Harold Margolis, MD: "Viral Hepatitis - A National Perspective: Closing the Gaps"

Harold S Margolis, MD, is Director of the Division of Viral Hepatitis, National Center for Infectious Diseases, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. He is also the Director of the World Health Organization Collaborating Center for Research and Reference in Viral Hepatitis. Dr. Margolis earned his degree in medicine from the University of Arizona College of Medicine and completed his pediatric residency training at the University of Colorado. He is currently a Fellow in the American Academy of Pediatrics. He joined the CDC in 1975, where a substantial portion of his work has been devoted to research in developing and evaluating methods to prevent viral hepatitis. He is author or co-author of more than 150 manuscripts or chapters on viral hepatitis.