Howard Kern is President and Chief Executive Officer of Sentara Healthcare, a $6.3 billion not-for-profit integrated health system headquartered in Virginia. Sentara consists of 12 hospitals in Virginia and Northeastern North Carolina, including a Level I trauma center, the nationally-ranked Sentara Heart Hospital, two orthopedic hospitals, accredited Sentara Brock Cancer Center and the Sentara Neurosciences Institute. The Sentara family also includes four medical groups, home care, ambulatory outpatient campuses, advanced imaging and diagnostic centers, a clinically integrated network, Nightingale Regional Air Ambulance, ground medical transport, Sentara College of Health Sciences and the Optima Health Plan and Virginia Premier Health Plan serving 858,000 members in Virginia, North Carolina and Ohio.