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Marcia Adams

VP & General Manager, Field Network Teams at VMS BioMarketing

Serving as Vice President & General Manager of the Field Network Teams, Marcy has 29 years of nursing leadership experience in clinical and pharmaceutical practice. Marcy has developed new patient care programs for hospital networks, non-profit healthcare providers, and numerous pharmaceutical companies across the nation. She brings extensive oncology, hematology, and renal experience to VMS, in addition to professional expertise as a certified executive leader, professional manager, legal nurse consultant, field team development, and clinical educator analyst.

Marcy started her career as a nurse at 21 years of age and within 1 year, was tasked with designing, developing, and opening a foundation supported, renal facility for a community hospital in Macon, Missouri. Shortly after opening, the unit doubled its size, and after 3 years, Marcy accepted a position at the largest renal facility in Kansas City, Mo., Dialysis Clinic Inc (DCI). In the role of facility director, Marcy oversaw all operations including patient care services to 150+ patients, 70+ member employee management, acute service to 5 area hospitals, developed on-site pharmacy services, community ESRD programs, national patient and employee educational trainings, formalized patient home service programs, and initiated the first nocturnal treatment options for the company. Marcy worked for DCI for 10 years before accepting a position with IQVIA.

In addition to her degree as a registered nurse, Marcy earned an additional undergraduate degree in healthcare management, a master’s degree in Business Administration, and in 2019, graduated Summa Cum Laude with a Doctorate Degree in Business Administration and Leadership; publishing her doctoral thesis on the Mitigation of Nursing Turnover Intentions. Currently, Marcy serves as an adjunct professor and expert content writer for graduate healthcare, business, and leadership courses for several universities across the nation and abroad. Marcy previously served as a board member for the Oncology Nursing Society Foundation and has received several President’s Club awards for team performance, Innovation, and Leadership over the course of her career.