Design Meets Operations: Navigating Change in Healthcare Facilities
From Facility Voices by David Trask, National Director, ARC Facilities
February 17, 2026 · 43 min · Season 4 · Episode 6
About this episode
David Trask interviews Jeff O’Neill about the intersection of design and operations in healthcare facilities.
In this episode of Facility Voices, David Trask sits down with Jeff O’Neill, Vice President of Plant Operations at Robert Wood Johnson University Hospital, for a thoughtful conversation about bridging design and operations in complex healthcare environments. An architect by training, Jeff began his career at the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs before moving into healthcare consulting and later stepping into leadership roles at Penn Medicine. Today, he oversees both capital projects and da...
People in this episode
Host: David Trask
Guest: Jeff O’Neill
Topics covered
- healthcare facilities
- design and operations
- capital projects
- leadership in healthcare
- healthcare consulting
Keywords
- healthcare
- design
- operations
- facilities management
- leadership
- consulting
- capital projects
Mentioned in this episode
Organizations: Robert Wood Johnson University Hospital, U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs, Penn Medicine
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