Andrew Hoffman, DVM, DVSc, Dipl. ACVIM, has been named the next Gilbert S. Kahn Dean of Veterinary Medicine at the University of Pennsylvania School of Veterinary Medicine, effective Aug. 1.

Penn President Amy Gutmann and Provost Wendell Pritchett made the announcement on Feb. 28.

Hoffman is an acclaimed researcher, clinician, teacher, and mentor who serves as director of the Regenerative Medicine Laboratory and professor of large animal internal medicine at Cummings School of Veterinary Medicine at Tufts University, in North Grafton, Massachusetts.

“Andy’s career,” Gutmann said, “exemplifies the enormous potential of an integrated One Health approach to biomedicine: uniting clinicians and scientists from multiple professions and perspectives to increase knowledge and drive improvements in global public health, human and animal well-being, and environmental sustainability and resilience