GLENDALE ADVENTIST CEO SET TO LEAVE POST.

Byline: EUGENE TONG  Staff Writer

GLENDALE -- The chief executive of Glendale Adventist Medical Center is leaving after seven years for a job with its corporate owner, officials said Friday.

Scott Reiner, who took control of the 448-bed hospital in 1999 and presided over a financial turnaround and campus expansion, has been promoted to senior vice president of Roseville-based Adventist Health effective 2007.

``It's with mixed emotions. I pretty much loved Glendale Adventist Medical Center,'' he said. ``The hospital has a very bright future.''

Adventist Health spokeswoman Rita Waterman said a search to replace Reiner is under way.

``For the past seven years, Scott has been an effective administrator at our largest facility,'' Donald R. Ammon, Adventist Health's president and chief executive officer, said in a prepared statement. ``His leadership abilities, clinical background and diverse skill set will be a benefit to our corporate office and our system as a whole.''

Reiner was credited with lifting the hospital from financial straits in 2000 when it was struggling with raising health care costs. His tenure also brought new or expanded units for cardiology, oncology and neurosciences and a master campus plan, including a $100 million patient tower under construction.

``We're not going to lose a step in our vision of providing expanded capacity for our community around us and the buildings that go with it,'' Reiner said of his departure. ``It's a vision of growth and high quality.''

In his new position, Reiner will develop business and physician strategy for the company and oversee its Northern and Central California hospitals.

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