CEO, PRESIDENT, HOAG MEMORIAL HOSPITAL, PRESBYTERIAN
Oversees Hoag’s entire healthcare network, including two hospitals and the Hoag Orthopedic Institute, which in total count some 600 beds. Planning one of the area’s larger healthcare development projects at Irvine hospital.
THEN: Hoag had been affiliated with larger Providence Health nonprofit health system for nearly a decade.
NOW: Ended affiliation at end of January. Terms of separation weren’t disclosed. “We appreciate the relationships we built over the last several years with the Providence and St. Joseph teams,” Braithwaite said at the time.
FUTURE: Moving ahead on plans for major expansion to Irvine hospital campus, which opened in 2010. Multi-phase project will add several new facilities on the campus, including a Women’s Hospital as well as a Digestive Health Hospital, and increase the number of hospital beds there to 391. Received $50M gift from Sun Family Foundation, announced in March. Funds going toward project.
IN THEIR WORDS: “Hoag is elevating healthcare and wellness in Orange County by transforming our delivery of care to an integrated, specialized services-based model,” Braithwaite said in March. “We are engaging with our board and the community to shape our Orange County expansion and look forward to announcing details in the coming months.”
