Peter F. Buckley, currently a medical leader at Virginia Commonwealth University, will become the leader of the University of Tennessee Health Science Center in February.
The university system’s board of trustees approved Buckley in a special called meeting Monday afternoon.
University of Tennessee System President Randy Boyd shared his recommendation for Buckley in late November.
“It will be a pleasure and a privilege to serve as a tireless ambassador for the University of Tennessee Health Science Center and for all the great work of its faculty, trainees and staff,” Buckley said in a statement.