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wbjournal.com | April 15, 2019 | Worcester Business Journal 13 H E A L T H C A R E F O C U S Moving forward. Together. fallonhealth.org Patients treated annually with medical, dental, mental health, nutrition and other needs 35,000 553 46% Source: Family Health Center of Worcester (2017) Family Health Center of Worcester, by the numbers 80% 1,876 77% Women who received prenatal care Patients who primarily speak a language other than English Patients who live in Worcester Patients who were homeless Patients who live below the poverty line choosing Brady for the job, said Lynda Rowe, the board's chair. e board spent a day and a half each with Brady and other finalists, intro- ducing him to people at the center and around the community and even going out to dinner. When Brady met with the center's executives and physicians, consensus quickly formed that Brady was the right move, Rowe said. Rowe said Brady's years of work in community health centers gave him a strong operational background and an understanding of the mission of such centers. "Part of it is his charismatic and dynamic personality," Rowe said, adding Brady shared another set of critical traits: "Skills and passion and desire to learn and grow and become part of the community." The right opportunity e Family Health Center of Worces- ter is the latest challenge for Brady, who moved to Worcester upon taking the new position. Aer deciding cereal sales weren't for him, Brady began working as a registra- tion assistant at Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center in Boston while getting his MBA from Northeastern University. From there, he worked in leadership positions at Jewish Memorial Hospital in Boston and the Lowell Community Health Center, as well as at two health centers in Connecticut. Brady was most recently the chief operations officer for Cornell Scott Hill Health Center in New Haven, Conn. He's known Anthes for two decades, and found her pending departure from Worcester was a sign he had the right opportunity for him, considering the values the two share. "We have a very similar core," Brady said. Frances Anthes worked at FHCW for 28 years, including the last 22 as CEO, before retiring in April. The FHCW main facility on Queen Street is designed to offer patients multiple services in one location, to avoid them missing follow-up appointments with off-site specialists. W PHOTO/MATT WRIGHT