Henry C. Margolis Ph.D

Dr. Henry Margolis is a clinical professor in the Department of Periodontics and Preventive Dentistry at the University of Pittsburgh School of Dental Medicine, with a secondary appointment in the Department of Oral and Craniofacial Sciences. He also is a faculty member in the Center for Craniofacial Regeneration. Dr. Margolis joined the faculty in 2018.

Dr. Margolis received a BS degree in chemistry from Worcester Polytechnic Institute in 1972, and a PhD in chemistry from the University of Vermont in 1976. Following postdoctoral research at the University of Chicago Department of Chemistry and the Department of Renal Medicine at Michael Reese Hospital (Chicago, Ill.), Dr. Margolis joined The Forsyth Institute (Boston, Mass.) in 1980. Notably, at the Forsyth Institute, Dr. Margolis served as Senior Member of the Staff (1994 – 2017) and Head of the Department/Center of Biomineralization (1995 – 2017). Dr. Margolis also served as associate professor of developmental biology at the Harvard School of Dental Medicine (Boston, Mass.) until 2017.