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PROJECT SPOTLIGHT
St. Luke’s
University Health Network
Third Wing Heart Hospital
Anderson Campus Addition
Easton, PA
350,000 SF
Third Wing Heart Hospital Anderson Campus Addition
FCA delivered a transformative master plan and design for a new five-story cardiac care hub, setting a benchmark for regional healthcare. This 350,000 SF expansion consolidates and elevates cardiac services into a state-of-the-art facility, adding 146 patient beds, four advanced Heart Operating Rooms, one Hybrid OR, and seven Class 3 Cath/EP/IR Labs to meet critical community health needs.
A defining achievement of this project was its seamless integration into an active hospital campus. By strategically connecting two operational hospital buildings, FCA demonstrated expertise in complex phasing and logistics—maintaining full operations while introducing cutting-edge facilities.
Beyond functionality, the design honors the campus’s traditional Neo-Georgian aesthetic while introducing modern architectural elements that reflect innovation and care. This balance ensures the new heart hospital feels both contemporary and contextually appropriate.
The result is a specialized center dedicated to combating heart disease—an enduring example of how thoughtful design can address urgent health challenges while enhancing the patient experience.
Solution
FCA developed and is implementing a comprehensive master plan and design for a new five-story, 350,000 SF cardiac care wing. Key features include:
– 146 new patient beds to expand capacity.
– 4 Heart Operating Rooms, 1 Hybrid OR, and 7 Class 3 Cath/EP/IR Labs for advanced procedures.
– Strategic integration between two active hospital buildings, ensuring uninterrupted operations during construction.
– A design that harmonizes modern functionality with the campus’s Neo-Georgian aesthetic, creating a contextually appropriate and visually cohesive facility.
Summit Medical Group
The Green at Florham Park
Florham Park, NJ
100,700 SF
FCA designed a new, four-story outpatient center that redefines accessibility and efficiency for community healthcare. This comprehensive facility brings together a wide range of essential services under one roof, creating a streamlined experience for patients and providers alike.
At the heart of the design is a large Ambulatory Surgery Center, featuring:
– Seven operating rooms for high-volume surgical care.
– 15 Pre-Op/Stage II bays and 20 PACU bays to support patient flow and recovery.
The program also integrates specialty practices for Cardiology and a full Diagnostic Imaging Suite, including advanced MRI and CT capabilities. This combination ensures patients receive coordinated, multidisciplinary care in a single, modern setting.
The result is a successful model for a multi-specialty ambulatory facility, demonstrating FCA’s ability to design spaces that efficiently merge surgical suites with critical specialty services. This project stands as a benchmark for future outpatient centers—proving that thoughtful planning and design can elevate care delivery while meeting the evolving needs of the community.
Atlantic Health System
Morristown Medical Center
Gagnon Cardiovascular Institute
Morristown, NJ
240,000 SF
FCA designed this new building addition to house a comprehensive array of cardiovascular services in one location. Visitors and patients are comforted by learning that they no longer have to travel all over campus, or to other, outside facilities, in order to receive the necessary services required for their care. Gagnon links major service lines to one another, enhancing wayfinding across campus. The facility includes 88 cardiac care beds, 10 cardiovascular ICU beds, 8 critical care beds, and 14 cardiac PACU beds.
It also includes an Integrated Medicine department to provide outpatient alternative techniques for healing and heart healthy lifestyles with dedicated spaces for massage, yoga, meditation and cooking classes. There are eight operating rooms, including four cardiovascular OR’s, two endovascular OR’s and two hybrid ORs with fixed Siemens imaging equipment (robotic arm imaging and a bi-plane lab). Each OR is sized to accommodate multiple types of procedures, and is equipped with robotics for minimally invasive laparoscopic surgery.
A central sterile supply corridor with case cart alcoves provides supplies and instruments to all of the OR’s and minimizes travel distances for staff. Shared physician/ technology review areas have direct observation into multiple OR’s. Each OR has internal/external tele-conferencing technology built into its documentation stations – these promote education and training throughout the health system.
Two OR’s are configured with fixed imaging to support the latest in minimally invasive technologies for cardiology and neurological interventions. The hospital is registered as a U.S. Green Building Council Green Guide for Healthcare building.
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Center
Mainland Campus
Catheterization and Electrophysiology Lab
Suite
Pomona, NJ
22,000 SF
FCA has maintained a long-standing architectural partnership with AtlantiCare, delivering over 150,000 SF of new and renovated space on the Mainland Campus. As part of these modernization initiatives, FCA provided comprehensive architectural design and planning services for this 22,000 SF project, which includes three catheterization labs, one electrophysiology lab, and a flexible swing lab that can function as either Cath or EP. The scope also features 16 prep/recovery bays to support patient care.
The catheterization lab suite was designed to accommodate both inpatient and outpatient procedures. Located on the hospital’s ground floor, the project also incorporated a 4,000 SF shell addition to the OR suite positioned directly above the Cath Lab suite.
