Vice President
Dr. Colleen June Christian’s devotion to OSB and its cause began shortly after moving here from California in 1989. After accepting a job as a fellow at Wills Eye Hospital, one of her first tasks was to visit the school and administer eye exams
“As fellows, we came out every week to perform eye examinations on the students and to make recommendations on how to help them achieve the best possible vision,’ she has said.
“I have loved OSB ever since.’’
These days Dr. Christian is one of three vice presidents serving on OSB’s Board of Directors, and a Pediatric Ophthalmologist and Surgeon with Ophthalmic Associates in Lansdale, PA.
Born and raised in California, she received her B.A. in Biology, Phi Beta Kappa, from the University of California in Los Angeles, then attended the Case Western Reserve University School of Medicine in Cleveland, Ohio. Her postgraduate training includes a Transitional Internship at the Illinois Masonic Medical Center, an Ophthalmology Residency at Northwestern University at McGraw Medical Center in Chicago, Illinois, and a Fellowship in Pediatric Ophthalmology at Wills Eye Hospital in Philadelphia.
Last year she completed the Master’s in Healthcare Innovation from the University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine, continuing a lifelong pursuit of new and better ways to deliver healthcare solutions.
It’s a passion that spills into her work as a Board member with OSB – all these years later.
``I remember being enchanted by the campus itself and the community of students learning together,’ she says of her first days here – 35 years ago!
``I am honored to be a part of the OSB Board of Trustees,’ she says. ``And I hope that my experience as a pediatric ophthalmologist will allow me to support the many forms that education takes here, along with working to increase the OSB presence in the Philadelphia philanthropic community.”
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