Healthcare design veteran Martha Rothman has joined Shepley Bulfinch as a consulting principal.

Rothman brings more than 40 years of experience in the planning and design of healthcare and academic science facilities. She co-founded Rothman Partners in 1969, growing the firm to a staff of more than 60 by the mid-1990s. In 2005, the firm became Anshen + Allen + Rothman, where she served as managing principal until 2007, then as a principal of Anshen + Allen until 2009.

 "The synergy of Martha’s experience and Shepley’s portfolio of healthcare and institutional work couldn’t be stronger. This is a tremendous opportunity for us and for our clients," said Shepley Bulfinch President Carole Wedge

Projects completed under Rothman’s leadership at Anshen + Allen include the South Pavilion at Women and Infants Hospital in Providence, R.I., which received LEED Gold certification; the Shapiro Clinical Center at Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center in Boston; the Research and Education Building for Harvard School of Dental Medicine; the School of Nursing at the University of Massachusetts, Amherst; and a master plan for Women and Children’s services at the University of Maryland Medical Center in Baltimore.

Rothman is a founding member and fellow of the American College of Healthcare Architects and serves on the editorial board of the Journal of the International Academy for Design and Health.