ENGLEWOOD, Colorado, Nov. 16, 2021 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) – Reunion Rehabilitation Hospital Inverness, which will open in January 2022, today announced that Lonnie Martinez is its new CEO. Martinez brings 20 years of operational leadership in healthcare. He most recently served as the Chief Administrative Officer of Clinical Operations at Swedish Medical Center, a 408 bed Level 1 trauma hospital in Englewood.

“As CEO of Reunion Rehabilitation Hospital Inverness, I am delighted to leverage my experience and operational relationships in local healthcare to provide the highest quality care to patients in Englewood and surrounding communities. . Martinez said. “Our new state-of-the-art inpatient rehabilitation hospital will be the perfect environment for the standards of rehabilitation therapy we establish by creating an inspired and compassionate rehabilitation team.”

Martinez is currently studying for his Masters in Hospital Administration and plans to graduate in 2022. He has a Bachelor of Business Management degree. Martinez retains his respiratory therapy license in the state of Colorado. He served in the military as a combat medic and received a letter of recommendation and honorable discharge. He has served on a number of university advisory boards and held leadership positions in professional associations.

Over the past five years, Martinez has achieved clinical metrics in terms of “door-to-treatment”, reduction in mechanical ventilation time, and operationally baseline volumes and productivity management, to mention just a few of his accomplishments. Prior to serving as Administrative Director, he held leadership positions in respiratory therapy and managed other ancillary services throughout the medical center.

As CEO of Reunion Rehabilitation Hospital Inverness, Martinez will lead the hospital team to achieve positive performance results across the clinical, financial and operational capacity of the hospital. Martinez will also lead the hospital team to provide exceptional quality care and a positive patient experience which is the hallmark of Reunion Island rehabilitation hospitals.

About Reunion Rehab Hospital Inverness
Reunion Rehabilitation Hospital Inverness, centrally located near the Denver Tech Center and is designed to provide comprehensive, high quality post-acute medical rehabilitation therapy to a wide variety of patients. At this state-of-the-art inpatient rehabilitation hospital, our clinical team will embrace new tools and processes to give patients with functional, occupational or cognitive impairments a positive outcome and the opportunity to return to the life they love. . The 40-bed Reunion Rehabilitation Hospital Inverness is expected to open in January 2022 and will create more than 100 full-time jobs in the region. For more information, please visit www.reunionrehabhospital.com, and check Reunion’s rehabilitation hospitals on LinkedIn and Facebook.

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