After posting a job opening for a new CEO late last year, Saint Vincent Hospital has listed an interim executive to the position on its website.
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After posting a job opening for a new CEO late last year, Saint Vincent Hospital has listed an interim executive to the position on its website, as Denten Park is no longer named as the leader of Central Massachusetts’ second-largest hospital.
As of Wednesday morning, Saint Vincent no longer names Park as its CEO on its website. In his place, Adam Bracks has been listed as interim CEO of the Worcester hospital by Tenet Healthcare, the Dallas-based operator of Saint Vincent.
Bracks has been named an interim CEO of only Saint Vincent and not the entire Massachusetts market for Tenet, despite the website saying as much on Wednesday morning, said Shelly Weiss Friedberg, director of public relations for Tenet. The hospital is planning on updating the website to more accurately reflect Bracks' title.
Tenet wouldn't confirm Bracks' background information. A healthcare executive named Adam Bracks has previously led hospitals in Arkansas, Missouri, and Tennessee, according to his LinkedIn profile. He most recently served as CEO of Southwestern Medical Center in Oklahoma.
Saint Vincent is the second-largest hospital in Central Massachusetts, with 290 licensed beds, according to data compiled by the WBJ Research Department. UMass Memorial Medical Center in Worcester is the largest in the region, with 826 licensed beds as of the second quarter of 2025.
Park’s exit comes after Saint Vincent posted a job listing for a new CEO late last year. The job was still active on Tenet’s website as of Wednesday morning.
Park joined the Worcester hospital as CEO of both the facility and of the Massachusetts Market of Tenet in February 2025 following the abrupt exit of Saint Vincent’s former leader Carolyn Jackson, who held the position for six years. That was significantly longer than the 14-month tenure of her predecessor, Jeffrey Welch.
During Jackon’s tenure, Saint Vincent nurses held the longest nurses strike in Massachusetts history, ending after 301 days with a ratified contract, the Massachusetts Nurses Association, the labor union filed hundreds of complaints against the facility, and the state’s Department of Health launched a number of investigations into the facility.
EDITOR'S NOTE: This story has been updated with comments from Tenet Healthcare about the interim CEO's role, which does not include leading the entire Massachusetts market for the company.
Mica Kanner-Mascolo is a staff writer at Worcester Business Journal, who primarily covers the healthcare, manufacturing, and higher education industries.
