{{short description|American ophthalmologist}} {{Infobox medical person | name = Julia A. Haller | image = | education ={{ubl|Harvard Medical School (MD)|Princeton University (AB)}} | website = {{URL|www.willseye.org}} | profession = Ophthalmologist | work_institution = Wills Eye Hospital<br /> Sidney Kimmel Medical College at Thomas Jefferson University | specialism = Retina | research_field ={{ubl|Diabetic retinopathy|Age-related macular degeneration|Retinal pharmacology|Healthcare disparities|Ggender equity}} | prizes = |birth_place=Baltimore, Maryland }} '''Julia A. Haller''' is an American ophthalmologist who is Chief Executive Officer of Wills Eye Hospital<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.willseye.org/press-release/julia-a-haller-md-named-ceo-of-wills-eye-hospital/|title=JULIA A. HALLER, MD NAMED CEO OF WILLS EYE HOSPITAL}}</ref>, and a Professor and Chair of the Department of Ophthalmology at Sidney Kimmel Medical College at Thomas Jefferson University.<ref>{{cite web|title=Dr. Haller new leader at Wills Eye, Jefferson|url=http://www.ophthalmologytimes.com/article/dr-haller-new-leader-wills-eye-jefferson|work=Ophthalmology Times|date=January 1, 2008|access-date=November 13, 2018}}</ref> She also holds the William Tasman, M.D. Endowed Chair at Wills Eye Hospital in Philadelphia, where she is Ophthalmologist-in-Chief.<ref name="haller-j" />

==Education== Haller attended the Bryn Mawr School.<ref name="haller-j">{{cite news|url=https://www.willseye.org/about-wills-eye/leadership/|title=Leadership {{!}} Wills Eye Hospital|work=Wills Eye Hospital|access-date=November 13, 2018}}</ref> She received her A.B. from Princeton University,<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.princeton.edu/~alco/CTNAT/2009/gottsch.html|title=Julia A. Haller Gottsch '76 Profile |publisher=Princeton.edu|year=2009|access-date=November 13, 2018}}</ref> magna cum laude. She received her medical training at Harvard Medical School, followed by an internship at Johns Hopkins and a fellowship in ocular pathology at Manhattan Eye, Ear and Throat Hospital. Her residency was at the Wilmer Eye Institute at Johns Hopkins Hospital, followed by a retina fellowship at Hopkins. She was appointed the first female Chief Resident at Wilmer in 1986.

== Career == Haller became the inaugural Katharine Graham Professor of Ophthalmology at Wilmer Eye Institute in 2002.<ref>{{cite press release|url=https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1299139/000129913905000031/exhibit99_1.htm|title=Exhibit 99.1 Press release dated December 13, 2005|publisher=SEC|date=December 13, 2005|access-date=November 13, 2018}}</ref> She also became the first holder of the Robert Bond Welch, M.D. Professorship of Ophthalmology there in 2006.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.hopkinsmedicine.org/wilmer/news/sightline/Sightline_Summer_06.pdf|title=Homage to a "Giant" - Robert Bond Welch, M.D., Professorship Pays Tribute to a Lifetime of Accomplishment|date=Summer 2006|publisher=Wilmer Eye Institute at Johns Hopkins|access-date=November 13, 2018|magazine=Sightline}}</ref>{{rp|9–11}} At Wilmer, she directed the Retina Fellowship Training Program from 2001 to 2007.

