Tama Duffy Day

Director, MPS in Healthcare Interior Design

Tama Duffy Day is the director of the Master of Professional Studies in Design of Healthcare Environments at the New York School of Interior Design. She was involved in the original curriculum for the program.  

She has been a leader in the healthcare and wellness industry for decades as a strategist, designer, and longevity advocate, challenging conventional design and creating solutions for reimagining an age-inclusive world. Previously she headed the healthcare and senior living practices at global architectural and design firms Gensler and Perkins&Will, where she developed healthcare facilities and intergenerational communities around the world.  

She is a member of the Urban Land Institute's Lifestyle Residential 55+ Council, Women in Healthcare, and serves on the Washington, DC mayor’s Age-Friendly Task Force as well as on the boards of Capitol Hill Village and The CARITAS Project. Her advisory roles include the Healthcare Facilities Symposium and Medical Construction & Design Magazine. She currently teaches design as an adjunct professor at Marymount University and at the Corcoran School of the Arts & Design at George Washington University, while previously adjunct roles included the New York University, School of Real Estate and a Design Environments for Health program at the University of Tennessee. Tama received her undergraduate degree in Interior Design from North Dakota State University and her Master of Arts from Marymount University.  

She is a fellow of both the American Society of Interior Designers and the International Interior Design Association and is one of the few design professionals inducted as a fellow into the American College of Healthcare Executives. She is a frequent speaker at global events and conferences. Her work and research have been published in Forbes, The New York Times, The McMorrow Reports, Interior Design magazine, Fast Company, Journal of Gerontology and Geriatric Medicine, and Health Environments Research and Design Journal.