Denten Park Accepts CEO Position for Northwest Health

6/18/2018

SPRINGDALE, ARK (June 12, 2018) — Denten Park has accepted the position of Market Chief Executive Officer for Northwest Health. Park comes to the five hospital network from Mountain View Regional Medical Center in Las Cruses, New Mexico, where he has served as CEO since 2009.

“Northwest Health has established a strong tradition of providing patients with quality care close to home,” said Park. “I welcome the opportunity to build upon this tradition and support the skilled and compassionate physicians and staff who are making a difference in individual lives each day and serving the broader community across northwestern Arkansas.”

Park is an accomplished healthcare leader with more than 20 years of executive management experience at hospitals, nursing homes and rehabilitation centers in Arizona, Wyoming and Utah. At Las Cruces, he recruited physicians and providers, built New Mexico’s first free standing emergency center, launched the first trauma program for the Las Cruces community, expanded patient points of access to care and more. His collaborative approach has also led to consistent improvements in employee, physician and patient satisfaction.

He has a proven track record for working closely with physician partners to build lasting relationships and in growing and improving the way hospitals serve their patients and communities. He has the right experience to guide Northwest Health’s strategic development as a regional network of providers that continues advancing to meet the needs of our local residents.

Park earned his master’s degree in business administration from New Mexico State University and his bachelor’s degree in business management and social business from Utah State University.

Community involvement and making an impact on youth is important to Park. He was a founding member of The Burrell College of Osteopathic Medicine as well as the president of the Las Cruces Public Schools Foundation. He is also the chairman of the Greater Las Cruces Chamber of Commerce and a former board member of the Community Foundation of Southern New Mexico. Additionally, he is a youth basketball coach and referee, a volunteer youth educator, and an Eagle Scout Board of Review member for the Boy Scouts of America.

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