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David J. Margolis, MD, MSCE, Ph.D

Gerald R. Lazarus Professor
Department: Dermatology

Contact information
727 South Perelman Center for Advanced Medicine
3400 Civic Center BLVD
Department of Dermatology and Department of Biostatistics and Epidemiology
University of Pennsylvania
Philadelphia, PA 19104-4283
Office: 215-662-2590
Lab: 215-898-4938
Education:
B.A.
Wesleyan University, 1981.
M.D.
University of Chicago-Pritzker, 1985.
M.S.C.E. (Epidemiology)
University of Pennsylvania, 1998.
Ph.D. (Epidemiology)
University of Pennsylvania, 2000.
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Selected Publications

Cohen LS, Adeuyan O, Margolis DJ, Kim EJ, Chung J: Medicare coverage of home phototherapy units for cutaneous T-cell lymphoma versus psoriasis. J Am Acad Dermatol 94(2): 693-695, Feb 2026 Notes: Epub 2025 Oct.

Meng S, Berna R, Hoffstad O, Takeshita J, Shin D, Chiesa Fuxench ZC, Margolis DJ: Epithelial Barrier Diseases Among Adult Patients with Seborrheic Dermatitis. JAMA Dermatol 162(1): 15-23, Jan 2026.

Palepu S, Sindgi VM, Aylur KS, Margolis DJ, Kovarik C.: Mental Health and Substance Use Amongst Trans Women in India. J Homosex 73(2): 485-493, 2026.

Nock MR, Ershadi S, Sánchez-Feliciano A, Amstutz AV, Margolis DJ, Pusic AL, Barbieri JS: Measurement Properties of PROMIS Measures Relevant to Chronic Skin Diseases. JAMA Dermatol Dec 2025 Notes: epub ahead of print.

Eager JM, Cortes-Troncoso J, Kalan L, Campbell A, Rao A, Weingarten MS, Grice EA, Oropallo A, Margolis DJ, Sacan A, Spiller KL.: Differential Gene Expression in Healing and Non-Healing Diabetic Foot Ulcers and Discovery of Novel Ratiometric Biomarker to Predict Healing Outcome. Wound Repair Regen 33(6), Nov-Dec 2025.

Meng S, Berna R, Takeshita J, Hoffstad O, Shin D, Mitra N, Margolis DJ: Bidirectional Associations Between Seborrheic Dermatitis and Epithelial Barrier Diseases: A Retrospective Cohort Study Allergy Oct 2025 Notes: epub ahead of print.

O'Hara LM, Lydecker AD, Robinson GL, O'Hara NN, Kim JJ, Littman AJ, Schmidt BM, Addison O, Margolis DJ, Roghmann MC : Understanding Patient Preferences Regarding Limb Salvage for Diabetic Foot Ulcers: A Discrete Choice Experiment Diabetes Care 48(9): 1517-1523, Sep 2025.

Barbieri JS, Ellenberg SS, Tierney A, VanderBeek SB, Papadopoulos M, Mason J, Mason A, Dattilo J, Margolis DJ.: Establishing minimally important difference thresholds for lesion counts in acne clinical studies. J Am Acad Dermatol 92(5): 1117-1119, May 2025 Notes: Epub 2025 Jan 15.

Choi JS, Kumar M, Wilson AR, Mathew-Steiner SS, Singh K, Margolis DJ, Schleyer TKL, Sen CK : Multistate Model of Chronic Wounds, Amputations, and Mortality: Cohort Study of a State-wide Registry Ann Surg May 2025 Notes: Epub ahead of print.

Wong JJ, Margolis DJ.: Association Between Food Allergy Status and Atopic Dermatitis Control and Persistence: A Longitudinal Analysis of the Pediatric Eczema Elective Registry. Pediatr Dermatol 42(3): 552-555, May 2025 Notes: Epub 2024 Dec 10.

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