Julia Haller

Dr. Julia Haller was appointed non-executive director of Opthea in June 2021. Since 2007, Dr. Haller has served as Ophthalmologist-in-Chief and Endowed Chair at Wills Eye Hospital in Philadelphia. She is Professor and Chair of the Department of Ophthalmology at the Sidney Kimmel Medical College at Thomas Jefferson University as well as a director of Bristol Myers Squibb. She is a member of the National Academy of Medicine and serves on several prestigious boards including the board of the John Hopkins Medical and Surgical Association, the Association of University Professors of Ophthalmology, the College of Physicians of Philadelphia, and the Society of Heed Fellows. She is President of the Women in Medicine Legacy Foundation and a member of the National Academy of Medicine. Previously, Dr. Haller was a director of Celgene Corporation and Professor of Ophthalmology, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, The Wilmer Eye Institute, where she directed the Retina Fellowship Training Program from 2001-2007.

Dr. Haller received a BA from Princeton University, graduated magna cum laude, and completed her medical training at Harvard Medical School.