Paula J. Comfort

BSN, Senior Consultant

Paula Comfort is a Senior Consultant with the Walsh Consulting Group with over 17 years of medical equipment planning services. Her background includes multi-national healthcare projects in the US, Asia, and the Middle East. Prior to becoming a consultant, Ms. Comfort was a registered nurse for 13 years.

Ms. Comfort’s experience includes the following:

  • Project Manager for 170,000 sf 144-bed forensic psychiatric facility providing concept of operations development, occupancy planning, patient move planning and activation services.

  • Medical Equipment planner for 190,000 sf outpatient surgery and oncology clinic including PET/CT, Breast Clinic, Infusion and R & D Pharmacy.

  • Senior Medical Equipment consultant for new 148,000 sf Micro Hospital and Clinic including 12 Med/Surg beds, 2 ICU beds, Imaging, Emergency Dept., 4 OR’s, Sterile Processing, Sleep Lab, Infusion Clinic, PT/Rehab, Outpatient Clinic and support services.

  • Project Manager and Senior Medical Equipment Consultant for the 288,000 sf new bed tower including Neurosciences IC (NSICU), Pediatrics / PICUs, Labor Delivery & Recovery (LDR) Rooms, C-Section Ors, antepartum rooms, NICU, Milk Lab and associated Outpatient and Ambulatory Clinics.

Degrees

BS in Nursing, College of St. Catherine, St. Paul, Minnesota

Certifications

Autologous Bone Marrow Transplants Care of Pre and Post BMT Patients and Family Dimensions in Oncology

Chemotherapy Administration Course

St. Paul-Ramsey Infection Control Program

Memberships

AORN (American Association of Peri-Operative Nurses)