Healthcare Design - September 2023 - 22

Facility Manager
MARTIN MISICKO
EdD, vice president, facilities operations, design and
construction, engineering and maintenance, emergency
management and safety, environmental services, and
sustainability, Carilion Clinic (Roanoke, Va.)
A
RMED WITH A Bachelor of Science
in mechanical engineering from
Pennsylvania State University; a
Master of Science in mathematics,
physics, and secondary education
from Duquesne University; and a Doctorate of
Education in administration and policy studies
from the University of Pittsburgh, Martin Misicko
joined Carilion Clinic in 2016. In his current
position, he oversees operations of seven hospitals
and approximately 110 ambulatory sites.
As a champion for the organization, he's noted
for his ability to recognize healthcare trends
while creating new ways to address some of
healthcare's most pressing challenges. He's
played an instrumental role in advancing the
organization's facility operations, pandemic
and healthcare-associated infections (HAI) reduction
initiatives, as well as interior environments
to create uplifting and comfortable patient
care areas.
For example, during the Crystal Spring Tower
project at Carilion Roanoke Memorial Hospital
in Roanoke, Va., he took the opportunity to incorporate
lessons from the pandemic to improve
the facility's resiliency and pandemic readiness
for future events. This included a mechanical
design that can flex 24 emergency department
(ED) rooms and 64 inpatient rooms across two
fl oors to negative pressure; using hospital-grade
HEPA filters in all areas of the hospital to re22
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Crystal Spring Tower at Carilion Roanoke Memorial Hospital
move airborne pathogens; and increasing the
humidity system in both the tower and ED to
support reducing airborne pathogens and HAIs
without added energy costs.
Even while introducing advanced systems,
Misicko is cognizant of the health system's bottom
line. For example, during the tower expansion
project, he advocated with leadership to
convert to a cogeneration system at the central
energy plant. Recognizing the system was an
upfront expense, he showed that the electrical
reduction achieved by investment in the system
and how it uses heat from the generator to create
hot water for heating the tower and existing hospital
would pay off in utility cost savings while
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having a positive environmental impact.
Looking beyond mechanical systems and
operations, Misicko is also focused on improving
the patient experience, partnering with
the Taubman Museum of Art in Roanoke to establish
a " Healing Ceilings " program whereby
school children and local artists created 353
ceiling tiles to be displayed throughout patient
treatment areas. While adding to the care environment,
the program has also had an impact
beyond hospital walls, making the community
" more aware of Carilion's commitment to making
its patients stays as comfortable, uplifting,
and emotionally supportive as possible, " notes a
museum spokesperson.
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