Healthcare >> CEO Interviews >> November 1, 2002
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
Mr. Ortenzio: Select Medical has two lines of business. We are
the largest operator of long-term acute care hospitals in the
United States with
