# Julia Haller

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{{short description|American ophthalmologist}}
{{Infobox medical person
| name = Julia A. Haller
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| 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](/source/Baltimore%2C_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](/source/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](/source/William_Tasman), M.D. Endowed Chair at [Wills Eye Hospital](/source/Wills_Eye_Hospital) in Philadelphia, where she is Ophthalmologist-in-Chief.<ref name="haller-j" />

==Education==
Haller attended the [Bryn Mawr School](/source/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](/source/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](/source/Harvard_Medical_School), followed by an internship at Johns Hopkins and a fellowship in ocular pathology at [Manhattan Eye, Ear and Throat Hospital](/source/Manhattan_Eye%2C_Ear_and_Throat_Hospital). Her residency was at the Wilmer Eye Institute at [Johns Hopkins Hospital](/source/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](/source/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](/source/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](/source/Associated_Services_for_the_Blind), 2014
*Heed-Gutman Award, Society of Heed Fellows, 2013
*[American Academy of Ophthalmology](/source/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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