Belmont Center for Comprehensive Treatment Appoints Joseph V. Pettinati Assistant Vice President for Clinical Services

Philadelphia, PA, June 3, 2003– Joseph V. Pettinati has been appointed Assistant Vice President for Clinical Services at Belmont Center for Comprehensive Treatment, part of the Albert Einstein Healthcare Network. In his position, Mr. Pettinati will be responsible for Belmont’s admissions services, its crisis service; ambulatory programs; case management/social services; inpatient specialty programs; rehabilitative services; patient transportation; and volunteers.

Mr. Pettinati was formerly Director of Operations of Penn Behavioral Health of the University of Pennsylvania Health System where he served in this role for six years. Prior to that, he was Vice President for Psychiatry and Substance Abuse at Mount Sinai Hospital when it became a division of the Graduate Health System.

Mr. Pettinati received his Master’s in Business Administration in Healthcare Administration from LaSalle University and a Bachelor of Science in Social Sciences from Drexel University.

Belmont Center for Comprehensive Treatment is one of the largest, most comprehensive behavioral health systems in Philadelphia, where patients with a variety of emotional and psychiatric problems are treated, including substance abuse, eating disorders, depression and anxiety disorders, among others. For more information, call 1-800-EINSTEIN or visit www.einstein.edu.

Publish date: June 3, 2003