Health Care | Biotech | Pharmaceuticals 2025: AMY SAMPSON

Since 2023, Sampson has led Children’s Hospital of The King’s Daughters, where she oversees 4,000 employees. She has worked for the pediatric health system for about 35 years.

Established in 1961, CHKD offers neonatal and pediatric intensive care, cancer care, acute inpatient rehabilitation, and medical and surgical care, as well as transitional care. Additionally, the health system includes Children’s Pavilion, a 60-bed pediatric mental health hospital and outpatient center that opened in Norfolk in 2022, as well as primary care pediatric practices, surgical practices and other facilities.

In June, CHKD added a fifth ambulance to its Mobile Intensive Care Program, which the health system launched in 1975, and the hospital recently expanded its pediatric cancer program to offer CAR T-cell therapy, which modifies a patient’s T cells to kill cancer cells.

Sampson most recently served as the health system’s senior vice president and chief engagement and innovation officer. She’s also overseen departments ranging from strategic planning to the donor milk bank to government relations.

A University of Virginia graduate, she serves on numerous boards, including those of The Norfolk Forum, the Virginia Hospital & Healthcare Association and the Hampton Roads Chamber.

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