Pediatrician-in-Chief, Children’s Wisconsin
The David J. and Barri L. Drury Chair in Pediatrics, Children’s Wisconsin
Chair of Pediatrics, Medical College of Wisconsin

David Margolis, MD, Hematologist and Oncologist, is Pediatrician-in-Chief for Children’s Wisconsin. He also is Chair of Pediatrics for the Medical College of Wisconsin and The David J. and Barri L. Drury Chair in Pediatrics at Children’s Wisconsin.

Dr. Margolis’ remains a passionate expert in caring for children with cancer and blood disorders. Under the training of former mentors, Dr. Margolis has provided the clinical foundation for the Bone Marrow Transplant and Cellular Therapy Programs at Children’s Wisconsin to be known worldwide for its outstanding care provided to children who need alternative donor transplants for cancer and aplastic anemia.

Dr. Margolis is a member of several committees and boards, including the Medical Advisory Board of the Make a Wish Foundation, the Medical Advisory Board for the Aplastic Anemia & MDS International Foundation and the Children’s Wisconsin Foundation Board.

In addition to his medical expertise, board and committee leadership, Dr. Margolis is well known for his passion for allowing all kids to be kids, especially when children are impacted by an illness such as cancer. Over the years, Dr. Margolis has made it a point to allow kids to have fun in the hospital by having squirt gun fights, throwing snowballs and allowing kids to spray paint his hair green in honor of his beloved Milwaukee Bucks during the playoff season. 

Dr. Margolis attended Indiana University. He went on to earn his medical degree from the University of Wisconsin-Madison School of Medicine and served an internship and residency in pediatrics at Children’s Hospital of Wisconsin. He completed a Hematology/Oncology fellowship at the Medical College of Wisconsin, and was also a post-doctoral trainee in the molecular genetics laboratory at the Blood Center of Southeastern Wisconsin, Blood Research Institute.