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Gary Palmer

Gary Palmer BA, MD, JD, MBA, MPH

Oncology
Chicago, Illinois, United States of America

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Dr. Gary Palmer serves as Chief Medical Officer at Tempus, where he is responsible for leading clinical activities for the company and supporting external collaborations and strategic partnerships. Dr. Palmer most recently served as the Chief Medical Officer for NantHealth. Prior to his time there he served as Senior Vice President, Medical Affairs and Commercial Development at Foundation Medicine, where he helped launch the FoundationOne assay.

Earlier in his career, Dr. Palmer served as the Chief of Medical Oncology at Mercy Health System, Sacramento and head of their Oncology Service Line. Prior to that, he was as an Associate Professor of Medicine at University of California Davis Cancer Center. He earned a bachelor’s degree from Yale University, his medical degree from Stanford University School of Medicine and his masters of public health from the UCLA Fielding School of Public Health.
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