Michael Brant-Zawadzki, M.D., F.A.C.R., is the Senior Physician Executive
at Hoag, facilitating business and strategic relationships with specialist
clinicians, overseeing a platform for programmatic care that integrates
specialized services with population health. He helps Hoag transform health
care strategy by focusing on specific health conditions using a program
driven, physician led, multi-disciplinary team approach, measured by patient
focused outcomes. He also oversees the Hoag Center for Research and Education.
He holds the Ron and Sandi Simon Executive Medical Director Endowed Chair
of the Pickup Family Neurosciences Institute at Hoag, having led the Institute
from its inception. The institute coordinates Neurosurgery, Neurology,
Psychiatry, Pain, Addiction and Sleep Services.
Dr. Brant-Zawadzki has a BA from Stanford, and earned his MD from the University
of Cincinnati, graduating first in his class. His training in diagnostic
radiology and in interventional neuroradiology were at Stanford. He spent
six years in the Department of Radiology at UCSF, and still holds an Adjunct
Professorship at Stanford. He lectures inter/nationally. Dr. Brant-Zawadzki
has authored over 250 papers, numerous textbooks (including the first
text on Magnetic Resonance Imaging of the Central Nervous System), serves
on a variety of editorial boards for professional journals, and has sat
on numerous professional organization boards and committees. He is a Fellow
of the American College of Radiology, a Gold Medal recipient from the
Society of Magnetic Resonance in Medicine.
He is the past Medical Director of Radiology at Hoag and earned the Certificate
in Leadership for Health Care Transformation from UC Irvine's Paul
Merage School of Business. He is a founder of, and consultant to, a number
of companies in the biotech and radiology fields.