Julia A. Haller

Julia A. Haller, M.D., has served since 2007 as Ophthalmologist-in-Chief of Wills Eye Hospital in Philadelphia, where she holds the William Tasman, M.D. Endowed Chair. She is Professor and Chair of the Department of Ophthalmology at Sidney Kimmel Medical College at Thomas Jefferson University and Thomas Jefferson University Hospitals. A magna cum laude graduate of Princeton, Dr. Haller received her M.D. degree from Harvard Medical School. She served as the first female Chief Resident at the Wilmer Eye Institute at Johns Hopkins and later joined the Johns Hopkins faculty, where she held the Katharine Graham Chair in Ophthalmology. One of the world's most renowned retina surgeons, Dr. Haller has been closely involved in the early stage development of many new vision therapies and is a past member of the Board of Trustees of Princeton University, and a consultant at Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia. She currently serves on the Celgene Board of Directors, where she is a member of the Audit Committee.