Tenet Healthcare Corporation announced the appointment of Nadja West, M.D., to its Board of Directors. West is a lieutenant general in the U.S. Army, the 44th Surgeon General of the U.S. Army and the former Commanding General of the U.S. Army Medical Command. Her appointment to the Tenet Board will be effective Oct. 8, 2019, following her retirement from the Army. After long and distinguished tenures as Tenet directors, Edward A. Kangas and Brenda J. Gaines will retire from the Board, effective Nov. 7, 2019. These retirements are part of the Board’s long-term refreshment efforts underway since 2017. As a result of these changes, 70% of Tenet’s directors will have joined the Board within two years. Kangas joined the Board in 2003 and served for 12 years as Chairman and then Lead Director. He also chaired both the Human Resources and Nominating and Corporate Governance Committees of the Board at various times.
Tenet Healthcare Corporation is a diversified healthcare services company. The Companyâs care delivery network includes USPI Holding Company, Inc. (USPI), which operates or has ownership interests in ambulatory surgery centers and surgical hospitals. The Company also operates acute care and specialty hospitals, as well as other outpatient facilities, including surgical hospitals, and ambulatory surgery centers (ASC), among others. The Company operates through two segments: Hospital Operations and Services, and Ambulatory Care. The Hospital Operations and Services segment, which is comprised of acute care and specialty hospitals, a network of employed physicians and ancillary outpatient facilities, as well as the revenue cycle management and value-based care services that the Company provide to hospitals, health systems, physician practices, employers, and other clients. The Ambulatory Care segment, which is comprised of USPIâs ASCs and surgical hospitals.