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June 21, 2007
Good Shepherd Names Vice President of Pediatrics

Allentown—Brent Reitz, MBA, CHE, has been named Vice President of Pediatrics for Good Shepherd Rehabilitation Network. In this role, Reitz will oversee the administrative and clinical operation of Good Shepherd’s outpatient pediatrics services. Good Shepherd’s Pediatrics Program logged more than 20,000 therapy visits last year for children with autism, attention deficit hyperactivity disorder, cerebral palsy and a host of other physical and cognitive conditions.

Since 2001, Reitz served in various capacities at Children’s Specialized Hospital in Mountainside, New Jersey, where he most recently served as Director of Operations. Previously, he was a staff physical therapist for United Cerebral Palsy in Cheektowaga, New York.

Reitz earned a bachelor’s degree and a master’s degree in physical therapy from D’Youville College in Buffalo, New York, and an MBA from Fairleigh Dickinson University in Teaneck, New Jersey. He is a Certified Health Care Executive (CHE) with the American College of Health Care Executives.

Good Shepherd Rehabilitation Network, based in Allentown, Pennsylvania, is a nationally recognized rehabilitation leader, offering a continuum of care for people with physical and cognitive disabilities and specializing in assistive and rehabilitation technology. More than 35,000 people come to Good Shepherd each year for specialized programs in stroke, orthopedics, brain injury, spinal cord injury, pediatrics, amputation and more. Good Shepherd provides rehabilitation services in 7 eastern Pennsylvania counties. Good Shepherd operates 14 outpatient sites, 4 inpatient sites, a long-term acute care hospital, 2 long-term care homes for people with severe disabilities, an independent living facility, a Work Services division that provides employment training and job placement and a lifestyle products store called Rehability. Good Shepherd was founded in 1908 when The Rev. John and Estella Raker invited a disabled orphan named Viola into their Allentown, Pennsylvania, home. Good Shepherd is affiliated with the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America. For more information, visit www.goodshepherdrehab.org.