Back to the drawing board

After retiring in 2017, Goertzen continues career in medical architecture
 

Mike and Teri Goertzen have made it their goal to visit every stadium in the Big Ten Conference. They are pictured here attending a game at the University of Iowa.
Mike and Teri Goertzen have made it their goal to visit every stadium in the Big Ten Conference. They are pictured here attending a game at the University of Iowa.

After stepping away from a decades-long career in architecture in 2017, Aurora native Mike Goertzen thought he was done designing hospitals. Instead, retirement turned into a brief pause, as he soon returned to the profession he loved — and nearly a decade later, he’s still at it. Over the years Goertzen has had a hand in designing and remodeling more than 23 hospitals and healthcare facilities ac…