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Dr. Margolese received an A.B. degree from Dartmouth College and an M.D.C.M degree from 涩里番. After completing a residency in surgery at Mount Sinai Hospital in New York and a fellowship in surgical oncology at Roswell Park Institute in Buffalo, New York, Dr. Margolese joined 涩里番 in 1972 as an Assistant Professor in the Department of Surgery. He was promoted to Associate Professor in 1979 and Full Professor in 1987 and served as the Associate Director of the 涩里番 Cancer Center from 1978 to 1990. He was jointly appointed in the Department of Oncology upon its creation in 1990 and held the Herbert Black Chair in Surgical Oncology from 1989 to 2013.

Dr. Margolese has had an illustrious career as a clinician scientist specializing in surgical oncology, with a particular focus on breast cancer. He has participated in numerous multi-institutional clinical trials aimed at improving breast cancer treatment and outcomes and is internationally recognized for his ground-breaking work in breast conserving surgery for women with breast cancer. Dr. Margolese and his colleagues not only showed that radical breast surgery could be replaced by breast conserving surgery, but also that reduction in the rate of recurrence thereby improving long-term outcomes can be achieved by including chemotherapy and hormone therapies such as tamoxifen.

Dr. Margolese had held several positions with the National Cancer Institute of Canada including President, member of the Board of Directors and member of the Working Group of the Breast Cancer Research Coordinating Committee, and he served as the National Director of the Canadian Cancer Society. Internationally, he served as member of the Executive Committee, Chair of the Surgical Committee and member of the Board of Directors for NSABP, and a member of the Breast Cancer Task Force for the National Cancer Institute in the United States.

During his career Dr. Margolese received numerous accolades and honours including the Canada 125 Medal from the Government of Canada in 1992, the O. Harold Warwick Prize from the National Cancer Institute of Canada in 1994, Member of the Order of Canada in 1997, the R. M. Taylor Medal and Award from the Canadian Cancer Society in 2000, the Distinguished Life-time Achievement Award from the National Surgical Adjuvant Breast and Bowel Project in 2006 and the Lifetime Achievement Award from the Department of Oncology in 2011.