Catherine L. B. Palmer, MD
Director, Community Memorial Hospital and Tappahannock Hospital Laboratories
Assistant 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
BS Biology, College of William and Mary, 1989
MD, The George Washington University School of Medicine, 1995
Resident, Anatomic and Clinical Pathology, VCU, 2000
Chief Resident 1999
Licenses & Certifications
Board of Medicine, Commonwealth of Virginia, 1996
North Carolina Medical Board, 2003
American Board of Pathology, Anatomic and Clinical, 2000
Selected Publications
Whitepaper collaboration with Dr. Christopher Doern, PhD; Evaluation of SARS-COV2 Diagnostic Tests and Cross Reaction with mRNA Vaccines, 2021
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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