Julie Margenthaler, MD, FACS

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