---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0001493152-21-032276"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "SMTI"
cik: "0000714256"
company_name: "Sanara MedTech Inc."
filed_at: "2021-12-22T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-06-27T23:06:15.585319+00:00"
event_type: "leadership"
sentiment: "neutral"
materiality_score: 0.75
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.75
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# Sanara MedTech CEO J. Michael Carmena retires; Eric Tanzberger appointed to board

## Summary
- Carmena resigns as Principal Executive Officer and director effective Dec 31, 2021, with employment through Jan 3, 2022.
- Retirement agreement includes $75,000 cash payment and accelerated vesting of 7,566 restricted shares.
- Eric Tanzberger, SVP and CFO of Service Corporation International, appointed to Board effective Jan 1, 2022 as audit committee chair.
- Tanzberger will receive annual director compensation valued at $90,000 in restricted stock.
- Carmena's departure not due to any disagreement with Company or Board.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001493152-21-032276
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: SMTI
- cik: 0000714256
- company_name: Sanara MedTech Inc.
- filed_at: 2021-12-22T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: leadership
- sentiment: neutral
- materiality_score: 0.75
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.75
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 5.02, 7.01, 9.01
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/714256/000149315221032276/0001493152-21-032276-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/714256/000149315221032276/form8-k.htm

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- Plain text: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001493152-21-032276.txt

## Key facts
- Executive change
  J. Michael Carmena resigned as Principal Executive Officer at Sanara MedTech Inc..
  - Action: resigned
  - Role: Principal Executive Officer
  source text: Mr. Carmena delivered a letter providing notice of his resignation from his position as Principal Executive Officer of the Company and as a member of the Board of Directors (the “Board”), effective December 31, 2021.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/714256/000149315221032276/0001493152-21-032276-index.htm
- Executive change
  Eric Tanzberger was appointed as Director at Sanara MedTech Inc..
  - Action: appointed
  - Role: Director
  source text: the Board appointed Eric Tanzberger as a director of the Company, effective January 1, 2022
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/714256/000149315221032276/0001493152-21-032276-index.htm

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