Tenet Healthcare Corporation announced that its Board of Directors has elected Chief Executive Officer, Saum Sutaria, M.D., to assume the additional position of Chairman, effective immediately. Sutaria succeeds Senator J. Robert Kerrey, who will transition to Lead Director of the Board, a role he previously held from 2017- 2022. Sutaria has served as Tenet Healthcare?s CEO since September 2021 and a member of the Board of Directors since 2020.

Previously, he served as the Company?s Chief Operating Officer.