Julia A. Haller
Ophthalmologist-in-Chief of the Wills Eye Hospital
Ophthalmologist
Wills Eye Hospital
United States of America
Biography
Dr. Julia Haller was elected to the Board of Directors in October 2015. Dr. Haller is Ophthalmologist-in-Chief of the Wills Eye Hospital in Philadelphia. She serves as Professor and Chair of the Department of Ophthalmology at Jefferson Medical College of Thomas Jefferson University and Thomas Jefferson University Hospitals, and Co-Director of the Wills Vision Research Center at Jefferson.
Research Interest
n 1986, Dr. Haller served as the first female Chief Resident at the Wilmer Eye Institute at Johns Hopkins and later joined the faculty. In 2007, Dr. Haller assumed leadership of the Wills Eye Hospital. Dr. Haller has received numerous academic and professional honors and has published over 300 scientific articles and book chapters. Dr. Haller received an A.B. from Princeton University and her M.D. from Harvard Medical School. She is a member of numerous scientific advisory boards and data and safety monitoring committees and is also a past member of the Boards of Trustees of Princeton University
