Mary Ellen Sumrall

Mary Ellen Sumrall is the chief nursing executive for Baptist Memorial Health Care and chief nursing officer for the health care system’s flagship hospital, Baptist Memorial Hospital-Memphis. Sumrall assumed this dual role in January 2022 after an accomplished 30-plus-year career with Baptist. Sumrall joined Baptist in 1993 as an emergency department charge nurse at Baptist Memorial Hospital-Golden Triangle in Columbus, Mississippi, where she would eventually become director of emergency services and chief nursing officer. Sumrall was instrumental in a number of successful initiatives and accomplishments, including the establishment of the hospital’s first nurse residency program, numerous Hospital of the Year awards, and consecutive Leapfrog Patient Safety “A” ratings for Baptist Golden Triangle since 2012. Sumrall earned her nursing degree from the University of Mississippi and a master’s degree in nursing administration from Union University. She is a member of the American Organization of Nurse Executives.