Sentara CEO Howard Kern to Retire This Year

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Sentara CEO Howard Kern to Retire This Year
Added on February 8, 2022 to Member News

Sentara CEO Howard Kern to Retire This Year

The leader of the largest hospital system in Virginia plans to retire by the end of 2022.

Sentara Healthcare President and CEO Howard Kern, who has worked at Sentara for more than 40 years, announced his retirement Friday and said he was proud to have worked for a team-oriented workplace with extraordinary accomplishments.

“Sentara is entering a new era in health care, and I believe the time for new leadership is now,” Kern said in the announcement. “I will forever remain personally devoted to Sentara Healthcare and the people who make it great.”