Healthcare >> CEO Interviews >> July 16, 2001

Robert Ortenzio – Select Medical Corporation (slmc)

ROBERT A. ORTENZIO co-founded Select Medical Corporation in 1997 and has served as a Director and President and Chief Executive Officer since September 2001. He served as President and Chief Operating Officer from February 1997 to September 2001. He was an Executive Vice President and a Director of Horizon/CMS Healthcare Corporation from July 1995 until July 1996. Mr. Ortenzio co- founded Continental Medical Systems, Inc. and served as its President and Chief Executive Officer from May 1989 and July 1995, respectively, until August 1996. Prior to that time, he served as Chief Operating Officer of Continental Medical Systems, Inc., from April 1988 to July 1995. Mr. Ortenzio joined Continental Medical Systems, Inc., as a Senior Vice President in February 1986. Before then, he was a Vice President of Rehab Hospital Services Corporation. Mr. Ortenzio serves as a Director of U.S. Oncology, Inc. Profile
TWST: Could we begin with a historical sketch and an overview of Select

Medical Corp.?

Mr. Ortenzio: Our company is a public company, having completed its IPO

in April of this year. We are in