 Between 1998 and 2008, Steven Abbott served as CEO of the unified "Cape Cod Healthcare".Beginning on July 10, 2008, Dr. Richard F. Salluzzo—former CEO of "Wellmont Health System" in Kingsport, Tennessee—replaced Abbott.Given that it is located in Hyannis, Massachusetts, the location of the Kennedy Compound, it is known for being the hospital where Senator Edward M. Kennedy was initially treated for the seizure which led to his brain tumor diagnosis in 2008 and where Eunice Kennedy Shriver died in August 2009.