VEHR: The Visual EHR
EHRs are built around data entry, not clinical thinking—slowing decisions and fragmenting care.
Working with a visionary clinician, I led design that mapped clinical mental models into interface logic—providing clinicians with intuitive workflows and engineers a clear blueprint to build from.
Research
Object mapping
Interactive Prototypes
UX & UI Design
Design System
Dell Children's Patient Portal
The original portal wasn’t compliant with Medicaid guidelines and used an outdated design that was not usable on mobile devices.
I partnered with engineering and product to redesign the patient portal from the ground up - implementing a mobile-friendly interface with a modern design system, and introducing novel features to achieve Medicaid compliance - all while meeting a tight deadline and securing stakeholder buy-in.
Stakeholder Alignment
UX & UI Design
Interactive Prototypes
Design System
FreseniusRX Refill Workflow
I uncovered complex backend workflows and key pain points nurses faced—insights that shaped a solution designed to meet real-world clinical needs.
I streamlined a manual refill workflow into a faster, safer digital experience with enhanced patient oversight, reducing refill time by 70% in 2,800+ locations.
User Research
Object mapping
UX design
Prototypes
Low-fi design system
Salesforce Lightning Design System
Weave
Uncovered major usability issues in a complex visual collaboration platform - where users struggled to find key assets and navigate gameplay flows- leading to frustration, lack of engagement and drop-off.
I redesigned a visual collaboration platform from the ground up, partnering with engineering and leadership to streamline gameplay, surface key assets, and support a successful acquisition.
User Research
Object mapping
UX design
Prototypes
Logo design
Illustration
Picwell
Seniors navigating Medicare Part D face a complex, overwhelming process—exacerbated by modern app conventions that don’t align with their mental models, vision limitations, or dexterity challenges.
I designed a plan selection app that simplified complex choices for seniors through user-centered flows, validated research, and close collaboration with Picwell’s product and engineering teams.
User Research
UX Design
Prototypes
Website Design
Healthcare Design Partner
Independent
I lead design efforts for clinical startups and work hands-on with engineering teams inside large healthcare organizations to reduce friction, support decisions, and drive progress.
Product Design Lead
Ascension Health
Led a mobile-first redesign of the patient portal, improving usability, accessibility, and patient engagement at scale.
1st Place
THInC Conference
Care Traffic Controllers team
Co-led design of a real-time clinical decision-support app to help ER clinicians quickly and ethically match behavioral health patients to the right care, at the right time.
Sr. UX Designer
Fresenius Medical Care
Redesigned medication refill workflows across 2,800+ clinics—reducing processing time by 70%, eliminating manual tasks, and improving safety.
Sr. UX Designer
United Healthgroup
Designed data visualizations and UI systems to support pharmaceutical spend analysis, enabling automation and faster, more confident decisions.
Human Factors Engineering
Tufts University
Deepening my understanding of usability, safety, and system design for medical devices and healthcare technology.
(This program reminded me: I’m a designer at heart, and I can often serve patients and providers best from the outside—designing with empathy, clarity, and context.)
Health Science coursework & internship
Cape Cod, North Shore MA
Pursued OT prerequisites while working in human services roles supporting individuals on the autism spectrum. This period helped sharpen my empathy and systems perspective.
Volunteer Nursing Assistant
Hospital Elder Life Program
Supported hospitalized older adults with orientation, mobility, hydration, and cognitive engagement—building deep respect for the role of frontline care.
Interaction Designer
Kaiser Permanente
Led research and interactive data visualization design to communicate Kaiser’s healthcare impact through data-driven storytelling.
Best Interaction Design
Seatle Healthcare Hackathon
Dynamic Motion Training was a prototype that used physical therapy gamification for stroke recovery.
UI/UX Design Lead
Conteneo (Acquired by Scaled Agile)
Redesigned a complex B2B collaboration tool, leading UX from user research through production. Partnered directly with engineering to deliver scalable UI patterns and workflows used by enterprise clients.
UI Engineer
Department of Defense (Contract)
Worked with DoD clinicians on early-stage design and testing of a clinical decision support system prototype. Focused on designing workflows and establishing a research-backed usability testing process.
Founding UX Designer
Picwell (Acquired by Jellyvision)
Helped shape the product experience and launch strategy for a Medicare Part D plan comparison tool. Led UX research, information architecture, and design in collaboration with Penn Medicine.
Doctor and Design Researcher
The Electronic Health Record (EHR) interface is the cornerstone tool through which clinicians review, interpret, create and curate patient data.
David has been pivotal in my work with the NHS to test and refine a novel EHR interface that mirrors clinical reasoning.
Co-founder at VEHR Technologies
As a first time founder, David's guidance in the redesign of our innovative medical data display has been crucial. By guiding our team through object mapping for complex processes, and translating this into high fidelity wireframe representations, David's work greatly advanced the quality and timeline of our team's efforts.
UX Architect, same team at Fresenius Medical Care.
David’s initiative in building our UI/UX architecture from scratch and his innovative approach have made a significant impact, particularly in the Clinic Managers & Field Leadership apps. His attention to detail and design expertise have been pivotal in shaping the Salesforce CareTeamHub applications.
Product Manager same team at United Healthgroup
David has a product and user mindset, thinks outside the box, and is undaunted in exploring new concepts. His creativity, proactive approach, and willingness to iterate make him a great asset for redefining design boundaries.
Full stack engineer. same at Optimal Vision Prototype
David's work on our team made my job as a Software Engineer much easier. Knowing that he had already put in the hard work necessary to come up with a trustworthy design, that wasn't going to have to be brought back to the drawing board… I was also really impressed with David’s design knowledge and how he worked with our clinical experts to incorporate their domain knowledge into his designs.
Jillian
My adorable niece
David is the best.