Hackensack Meridian Health
Ocean Medical Center
Cardiac Catherization Suite
Brick Township, NJ
14,750 SF
The Cardiac Catherization Lab project, located on the 2nd floor shell space of the South West Pavilion at Ocean Medical Center, consists of the fit-out of approximately 14,750 SF. It includes three new hybrid cardiac catherization labs, with a shell space created to add a fourth future hybrid lab. The new suite also includes a 10-bay PACU to support the space, soiled and clean supply space, staff lockers and lounges and an updated entry waiting and registration area.
The project will include state of the art medical equipment and integration systems for cardiac imaging.
Geisinger Health System
Wyoming Valley Medical Center
Wilkes Barre, PA
Geisinger Health System has partnered with FCA since 1997 on five master plans and numerous renovation and new construction projects, continually enhancing its facilities and reinforcing its reputation as one of the nation’s leading healthcare providers. Over the course of this long-standing relationship, FCA has delivered projects ranging from the Heart Hospital at Geisinger Wyoming Valley—a 50,000 SF, $15.9M stateof-the-art cardiovascular center—to the 39,000 SF, $18M Henry Cancer Center, completed in 2010, which also serves as a new entrance to the adjacent Cancer Center at Geisinger Wyoming Valley Medical Center.
A major milestone was the transformation of the 178,000 SF Wyoming Valley Medical Center from a community hospital into a regional institution. Through collaborative planning and design development, FCA expanded the campus by 50% over four years, overcoming challenges such as restrictive sub-surface conditions, a mountainside site, and the need to maintain full operations during construction. The project was completed ahead of schedule and under budget, earning LEED Silver certification, Level II trauma accreditation, and the 2010 VISTA Award for New Construction.
Additional work included a new OR surgery suite, central sterile processing, and support spaces. The surgical suite features 12 operating rooms—including two dedicated heart rooms—along with 18 PACU bays, 12 preoperative bays, six Stage II recovery bays, and comprehensive surgical support areas.
Orlando Health
Orlando Health Hybrid Cath Lab on 5.5 Expansion
Orlando, FL
This project involved completing shelled space on the 5th floor to create a flexible, high-performance environment for specialized cardiac procedures such as TAVR, EP Open Heart, laser lead extractions, and TEVAR.
Key objectives included:
– Optimizing and expanding usable square footage for clinical efficiency
– Equipping the space with cutting-edge technology to support complex interventions
– Implementing advanced information systems for seamless workflow integration
– Providing overflow capacity for heart catheterizations, electrophysiology studies, and emergent cardiac surgeries
The Hybrid Cath Lab design ensures easy access for patients and families, with a dedicated waiting area that prioritizes privacy, confidentiality, and safety. For clinical teams, the layout offers streamlined storage, sterile conditions meeting surgical standards, and flexibility for multiple procedures. Notably, the FlexMove Biplane arms can be repositioned completely outside the sterile field, enabling full openheart operations when required.
This addition enhances ORMC’s ability to deliver comprehensive cardiac services within a single, adaptable space—combining innovation, efficiency, and patient-centered care.
Orlando Health
Orlando Health Medical Center Cardio Vascular
Hybrid OR
Orlando, FL
The Hybrid OR Suite at Orlando Health is designed for high-acuity cases across vascular, cardiac, obstetric, and trauma specialties. Most critically, it supports life-saving procedures such as traumatic thoracic stent placements and complex percreta and accreta surgeries. The renovation of Hybrid OR 16 expanded capacity, enabling surgeons from multiple service lines to treat more patients daily using both traditional surgical and advanced interventional techniques.
The suite features cutting-edge technology, including the Siemens Pheno imaging system, Trumpf hybrid surgical bed, and Steris integration platform. This combination delivers superior imaging and surgical flexibility for the most challenging cases. The Siemens Artis imaging arm, positioned in the corner, extends to the fixed table for imaging and retracts completely to clear the sterile field—allowing seamless transitions between vascular, open-heart, neurological, obstetric, and general surgery procedures.
The project scope included reconfiguring the existing hybrid suite to accommodate new technology and improve workflow. A spacious control room and strategically positioned nurse’s station provide full visibility of the surgical environment. The OR meets wet-location standards and is supported by three isolation panels, ensuring compliance with stringent safety and sterility requirements.
Orlando Health
Orlando Health Medical Center Angio Suite Rooms
1 & 2
Orlando, FL
The Angio Suite at Orlando Regional Medical Center (ORMC), located on the second floor, includes two angiography imaging rooms with a shared control room. This project represents Phase One of a multi-phase equipment upgrade for Rooms #1 and #2.
Phase One focused on Angio Room #2, completed in February 2021, and included improvements such as semi-restricted access, staff changing facilities with restroom and shower, lockers, a breakroom, expanded clean storage, and multiple code upgrades. Angio Room #1 is under construction, with final AHCA inspection scheduled for August 2022.
ORMC selected the Siemens Bi-Plane system, the newest design pending FDA approval, for the upgraded Angio Lab. This choice introduced challenges, including delays for equipment installation and design modifications to meet U.S. and Florida requirements. Updates included increased air changes, optimized airflow over the sterile field, enhanced lighting, and additional critical power receptacles— necessitating new mechanical and electrical designs.
