Julia Haller

Julia A. Haller, M.D. is Professor and Chair of the Department of Ophthalmology at Jefferson Medical College.^[1][2] She also holds the William Tasman, M.D. Endowed Chair. at Wills Eye Hospital in Philadelphia, where she is Ophthalmologist-in-Chief.^[3]

Biography

Haller attended the Bryn Mawr School and Princeton University,^[4] She received her medical training at Harvard Medical School, followed by a 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. She subsequently became a member of its faculty, becoming the inaugural Katharine Graham Professor of Ophthalmology in 2002.^[5] She also became the first holder of the Robert Bond Welch, M.D. Professorship of Ophthalmology there in 2006.^[6]:9–11 At Wilmer, she directed the Retina Fellowship Training Program. She became the Ophthalmologist-in-Chief of Wills Eye Hospital in 2007.

Honors

Her honors^[7] include

• ARVO Gold Fellow,^[8] Association for Research in Vision and Ophthalmology, 2015
• J. Donald M. Gass Medal for Outstanding Achievement in Macula Disease, The Macula Society,^[9] 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

She is a member of the Board of Governors of the ARVO Foundation for Eye Research^[10] and is a member of the Board of Trustees of Princeton University^[11]

She is Emeritus Director of American Society of Retina Specialists^[12] and President-elect of the Retina Society.

References

1. "Julia A. Haller, MD - Jefferson University Hospitals". Retrieved 31 December 2013.
2. "New Ophthalmology Chair". Jefferson Hospital. March 2008.
3. "Governance and Leadership". Wills Eye. Retrieved 2013-12-31.
4. "Julia A. Haller Gottsch ’76 Profile". Princeton.edu. Retrieved 2013-12-31.
5. "Exhibit 99.1 Press release dated December 13, 2005". Sec.gov. 2005-12-13. Retrieved 2013-12-31.
6. "Homage to a "Giant" - Robert Bond Welch, M.D., Professorship Pays Tribute to a Lifetime of Accomplishment" (PDF). Sightline. Wilmer Eye Institute at Johns Hopkins. Summer 2006. Retrieved 31 December 2013.
7. "BSN: Honors and Awards for Julia A Haller". Biotechsciencenews.com. Retrieved 2013-12-31.
8. "2015 ARVO Fellows". www.arvo.org. Retrieved 2016-04-15.
9. "J. Donald Gass Medal". www.maculasociety.org. Retrieved 2016-04-15.
10. "Board of Governors". Arvo.org. Retrieved 2013-12-31.
11. "Current Trustees - Current Trustees - Vice President & Secretary". Princeton.edu. 2013-09-05. Retrieved 2013-12-31.
12. "Leadership - The American Society of Retina Specialists". Asrs.org. Retrieved 2013-12-31.