Christine Palms

As the senior vice president of tertiary services and planning at Virtua Health, Christine Palms provides leadership, development, and executive oversight of strategic initiatives for advanced care services across the health system. Palms collaborates with VMG operations, hospital operations, and service line leaders to ensure alignment and execution of plans to further Virtua Health as a regional destination for advanced medical and surgical care. Prior, Palms held various clinical and administrative management positions within the healthcare industry, including her role as Virtua's vice president of transplant services. Holding undergraduate degrees in nursing and biology from Muhlenberg Regional Medical Center and Rutgers University respectively, Palms also obtained a Master of Science in health sciences from New Jersey City University. Palms is deeply committed to enhancing healthcare accessibility, focusing intently on the quality of care and the improvement of patient outcomes. In addition to serving as a transplant advisory committee member for the National Kidney Foundation, Palms is on the committee that organizes the National Transplant Management Forum.