Take Me to Hoag: The podcast

Take Me to Hoag is a podcast that brings listeners inside the conversations shaping the future of healthcare. Hosted by Hoag Board Chair Robert Brunswick, the series features candid discussions with Hoag leaders, physicians, and innovators who are challenging convention and rethinking how healthcare is delivered.

With an investor’s lens and a healthcare leader’s perspective, Brunswick and his guests explore what happens when bold ideas meet a culture built for speed, collaboration, and compassion.

Each episode offers an unfiltered look at how Hoag attracts top talent, removes barriers to innovation, and turns vision into real-world impact for patients and communities.

The podcast is available on YouTube and your favorite podcast hosting platforms.

Episode 1: Disruptive Leadership

In the debut episode of Take Me to Hoag, Board Chair Robert Brunswick sits down with Hoag President and CEO Robert Braithwaite at Hoag Health Center San Clemente for a candid conversation about leadership, culture, and what makes Hoag different.

From starting his career at Hoag as an intern to leading one of the nation’s most respected health systems, Braithwaite reflects on how Hoag’s foundation of excellence, humility, and trust has enabled disruption from the ground up — and continues to guide its future.

Episode 2: Why Did I Come to Hoag?

What draws nationally recognized leaders in digestive health and cancer care away from top academic medical centers?

In episode two of Take Me to Hoag, Brunswick is joined by Dr. Kenneth Chang, the James & Pamela Muzzy Executive Medical Director Endowed Chair in GI Cancer, Digestive Health Institute, and Dr. Steven Grossman, Grace E. Hoag Executive Medical Director Endowed Chair, Hoag Family Cancer Institute. Together, they share why they chose Hoag — and what they’ve been able to build since arriving.

The conversation explores Hoag’s unique “privademic” approach, where leading-edge science meets a deeply personal patient experience, and how a culture of collaboration, philanthropy, and urgency helps move ideas to patients faster.