Allen B. Radner, MD

About the provider

Allen Radner, MD, is the seventh President and CEO of Salinas Valley Health, a practicing physician and a leading infectious disease expert.

Dr. Radner earned his medical degree from Rush Medical College in Chicago, completed an internal medicine internship and residency at University of California, San Diego and continued on to completed his infectious diseases fellowship at Harbor-UCLA Medical Center. He is certified in internal medicine and infectious diseases by the American Board of Internal Medicine.

Dr. Radner joined the medical staff of Salinas Valley Health in 1994. He has held various leadership positions at Salinas Valley Health, Natividad Medical Center and Community Hospital of the Monterey Peninsula. Dr. Radner joined the executive team at Salinas Valley Health in August of 2013 as the Chief Medical Officer and in October of 2019, he became Chief Executive Officer of Salinas Valley Health Clinics. In June 2024, following a nationwide search, the publicly-elected Salinas Valley Health Board of Directors named Dr. Radner as President/CEO of the healthcare system.

During his tenure at Salinas Valley Health, Dr. Radner has played a pivotal role in expanding access to care and addressing critical and cultural community health needs. He has been instrumental in helping achieve and maintain exceptional patient safety and nationally recognized clinical quality metrics including multiple consecutive Leapfrog patient safety “A” grades and a five-star CMS rating.

In addition to his work at Salinas Valley Health, Dr. Radner serves as Clinical Professor, Department of Family and Community Medicine for the University of California, San Francisco School of Medicine, Medical Director of the Natividad Immunodeficiency and Infectious Diseases Clinic, and as Monterey County Tuberculosis Controller.