Catherine L. B. Palmer, MD

Director, Community Memorial Hospital and Tappahannock Hospital Laboratories

Catherine L. B. Palmer, MDAssistant Clinical Professor, Department of Pathology, VCU SOM Vice Chair, Board of Directors, VCU Community Memorial Hospital Faculty Activity Director, CMH and Tappahannock Grand Rounds Chair, Tappahannock Outpatient Diagnostic Service Committee

Department: Pathology

Phone: (434) 584-5282

Fax: (434) 584-5284

Email: Catherine.Palmer@vcuhealth.org

Catherine L. B. Palmer, MD, is an Assistant Professor of Pathology and the Medical Laboratory Director at Community Memorial Hospital in South Hill, VA and Tappahannock Hospital in Tappahannock VA.  She received her MD from the George Washington University School of Medicine in Washington, DC, and completed her Anatomic and Clinical Pathology residency training at VCU.  She is an active member of the teaching faculty in the VCU School of Medicine and Dentistry. She currently serves as the Southeast Regional Assigning Commissioner for the College of American Pathologists.

Dr. Palmer interests are community pathology, teaching, and continuing medical education.


Clinical Specialties: General Anatomic and Clinical Pathology, with an interest in Placental Pathology


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Education

1989 BS Biology, College of William and Mary 

1995 MD, The George Washington University School of Medicine 

2000 Resident, Anatomic and Clinical Pathology, VCU

1999 Chief Resident 

Licenses & Certifications

1996 Board of Medicine, Commonwealth of Virginia 

2003 North Carolina Medical Board

2000 American Board of Pathology, Anatomic and Clinical

Selected Publications

2021 Whitepaper collaboration with Dr. Christopher Doern, PhD; Evaluation of SARS-COV2 Diagnostic Tests and Cross Reaction with mRNA Vaccines 

Professional Service

SE Regional Commissioner, College of American Pathologists

CLIA Director, Hiram Davis Hospital Laboratory, Petersburg, VA

CLIA Director, Eastern State Hospital Laboratory, Williamsburg

Lectures, lung pathology, VCU Medical and Dental students


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