OBITUARIES / PASSINGS / Albert L. Greene

Albert L. Greene, 59, president and chief executive of Valley Presbyterian Hospital in Van Nuys since 2006, died Thursday at his home in Calabasas. He was diagnosed with pancreatic cancer in June, the hospital announced.

Greene, who had a reputation for reviving financially ailing medical centers, was the third chief executive of the hospital founded in 1958.

Under Greene’s supervision, Valley Presbyterian reportedly went from a $7.8-million deficit in 2006 to a $625,000 surplus the next year. He oversaw the installation of a new cardiac facility and the commencement of a major upgrade of the hospital’s operating rooms.

Previously, Greene spent five years as chief executive of Hollywood Presbyterian Medical Center, where he increased the size of the medical staff by 50% in two years and established a teaching affiliation with the USC Keck School of Medicine.

Born in Brooklyn, N.Y., on Dec. 10, 1949, and reared in Wappingers Falls, N.Y., Greene earned a bachelor’s degree at Ithaca College and a master’s degree in hospital administration at the University of Michigan.

He worked as a hospital administrator in Detroit, Milwaukee and Berkeley before coming to Los Angeles.