Julie V. Philley

Julia^[1] "Julie" Vallery Philley^[2] is an American academic administrator and pulmonologist who is the sixth president of University of Texas at Tyler and the first woman to lead the university.

Julie V. Philley
6th President of the University of Texas at Tyler
Incumbent
Assumed office June 1, 2024
Preceded by	Kirk Calhoun
Personal details
Born	Julia Vallery Philley Overton, Texas, U.S.
Education	Texas Woman's University (BSN) University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston (MD)
Medical career
Profession	Pulmonologist academic administrator
Field	Critical care, internal, and pulmonary medicine
Institutions	University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center UT Health East Texas University of Texas at Tyler

Life

Philley was born in Overton, Texas.^[3] She earned a bachelor's degree from Texas Woman's University.^[4] She received a M.D. from McGovern Medical School.^[4] She completed an internal medicine residiency at Johns Hopkins School of Medicine and Sinai Hospital.^[4] Philley conducted a fellowship at University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center.^[4]

In 2012, Philley became an assistant professor at UT Health East Texas.^[4] She researches nontuberculous mycobacteria and bronchiectasis.^[4] She later chaired the department of medicine at The Health Science Center at UT Tyler.^[4] Philley was the executive vice president for health affairs at the University of Texas at Tyler and became its vice provost in 2022.^[4] On June 1, 2024, she become the president of UT Tyler, succeeding Kirk A. Calhoun.^[5]