Hospital Leader
This page looks at the leadership of Timpanogos Regional Hospital in Orem, Utah, around the time of Charlie Kirk's death on September 10, 2025, and at the open questions citizen-investigators have raised about the timing of a newly appointed CEO. None of what follows establishes that any person did anything wrong.
Andrew Zenger — New CEO
Andrew Zenger (full name reported as Andrew James Zenger) was appointed Chief Executive Officer of Timpanogos Regional Hospital on August 19, 2025, and reportedly began the role on August 25, 2025 — roughly two weeks before the events of September 10. A new hospital CEO appointment is, on its face, a routine and unremarkable event in hospital administration.
Was Zenger a Surgeon? — No
A claim circulated on social media that Zenger was "the doctor that treated Charlie" and that he joined the hospital's surgical team on August 28, 2025. This claim is false. Andrew Zenger is a hospital administrator — his background is in operations and management, not medicine. He holds no medical degree, no surgical training, and no clinical role, and he did not treat Charlie Kirk. Corrective replies to the original posts made the same point, noting that he is "not a doctor... an administrator" and that there is no basis for the claim that he performed any life-saving surgery. The CEO role and the surgeon role were two different people: the physician who actually worked on Charlie at the hospital was a separate, publicly unnamed individual (see Doctors). See also Medical Staff Changes.
Background
Zenger reportedly began his healthcare career as an administrative intern at the same hospital in 2014 and has held various leadership roles since. He is reported to hold a degree from Trinity University and has been described as "an experienced leader returning to his roots in Orem." Per reporting, he most recently served as Chief Operating Officer at sister facility St. Mark's Hospital in Salt Lake City, and he replaced outgoing CEO Austin L. Manning, who reportedly left for a leadership role in California. Timpanogos Regional is part of MountainStar Healthcare (an HCA affiliate). This background is consistent with an ordinary internal-promotion or homecoming hire.
"Relocated From Texas" — A Conflicting Account
A widely repeated claim, attributed largely to Candace Owens and amplified by accounts such as @FurkanGozukara, describes Zenger as having relocated from Texas, sometimes tied to a prior role in McKinney, Texas. This conflicts with the St. Mark's (Salt Lake City) account above, and the discrepancy is unresolved here. These are attributed claims; a new CEO and a relocation are routine in hospital administration, and nothing here establishes that any appointment was connected to the event.
Reported Search Timing
Citizen-investigator notes report that Zenger's name was searched from an Israeli IP address on August 27, 2025 — shortly after his appointment as the hospital's new CEO. The reported foreign-IP search has not been independently verified, and its existence — even if accurate — would not by itself indicate any involvement by Zenger, who is the hospital's administrator, not a member of its clinical staff. (The related claim that he "joined the surgical team" the following day is addressed above and is false.) For related context, see Foreign Intelligence Leads and Google Searches Overview.
Status & Caveats
Status: Alive
Andrew Zenger is presumed alive and is not accused of any crime or wrongdoing. A new hospital CEO appointment is routine. The only points flagged by investigators are (1) the timing of the appointment relative to September 10, and (2) a reported foreign-IP search of his name — both presented here as open questions. Nothing on this page establishes that he did anything improper, and all of the case-specific claims above are attributed to citizen-investigator notes that have not been independently confirmed.