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# FDA Names Solomon to Head CVM
- URL: https://www.fdaweb.com/fda-names-solomon-to-head-cvm/
- Published: 2016-12-15T12:00:00.000Z
- Updated: 2026-09-14T21:55:37.000Z
- Author: David McFarland
- Tags: FDA Policy/General, #legacy-id-D5137585

FDA 12/15 announced the appointment of deputy associate commissioner for regulatory affairs **Steven M. Solomon**, DVM, as the new leader of the agency’s Center for Veterinary Medicine (CVM). He will assume the position next month from acting director **Tracey Forfa**, JD. who is currently serving as the Acting Director.

According to an agency [news release](http://www.fda.gov/AnimalVeterinary/NewsEvents/CVMUpdates/ucm533630.htm?source=govdelivery&utm%5Fmedium=email&utm%5Fsource=govdelivery), Solomon practiced large animal veterinary medicine for 10 years before joining the agency in 1990 as a veterinary medical officer and progressed through key positions in in the agency to his current job in 2013\. Solomon graduated from the Ohio State University’s College of Veterinary Medicine and earned his Masters of Public Health from Johns Hopkins University School of Public Health.