David Margolis

David Margolis is the Gerald S. Lazarus Professor of Dermatology at the University of Pennsylvania Perelman School of Medicine. He is the Vice Chair for Faculty Affairs for the Department of Dermatology. He also is a Professor of Epidemiology in the Department of Biostatistics, Epidemiology, and Informatics and an Assistant Dean of Faculty Affairs in the Perelman School of Medicine. Dr. Margolis's research work has focused on using pharmacoepidemiologic tools to study the epidemiology and treatment of chronic wounds, atopic dermatitis, acne, and other dermatological illnesses. He has been the Principal Investigator of several government, industry, and foundation grants. Many of these studies have focused on developing prediction models for treating venous leg and diabetic foot ulcers, on evaluating the association of genetic and immunogenetic variation on the persistence of and risk for atopic dermatitis, as well as investigator-initiated trials using gene therapy in phase I studies to treat venous leg ulcers and diabetic foot ulcers, and recently a randomized non inferiority trial on oral therapy for acne. Finally, he has a long history of using administrative and medical record databases to improve our knowledge of dermatologic illnesses. His research has resulted in more than 300 peer reviewed research publications. He is a member of the Association of American Physicians. He has mentored dozens of dermatologists who have become excellent dermatoepidemiologists. Many of his mentees currently hold faculty positions in dermatology departments and have made impactful discovers that have advanced our knowledge of skin disease.