Paul Betz
administrator and chief executive officer
Paul Betz joined NEA Baptist Memorial Hospital in 2008 as administrator and CEO.
In 2001, Betz joined the Baptist system as assistant administrator at Baptist Union City. Within months, he was promoted to administrator of Baptist Lauderdale, where he served for almost three years. In 2004, Betz accepted the position of administrator and chief executive officer for Baptist Tipton, where he served until accepting his position at NEA Baptist.
A native of West Tennessee, Betz was born in Jackson and reared in Memphis. He graduated from Germantown High School in 1989 and attended Lambuth University, graduating with a bachelor’s degree in business administration. In 1995, he graduated from the University of Alabama at Birmingham where he received his master’s of business administration.
After graduate school, he completed his hospital administrative residency at Memorial Regional Hospital in Hollywood, Florida. He was hired by Memorial as an assistant administrator and then promoted to associate administrator. He is a fellow in the American College of Healthcare Executives.
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Paula Grimes
chief nursing officer
Paula Grimes has been a member of the NEA Baptist Memorial Hospital team since 1996. Currently the chief nursing officer, she previously served as director of ICU and CV services for the hospital. As chief nursing officer, Grimes is responsible for planning, implementing, directing and controlling activities and operations in nursing, pulmonary and rehabilitation services as well as in patient care areas.
Grimes earned a Bachelor of Science in nursing degree from Arkansas State University. She is a member of the American Association of Critical Care Nurses and Sigma Theta Tau Honor Society for Nursing. She received the NEA chapter of the American Association of Critical Care Nurses, "Excellence in Nursing of the Critically Ill Patient" award in 1999 and 2001. She also served on the American Heart Association board from 2000-2003.
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