In 2025, she became Chief Executive Officer of Wills Eye Hospital. In 2007, she became the Ophthalmologist-in-Chief of Wills Eye Hospital and co-director of the Wills Vision Research Center at Jefferson. She also is an attending surgeon at Children's Hospital of Philadelphia in the Division of Ophthalmology.{{citation needed|date=October 2020}}

Haller is a member of the National Academy of Medicine, numerous international scientific advisory boards, and sits on the Board of Trustees of the Association of University Professors of Ophthalmology (AUPO), the College of Physicians of Philadelphia, and the Society of Heed Fellows.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.heed.org/society/about/board-of-trustees.aspx|title=Board of Trustees - Ophthalmic Foundation {{!}}{{!}} The Society of Heed Fellows|website=www.heed.org|access-date=2019-01-14}}</ref> She is former president of the Women in Medicine Legacy Foundation. Haller joined the Board of Directors of Celgene<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://ir.celgene.com/press-releases/press-release-details/2015/Celgene-Corporation-Elects-Julia-A-Haller-MD-to-Its-Board-of-Directors/default.aspx|title=Celgene Corporation Elects Julia A. Haller, M.D., to Its Board of Directors|website=ir.celgene.com|language=en-US|access-date=2019-01-14}}</ref> In 2015 and Outlook Therapeutics in 2022.

She serves on the Board of the Johns Hopkins Medical and Surgical Association, and the Philadelphia Orchestra, and is a past member of the Board of Trustees of Princeton University.{{citation needed|date=October 2020}}

==Awards and honors== Her honors<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.biotechsciencenews.com/Person/list/46679_Imported_Honor.html|title=BSN: Honors and Awards for Julia A Haller|publisher=Biotechsciencenews.com|access-date=November 13, 2018}}</ref> include:

*Lifetime Mentorship Award, Vit-Buckle Society, March 2022<ref>{{Cite web |last=Team |first=Retina Roundup |date=2022-03-27 |title=VBS 2022 – Dr. Julia Haller – Lifetime Mentorship Award |url=https://retinaroundup.com/2022/03/27/vbs-2022-dr-julia-haller-lifetime-mentorship-award/ |access-date=2023-01-03 |website=Retina Round Up |language=en-US}}</ref> *Member, National Academy of Medicine, 2019<ref>{{Cite web|date=2019-10-21|title=National Academy of Medicine Elects 100 New Members|url=https://nam.edu/national-academy-of-medicine-elects-100-new-members/|access-date=2020-11-24|website=National Academy of Medicine|language=en-US}}</ref> *Philadelphia Inquirer's "Physician of the Year,<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.diplomatedigest.com/single-post/2019/08/15/Dr-Julia-Haller-ABO-Diplomate-Named-Philadelphia-Inquirers-Physician-of-the-Year|title=Dr. Julia Haller, ABO Diplomate, Named Philadelphia Inquirer's Physician of the Year|website=diplomatedigest|language=en|access-date=2019-10-24}}</ref>" August 2019 *Women Inc.'s 2018 "[http://womeninc.com/boards/julia-a-haller/ Most Influential Corporate Directors]" *American Academy of Ophthalmology [https://www.aao.org/about/awards/energEYES EnergEYES Award, 2018] *ARVO Gold Fellow,<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.arvo.org/awards-grants-and-fellowships/arvo-fellows2/2015-arvo-fellows/|title=2015 ARVO Fellows|website=www.arvo.org|access-date=November 13, 2018}}</ref> Association for Research in Vision and Ophthalmology, 2015 *[http://www.maculasociety.org/JDonaldGassMedal J. Donald M. Gass Medal] for Outstanding Achievement in Macula Disease, The Macula Society,<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.maculasociety.org/JDonaldGassMedal|title=J. Donald Gass Medal|website=www.maculasociety.org|access-date=November 13, 2018}}</ref> 2015 *Louis Braille Award, Associated Services for the Blind, 2014 *Heed-Gutman Award, Society of Heed Fellows, 2013 *American Academy of Ophthalmology (AAO) Life Achievement Honor Award, 2011 *AAO Senior Achievement Award *Vitreous Society Senior Honor Award *Kreissig Award from EURETINA, 2008 *Gertrude Pyron Award from the Retina Research Foundation and the American Society of Retina Specialists, 2010

== Publications == Haller has published over 400 scientific articles and book chapters.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/?term=haller+ja|title=haller ja - PubMed - NCBI|last=pubmeddev|website=www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov|language=en|access-date=2019-01-14}}</ref>

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