Tenet Healthcare Appoints Vineeta Agarwala to Board of Directors

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12/13/2023 - 04:05 PM

DALLAS--(BUSINESS WIRE)-- Tenet Healthcare Corporation (NYSE: THC) today announced the appointment of Vineeta Agarwala, M.D., PhD, to its Board of Directors, effective immediately. Dr. Agarwala will serve as a member of the Quality, Compliance, and Ethics Committee, as well as the Human Resources Committee, increasing the size of the Board to 13 directors.

“We are pleased to welcome Dr. Vineeta Agarwala to the Tenet Board,” said Saum Sutaria, M.D., Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of Tenet. “Vineeta is a leader in healthcare in her own right. Her expertise in innovative technologies, including applications of artificial intelligence will enhance our governance in a rapidly evolving healthcare marketplace.”

Dr. Agarwala is a General Partner at Andreessen Horowitz (a16z), where she leads investments for the firm’s Bio + Health fund across biotech and digital health. She focuses on partnering with companies leveraging unique technologies and datasets to advance drug development, personalized medicine, and novel approaches to patient care delivery.

Dr. Agarwala holds M.D. and Ph.D. degrees from Harvard Medical School / MIT, and a B.S. degree in biophysics from Stanford University. Her experience includes research at the prestigious Broad Institute in computational biology and human genetics. She completed her clinical residency at Stanford, and is board certified in internal medicine.

About Tenet Healthcare

Tenet Healthcare Corporation (NYSE: THC) is a diversified healthcare services company headquartered in Dallas. Our care delivery network includes United Surgical Partners International, the largest ambulatory platform in the country, which operates or has ownership interests in more than 480 ambulatory surgery centers and surgical hospitals. We also operate 61 acute care and specialty hospitals, approximately 110 other outpatient facilities, a network of leading employed physicians and a global business center in Manila, Philippines. Our Conifer Health Solutions subsidiary provides revenue cycle management and value-based care services to hospitals, health systems, physician practices, employers, and other clients. Across the Tenet enterprise, we are united by our mission to deliver quality, compassionate care in the communities we serve. For more information, please visit www.tenethealth.com.