Rebecka S. Hess, DVM, MSCE, Dipl. ACVIM

Professor of Internal Medicine, School of Veterinary Medicine, University of Pennsylvania

Dr. Rebecka Hess received her Doctor of Veterinary Medicine degree in 1992 from the Hebrew University of Jerusalem in Israel. She completed an internship in small animal medicine in 1994 and a residency in small animal internal medicine in 1996, both at the University of Pennsylvania, School of Veterinary Medicine, where she is currently Professor and Chief of Internal Medicine. Dr. Hess completed the Master of Science in Clinical Epidemiology (MSCE) program at the Perelman School of Medicine of the University of Pennsylvania in 2017. She has received numerous research and teaching awards including the Christian R. and Mary F. Lindback Award for Distinguished Teaching. Her research and publications focus on diabetes and other endocrinopathies in dogs and cats, topics of which she is invited to speak on nationally and internationally.  She is a Diplomate of the American College of Veterinary Internal Medicine.

Learn more about Dr. Hess's work: https://www.vet.upenn.edu/people/faculty-clinician-search/REBECKAHESS