is steeped in best practice. Oftentimes advancing project approaches to establish new best practice requires someone who's willing to push the envelope a little-or a lot. It's a thread that runs through this year's class of The HCD 10, individuals recognized across nine professional categories (and one organization) for their contributions to the industry in the prior year. ¶ For example, there's an architect who draws on his 25-year career on bigbudget academic medical centers to redefine the critical access hospital. There's a physician who recognized an inherent failure of traditional neonatal intensive care unit environments and inspired an entirely new room type. An engineer saw an opportunity to use a ventilation system still largely unheard of in healthcare on a new hospital project because he knew it was the right call. A young architect found her way to healthcare but realized it's not always an obvious path for others-so she's teaching us how to fix that. The list goes on and on, and I encourage you to read their stories on the following pages. ¶ The work of this HCD 10 has made us a better industry, and it's an honor to recognize this esteemed group. We'll have a formal awards dinner in their honor at this month's HCD Forum taking place in Park City, Utah. And be sure to join us in the celebration as we again recognize them during our annual Healthcare Design magazine awards luncheon at the HCD Expo & Conference , taking place Nov. 10-13 in Phoenix. HEALTHCARE DESIGN -Jennifer Kovacs Silvis, editor-in-chief SEPTEMBER 2018 17