Julie Margenthaler, MD, FACS

Julie Margenthaler, MD, FACS

Surgeon

Primary Academic Title

Professor of Surgery, Division of General Surgery, Section of Endocrine and Oncologic Surgery, WashU Medicine

Clinical Expertise

As a member of our breast cancer specialist team, Dr. Margenthaler cares for patients diagnosed with breast cancer through treatment and recovery. Learn more about how Dr. Margenthaler and Siteman approach breast cancer diagnosis and staging, treatment and recovery.

Breast surgery

Research Interest

Identification of minimally invasive approaches to breast cancer staging using imaging combined with molecular techniques; the identification of non-BRCA genes responsible for the development of breast cancer in young women under the age of 40; and the design of novel gene-specific approaches to breast cancer treatment.

Education

  • 1997: MD, Southern Illinois University, Springfield

Training

  • 1997 - 1999: Resident, general surgery, Saint Louis University
  • 1999 - 2002: Research fellow, Washington University, St. Louis
  • 2002 - 2005: Resident, general surgery, Washington University
  • 2005 - 2006: Fellow, surgical oncology, Washington University

Board Certification

  • 2006: American Board of Surgery, General Surgery

Selected Research Publications

Differential chromatin accessibility and transcriptional dynamics define breast cancer subtypes and their lineages.
  • Iglesia MD, Jayasinghe RG, Chen S, [...] Margenthaler J, [...] Ding L
  • Nat Cancer 2024
Lymph Node Positivity: Indication for Preoperative MRI?
  • Kennard K, Israel I, Naaseh A, [...] Margenthaler J
  • Ann Surg Oncol 2023
ASO Author Reflections: Lymph Node Positivity: Indication for Preoperative MRI?
  • Kennard K, Israel I, Margenthaler J
  • Ann Surg Oncol 2023
This is the Moment….
  • Margenthaler JA
  • Ann Surg Oncol 2022

Contact Information

  • West St. Louis County

    Medical Office Building 2, 10 Barnes West Drive
    Creve Coeur, MO 63141

  • Gary C. Werths Building at Siteman Cancer Center

    4500 Forest Park Avenue
    Saint Louis, MO 63108

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