Alumni

Alexander R. Margulis, MD was born in 1921 in Belgrade, Yugoslavia. He graduated from Harvard Medical School with a medical degree in 1950, and completed a diagnostic radiology residency at the University of Michigan, Ann Arbor. Dr. Margulis served as an Assistant Professor at the University of Minnesota, Minneapolis and as a Captain in the United States Army Medical Corps, Chief of Radiology Service, and Head of Medical Education at Womack Army Hospital, Fort Bragg, NC, from 1957-59. At Washington University, St. Louis, MO, Dr. Margulis was Assistant, Associate and Full Professor before coming to the University of California, San Francisco in 1963 where he served as professor and chairman of the Department of Radiology from 1963-1989. He was subsequently a Professor of Radiology, and Associate Chancellor of Special Projects, Director of the Magnetic Resonance Science Center (1993-2000), and a Special Consultant to the Vice Chancellor for UCSF Advancement and Planning (Mission Bay Campus). Since 2000, Dr. Margulis has served as a Clinical Professor of Radiology at Weill Medical College of Cornell University, New York, NY. He holds eight honorary doctorates, and has received numerous medals and awards from prestigious societies and institutions, including the Allyn Taylor International Prize in Medicine in 1989 and the University of California Medal in 2000. In 2014, Dr. Margulis was appointed to the rank of Chevalier of the French Legion of Honor by the President of France for his instrumental role in educating leaders of French radiology during his years at UCSF (read his interview on this topic here).

President:
Nick G. Costouros, MD

Immediate Past-President:
Derk D. Purcell, MD

Board Members:
Soonmee Cha, MD
James S. Chen, MD, PhD
Erik H.L. Gaensler, MD
Christine Glastonbury, MBBS
Michael Gotway, MD
Christopher Hess, MD, PhD
Donna Hoghooghi, MD
Jane Kim, MD
Naveen Kumar, MD
Vincent D. McCormick, MD
Peter S. Moskowitz, MD
Gautham P. Reddy, MD, MPH
Diego E. Ruiz, MD
Christopher J. Schultz, MD
Volney F. Van Dalsem, III, MD
Benjamin M. Yeh, MD

Friends, faculty and alumni of the UCSF Department of Radiology are invited continue their involvement with the Department of Radiology and Biomedical Imaging through support of The Margulis Society. Your input is appreciated, and will benefit a growing number of educational programs while providing an easy way to stay in touch with past and current members of the Department. The suggested yearly donation remains $300 and $150 for members in their first three years after graduation.  For membership infomramtion, please contact Katie Murphy at [email protected].