Women in Design 2019 - 12

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Rosalyn
Cama
President, Healthcare Design
Studio and Lab, and CEO
CAMA and CAMA Collection
Emerson Resort & Spa, Mount Tremper, New York

"Just like other designers, we approach a project
as a set of problems in need of solving," says
Rosalyn Cama, president of healthcare design
studio CAMA in New Haven, Connecticut. "But
our considerations are very different. Often the
people we're designing for are not able-bodied,
or they're dealing with the stress of recovery.
We also need to give attention to concerns like
acoustics, the spread of infections, and the
special demands put on materials."
Cama's trajectory into healthcare design
may have been accidental-her first job as a
draftsperson happened to be at Yale New Haven
Hospital-but ever since, her moves upward
have been deliberate and constant. After six
years at the organization, "where I learned how

CAMAflage glider, produced in
collaboration with Skyline Design

El Paso Children's Hospital, Texas

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