Worcester Business Journal

wbjournal.com | August 6, 2018 | Worcester Business Journal 5 B R I E FS Saint Vincent CEO resigning Jeffrey Welch is departing Saint Vincent Hospital in Worcester, MetroW- est Medical Center in Framingham and other affiliates little more than one year aer becoming CEO for parent company Tenet Healthcare's hospitals in Massachusetts and South Carolina. Welch will leave to oversee Tenet hospitals in the Miami area. "It's exciting for me and my fam- ily," said Welch, who spent much of his career in Florida before coming to Massachusetts. Saint Vincent's chief operating officer, Ava Jo Collins, has been named the interim CEO. Welch was named the head of Dal- las-based Tenet's Massachusetts opera- tions in May 2017. He joined from Palm Beach Gardens Medical Center. Welch has spent much of his career in his native New Jersey and in Florida. In New Jersey, he was the vice president of operations at Riverview Medical Center and assistant vice president of opera- tions at Robert Wood Johnson Universi- ty Hospital. In Florida, he was the CEO of Coral Gables Hospital, and the COO Get a new bikesharing company Ofo, the China-based bikesharing company that brought its dockless yellow bikes to Worcester, le the city in July as it scales down its U.S. operations. e City of Worcester said it is working to bring a similar service to back to the city. When polled online, the majority of WBJ readers said they want a new bikesharing company. F L AS H P O L L What should Worcester do to replace bikesharing service ofo? Nothing. Focus more on improving public transportation such as the underutilized WRTA. 34% "Use a Massachusetts-based dockless bikeshare company that is killing it nationwide! Zagster/Pace." COMMENTS: "Electric scooters would be more fun and as a result more likely to get used. Companies like Lime and Bird are doing it and doing it well. Charlotte, N.C. has them, and I used them. So much fun and so useful." "Focus on public transportation. So many people need it, and yet the city does not promote it for the Millennials who come from larger urban areas. Improve the WRTA!! NOW!!" Get a proven company like Uber to provide a dockless bikesharing like ofo did. 23% Either run its own docked bikeshare services like Boston or contract with a company who can. 30% at Delray Medical Center before joining Palm Beach Gardens Medical Center in 2015. In his new role, Welch will oversee five hospitals in the Miami area, which combined will roughly equal those he oversaw in Massachusetts: Cor- al Gables Hospital, Hialeah Hospi- tal, North Shore Medical Center and Palmetto General Hospital. Welch, who works out of Worcester, has overseen Saint Vincent Hospital, which has around 280 beds and nearly 2,500 employees; MetroWest Medical Center, which has acute care hospitals in Framingham and Natick; and affiliated outpatient health care facilities in Au- burn, Framingham, Franklin, Milford, Northborough, Wayland and Worcester. Welch was the CEO for Tenet in Mas- sachusetts, as well as the CEO for Saint Vincent. MetroWest Medical Center has its own CEO, Jeffrey Liebman. 8% Continued on next page T OW E R H I L L B O T A N I C G A R D E N Historic Setting. Modern Amenities. New England Hospitality! ASK ABOUT OUR SPECIAL PACKAGES Old Sturbridge Inn & Reeder Family Lodges Located at the crossroads of MA I-90 and CT I-84, the renovated 29-room Reeder Family Lodges and historic 10-room Oliver Wight House provide spacious rooms with curbside parking and private entryways. The Lodges offer the perfect escape for families, tourists and business travelers looking for award-winning accommodations to base a New England visit. 508-347-5056 • www.osv.org/inn Downplay alternative transportation to focus on roads and parking. Jeffrey Welch, outgoing CEO of Saint Vincent Hospital

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