---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0001104659-24-084960"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "SEM"
cik: "0001320414"
company_name: "SELECT MEDICAL HOLDINGS CORP"
filed_at: "2024-08-01T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-05-31T13:41:57.413021+00:00"
event_type: "leadership"
sentiment: "neutral"
materiality_score: 0.25
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.25
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# Director Ortenzio resigns; CEO Chernow appointed to board

## Summary
- Rocco Ortenzio resigned as director effective August 1, 2024, with no disagreement with the company.
- CEO David Chernow appointed as director effective August 1, 2024 to fill the vacancy; remains CEO.
- Chernow's director term expires at the 2027 annual meeting; no special arrangement with any person.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001104659-24-084960
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: SEM
- cik: 0001320414
- company_name: SELECT MEDICAL HOLDINGS CORP
- filed_at: 2024-08-01T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: leadership
- sentiment: neutral
- materiality_score: 0.25
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.25
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 5.02
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1320414/000110465924084960/0001104659-24-084960-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1320414/000110465924084960/tm2420448d3_8k.htm

## Machine-readable alternates
- HTML: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001104659-24-084960
- JSON: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001104659-24-084960.json
- Plain text: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001104659-24-084960.txt

## Key facts
- Executive change
  David S. Chernow was appointed as director at SELECT MEDICAL HOLDINGS CORP.
  - Action: appointed
  - Role: director
  source text: On July 31, 2024, the Board of Directors (the “Board”) of the Company appointed David S. Chernow as a director of the Company, effective August 1, 2024, in order to fill the vacancy created by Mr. Ortenzio’s resignation.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1320414/000110465924084960/0001104659-24-084960-index.htm
- Executive change
  Rocco A. Ortenzio resigned as director at SELECT MEDICAL HOLDINGS CORP.
  - Action: resigned
  - Role: director
  source text: Rocco A. Ortenzio, a director of Select Medical Holdings Corporation (the “Company”), notified the Company of his decision to resign as a director, effective August 1, 2024.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1320414/000110465924084960/0001104659-24-084960-index.htm

This AI-assisted summary is a reading aid. Review the linked SEC EDGAR filing before relying on any specific claim.