Dr. Katherine Julian currently serves as the Vice Dean for Education at the David Geffen School of Medicine (DGSOM) at UCLA. Dr. Julian is a distinguished educator, having formerly served as the Co-Director for the UCSF Health Professions Education Pathway. 

A graduate of the University of California, Berkeley, Dr. Julian received her medical degree from the UCSF School of Medicine. She completed her internal medicine residency in the UCSF Primary Care General Internal Medicine Residency and a Chief Residency year at Zuckerberg San Francisco General. Prior to joining the faculty at DGSOM, she was a member of the UCSF faculty. She previously served as the program director for the UCSF Primary Care General Internal Medicine Residency Program and then Associate Dean for Graduate Medical Education.

She was a member of the UCSF Academy of Medical Educators and has been recognized with the Academic Senate Distinction in Teaching Award and the Excellence and Innovation Award in Graduate Medical Education.