, STV partners with clients to provide a comprehensive range of services, including programming, architectural and engineering design, along with program, project and construction management. The firm’s healthcare experience covers entire capital improvement portfolios as well as individual projects, such as staff augmentation, infrastructure upgrades, hospital campus expansions and new facility development.

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tannenbaum helpern

Tannenbaum Helpern is a 65 attorney, full-service commercial law firm with core practices in construction and design, real estate, investment management, employment, corporate, M&A, litigation and dispute resolution, intellectual property, and tax.

Founded more than forty years ago, our mission is to deliver high quality legal services in a practical and efficient manner, bringing to bear the judgment and substantive knowledge of well-trained, business-minded lawyers who are informed and engaged in the industries in which our clients operate and the regulatory regimes with which they must comply.

Our platform is straightforward – we deliver sophisticated legal expertise with deep industry insight and a commitment to delivering unparalleled service to our clients. Based on feedback from our clients, many of whose relationships with the firm span decades, our work in these areas is on par with the largest and most prestigious U.S. law firms, at a more reasonable rate structure, and with great efficiency and responsiveness to our clients’ needs.