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
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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