As chief medical officer, Dr. Brumbaugh provides clinical leadership for more than 2,000 medical staff caring for approximately 300,000 patients annually across 17 care sites, with responsibility for quality, safety and clinical excellence. He continues to practice pediatric gastroenterology, which helps ground executive decisions in frontline clinical realities and strengthens his advocacy for medical staff. His leadership approach is informed by early-career experience as a rural pediatrician. Clinically, he led the development of specialized care pathways for high-risk conditions such as ingested button batteries and Clostridium difficile infections, and he created the hospital’s communication and reconciliation program to support teams and families after adverse events. His work has also advanced precision medicine for pediatric populations and built reliable systems for onboarding novel therapies with safety and efficacy at the forefront. In addition to mentoring and academic contributions, he hosts the “Charting Pediatrics” podcast, which has nearly 2 million listeners and is now in its ninth season. He holds additional roles including medical director for the Digestive Health Institute and national committee involvement through the American Academy of Pediatrics and Children’s Hospital Association.
