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.